"Shoot in bursts - no cartridges will be enough": to the 105th anniversary of Fedorov's 2,5-line assault rifle
During the time during which the development of small arms weapons and small arms business as such, the approach to the definition of certain options for weapons also changed. In the XNUMXth century, it was customary to call automatic rifles what today would be called self-loading rifles. Today, small arms that are capable of firing bursts are called automatic rifles or machine guns. In this case, a special nuance also lies in the use of the cartridge. If we are talking about a "pistol" cartridge, then the weapon will be called a submachine gun.
In 2021, a 105-line automatic rifle developed by Vladimir Fedorov celebrates its 2,5th anniversary. In our country, this particular rifle is considered the first machine gun.
Russian gunsmith, creating a new version of small arms, decided to use for it the Japanese cartridge 6,5x50 mm, known as "Arisaka". This cartridge has become very widespread and was used in the armies of various countries of the world, including not only Russia and Japan, but also Great Britain, Korea, Finland, etc.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that they met a rifle capable of firing bursts in Russia it is very cold. Even Emperor Nicholas II, commenting on the brainchild of Vladimir Fedorov, said that it would be better to focus on the production of conventional rifles, "since no rounds of ammunition will suffice when firing in bursts." Years have passed since then, and now it is obvious to any person familiar with weapons how the sovereign-emperor was wrong then.
A story about the Fedorov machine gun on the True Life channel:
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