Comments by "" (@Josh93B93) on "Forgotten Weapons"
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+Sam Moon I found some information on its combat history if anyone is interested.
Following an order of the Chief of the General Staff, in the summer of 1916 a company from the 189th Izmail Regiment trained in tactics with the new weapon at the infantry school in Oranienbaum. The company was equipped with 8 Fedorov Avtomats. After completing their training, the company was deployed to the Romanian front in early 1917. It was supposed to report back valuable combat experience with the new weapon, but this did not happen because the company disintegrated during the Kerensky Offensive. About 10 other Avtomats were given to the Russian naval aviation;Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia telegraphed back that his pilots found it more suitable than the Chauchat in light aircraft.
By 1920 only about 100 Fedorov Avtomats had been produced. That year, its production was encouraged by Kamenev, who saw the gun as very promising. Fedorov Avtomats then equipped Red Army units in the Karelian sector, particularly the ski battalion of Toivo Antikainen, during the Karelian Uprising. Reports from combat experiences with the gun during 1921–1922 were very positive as long as spare parts were available. In 1923, 10,000 copies of a 46-page manual for the gun were printed.
Despite some noted reliability issues and performance issues, the Fedorov Avtomat had been deemed acceptable for Red Army use in a 1924 review. However, owing to supply problems, in the same year, Soviet leadership decided to abandon all weapons using foreign ammunition. As a consequence, production of the Fedorov Avtomat was halted in October 1925. Subsequently it was withdrawn from service and put in storage; the last unit to give it up was the Moscow Proletariat Red Banner Rifle Division in 1928. During the 1939–1940 Soviet–Finnish war, an acute lack of individual automatic weapons led to the reintroduction of the stockpiled Fedorovs into service. They were sent to the Karelian front, mostly to military intelligence units. It is assumed that most of the Fedorov Avtomats were expended during that war.
Based on everything covered in this debate, along with all the facts about it, it seems more likely that it was not the first assault rifle, and cant be put into the same category as the Chauchat as the fedorov was to be used by one soldier carrying his own ammunition, whereas the Chauchat was a light machine that would use a team of two or more men for loading and firing, but very likely it earns the title of the first select fire battle rifle to see use in a major conflict, and that is something worth noting all the same. :)
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Forgotten Weapons Can't blame you, The PPS does have great reputation, you can see some men here in Donbass using them, and Mosins too, it's funny, after 80+ year of waiting those old guns cans still kill fascists pretty effectively, although I'd rather stick with my Dragunov, going to pick up a Tokarev first chance I get, anyways, take care mate, always enjoy your videos, whatever ye do don't stop making them!!!
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