Alexey Sudayev

Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Суда́ев; 23 August 1912 – 17 August 1946) was a Soviet firearm designer. He created the PPS submachine gun and the AS-44 assault rifle.

Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev
Sudayev's grave at Vagankovo Cemetery
Born
Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev

(1912-08-23)August 23, 1912
Alatyr, Alatyrsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 17, 1946(1946-08-17) (aged 33)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materGorky Industrial Institute
Occupationinventor, engineer

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.

Sudayev designed one of the first Soviet assault rifles for the new intermediate cartridge 7.62×39mm, the AS-44. The first prototype was tested in 1944, and found to function adequately by the Soviet army, though it was considered too heavy at 5.6 kg. Sudayev then worked on a second, lighter prototype that weighed only 5.35 kg. However, the second prototype had accuracy and reliability problems, which needed to be resolved.[1] Unfortunately, Sudayev became seriously ill and died in 1946 (a week before his 34th birthday) before his design could be finalized.[2]

References
  1. Сергей МОНЕТЧИКОВ, РУССКИЕ ОРУЖЕЙНИКИ: Жизнь, оборвавшаяся на взлете Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine БРАТИШКА, October 2002 issue
  2. John Francis Nejez Bradley (1977). Sydney L. Mayer (ed.). The Russian war machine, 1917-1945. Chartwell Books. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-86124-379-2.
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