Editing Automatic rifle (section)

=== Fedorov Avtomat ===
[[File:Avtomat M1916 Fedorov noBG.jpg|thumb|Fedorov Model 1916 Automatic Rifle]]
The [[Fedorov Avtomat]] (also anglicized as '''Federov''', Russian: Автомат Фёдорова) or '''FA''' was a [[Selective fire|select-fire]], crew-served automatic rifle and was one of the first practical automatic rifles, designed by [[Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov]] in 1915 and produced in the [[Russian Empire]] and later in the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]. A total of 3,200 Fedorov rifles were manufactured between 1915 and 1924 in the city of [[Kovrov]]; the vast majority of them were made after 1920. The weapon saw limited combat in World War I, but was used more substantially in the [[Russian Civil War]] and in the [[Winter War]]. In 1916, the Weapons Committee of the Russian Army made a decision to order no less than 25,000 Fedorov automatic rifles. In the summer of 1916, a company from the 189th Izmail Regiment was equipped with 8 Fedorov Avtomats. Trained in tactics with the new weapon, they concluded that the Fedorov worked best as a crew served weapon. The gunner armed with the Fedorov and an ammo bearer armed with an Arisaka rifle. As both weapons used the same ammo and same 5 round stripper clips, this allowed for the greatest flexibility. It also allowed for the ammo bearer to fire defensively, while the gunner reloaded. It was also recommended that the primary mode of fire be in semi-automatic, as the Fedorov's would rapidly overheat in full-auto. Some consider it to be an "early predecessor" or "ancestor" to the modern [[assault rifle]],<ref name="Westwood2005">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLBTkNZ8U44C&pg=PA135|title=Rifles: An Illustrated History Of Their Impact|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2005|isbn=978-1-85109-401-1|page=135|author=David Westwood}}</ref><ref>{{Citation
  | last1 = Fowler
  | first1 = William
  | last2 = Sweeney
  | first2 = Patrick
  | title = The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns: An illustrated historical reference to over 500 military, law enforcement and antique firearms... and automatic machine guns, a comprehensive guide
  | publisher = Lorenz Books
  | year = 2008
  | page =68
  | isbn = 978-0-7548-1758-1}}</ref><ref name="Walter2003">{{cite book|author=John Walter|title=Military Rifles of Two World Wars|year=2003|publisher=Greenhill|isbn=978-1-85367-536-2|page=19}}</ref><ref name="MusgraveNelson1967">{{cite book|author1=Daniel D. Musgrave|author2=Thomas B. Nelson|title=The World's Assault Rifles and Automatic Carbines|year=1967|publisher=T. B. N. Enterprises|page=149; see also discussion on p. 15}}</ref> while others believe that the Fedorov Avtomat was the world's first assault rifle.