Alexey Sudayev

Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev
Born Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev
August 23, 1912(1912-08-23)
Leningrad, Russia
Died August 17, 1946(1946-08-17) (aged 33)
Leningrad, Russia
Occupation inventor, engineer

Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev (Russian: Алексей Иванович Судаев) (August 23, 1912 - August 17, 1946) was a Russian weapons designer. He created the PPS submachine gun and the AS-44 assault rifle.

Sudayev designed the first Soviet 'true' intermediate cartridge (7.62x41 M43) assault rifle,Sudaev AS-44, as tested in 1944. He lived in Leningrad, and participated in the defense of the city. the PPS Was developed to be mass produced for the defense of Leningrad.[1]

References

  1. ^ John Francis Nejez Bradley (1977). Sydney L. Mayer. ed. The Russian war machine, 1917-1945. Chartwell Books. p. 46. ISBN 978-0861243792.