Fedorov rifle conundrum

[Valkay]

@Mortarion_Death

This particular rifle

The M1913 Fedorov rifle chambered in 7.62x54mmR with 25 round Madsen mag obviously.

[NonNational]

They reserved 3-round burst for Fedorov.

[Valkay]

you reap what you sow

[Josephs_Piano]

@Valkay

Which doomed Fedorov avtomat. Once the stockpile of ammo run out the guns had to scrapped.

And they were still usable and in reserve in 1941

Keeping guns in reserve and producing them are not the same, Berdan II was in reserve until 1955 (Finland).
Fedorov was produced until 1924 when production was ceased because Soviets favoured guns firing domestic ammunition which is real shame considering that it was the most advanced gun in their inventory at the time.

But what you said initially was that the guns were “scrapped” - which was and is not true

Its true that the Fedorov seen use in the years following but that was overall limited because ammunition was scarce, …

Again wrong - there has never been a shortage of 6.5 Arisaka - they could have purchased as much as they wanted from Japan since they were neutral towards each other for most of WW2 (and Arisaka still hasn’t run out as of today!)

What was in short supply was the rifles - only why buy foreign ammo for a small number of rifles in a different calibre (thus using foreign reserves/hard currency/gold and adding complication to supply lines) when you are in the middle of an existential fight and all valuable resources are better applied to keeping up with production of things that are not complicated?

For reference - the Moscow militia arsenal had nearly 9000 6.5mm Japanese rifles (3260 “good” and 5500 needing repair) and 882 “good” 6.5mm Federov “submachineguns”, with 67 needing repair.

While that would make for a great Auction at a US arms dealer, supplying the caliber was a needless complication - everyone got Moisin Nagants instead.

Armoury of the Moscow People's Militia

[Veekay45]

Sooo is the conversation over and making up firing modes for historical weapons out of thin air is the new norm?
@MajorMcDonalds

Can we get a 3-round burst SMLE then, I guess?

[Luvs2spooge]

@GeneralBrus

are the devs applying double standards?

Yes, they already have a track record of double standards when they offered a Soviet Paratrooper squad with fully changeable weapons loadouts, but never offered the same for any other faction. So, they have a history already.