Designed originally in the early 1900's, the Fedorov family of rifles culminated in 1916 in the Avtomat. This rifle was an attempt to improve upon the concept of the light machine gun, firing the Arisaka 6.5mm ammunition which Russia had just purchased in great quantities. They were meant to be used as machine guns on the move (like the Chauchat), but the manufacture was complex and there were never enough around to be of significant use.
Each gun was uniquely made, and thus hard to mantain and even reload, as the magazines were made to fit their single gun. They were used in WW1, decomissioned, and then used again during the Winter War.
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