page_title: AVS-36
hierarchical_section_title: AVS-36
caption_attribution_description: English: The Soviet AVS-36 battle rifle, from the collections of the Swedish Army Museum. The rifle in the photo was taken from a dead Soviet Army soldier, by Stig Facht, during the Finnish Winter War in 1940. Facht was a lieutenant in the Swedish Volunteer Corps, and took the rifle with him back to Sweden after the Winter War had ended. The rifle is stamped with serial number BB 110 and stamped with its year of production 1939. It was gifted to the Swedish Army Museum by Facht's son in 2018.
context_page_description: The AVS-36 was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early years of World War II. It was among the early selective fire infantry rifles formally adopted for military service.
context_section_description: The AVS-36 (from Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Simonova 1936 model; Russian: Автоматическая винтовка Симонова образца 1936 года (АВС-36)) was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early years of World War II. It was among the early selective fire infantry rifles (capable of both single and full-automatic fire) formally adopted for military service.
caption: A 1939 AVS-36 rifle
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