ABC Rifle-36 1936
Specifications:
- Performance characteristics
- ABC-36
- The calibre of the gun is mm
- 7.62×54
- The length of the tube is mm
- 1260
- The length of the barrel in millimetres
- 627
- The weight of the firearm without sights and cartridges is kg.
- 4.2
- Capacity and cartridges of magazines
- 15
In 1935, experimental ABC-36 rifles were produced, followed by mass production in 1936-1937, until they were replaced in service by the Tokarev SVT-40 self-loading rifle in 1940. A total of 35,000 to 65,000 ABC-36 rifles were produced, according to various sources. The Khalkhin Gol’s battle in 1939 and the winter war with Finland in 1940 involved these rifles. In addition, during the early years of the Great Patriotic War. While Tokarev and Simonov designed rifles captured as trophies in 1940, Finns preferred SVT-38 and SVT-40 since Simonov’s rifle was significantly more complex and inconsistent than Tokarev’s. As a result, the ABC-36 was replaced with the Tokarev rifles in service with the Red Army.
ABC Rifle-36 1936 removes powder gases
The weapon allows single and automatic firing. The fire mode translator can be found on the right side of the receiver. Single shots were the most common form of fire. Automatic fire should be used only when repelling sudden enemy attacks and consuming cartridges in bursts of no more than 4-5 magazines. A gas outlet unit with a short gas piston stroke is above the barrel (a world first). The barrel is locked using a vertical block positioned in the receiver grooves.
With the help of a particular spring, the league was moved upward, entering the tracks of the shutter and locking it. A clutch connected to the gas piston squeezed the locking block from the bolt grooves during unlocking. Due to the location of the locking partnership between the barrel and magazine, cartridges were fed into the chamber on a steep trajectory, which caused delays in firing. The receiver was also very long and complex in design as a result of this.
A firing pin with a mainspring and a unique anti-rebound mechanism was incorporated within the bolt group to complicate the design further. Several magazines with a capacity of 15 rounds were detachable from the rifle. Attaching magazines to the gun separately or directly with the bolt open was possible. Each magazine was equipped with three 5-round clips from a Mosin rifle.
There was a muzzle brake on the rifle barrel and a bayonet-knife mount, and you could attach the bayonet horizontally or vertically with the blade down. Bayonets were used as one-legged bipods for firing from rests while in this position. Fighters carried their bayonets in sheaths on their belts when they were travelling. Open sights were marked from 100 to 1,500 meters in 100-meter increments. An optical company was mounted on a bracket on some ABC-36 rifles that were used as sniper rifles. A frame for the optical sight was attached to the weapon’s receiver to the left of its axis because spent cartridges are thrown upward and forward from the receiver.
