Alexey Sudayev

Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Суда́ев; 23 August 1912 – 17 August 1946) was a Soviet firearm designer.[2][1]

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[1]
Occupationinventor, engineer

Biography

He lived in Leningrad, and participated in the defense of the city.[1] 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 Red 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.[3] However, Sudayev became seriously ill and died in 1946, a week before his 34th birthday and before his design could be finalized.[4]

Awards

Inventions

References
  1. Судаев Алексей Иванович // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 31. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2016.
  2. Судаев Ал. Ив. (1912 - 1946) // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1286
  3. Сергей Монетчиков, Русские оружейники: Жизнь, оборвавшаяся на взлете Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine "Братишка", October 2002 issue
  4. 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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