SOVIET SMALL ARMS

Abstract

This historical sketch shows the development of Soviet small arms from Czarist times to the post-WWII era. From the adoption of V. G. Fedorov's 6. 5 mm automatic rifle in 1918, the author traces the developments and improvements in Soviet small arms to the adoption of the AK-47 assault rifle presently being used in Viet Nam.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0835295

Entities

People

  • F. V. Tokarev

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Targets
  • Anti-Tank Weapons
  • Army
  • Assault Rifles
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Rifles
  • Automatic Weapons
  • Cyclic Rate
  • Firing Rate
  • Guns
  • Machine Guns
  • Production
  • Reliability
  • Rifles
  • Small Arms
  • Submachine Guns
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design