Multiple sources from very different places of Eastern front and Soviet-japanese front - is a quite decent source. You show nothing - just Only a casual attitude towards history as a science and a lack of knowledge
In total, 65,800 AVSs were produced until 1940. Simonov continuously improved the design of the AVS, but… More modern models of self-loading rifles had already appeared, which were simple in design and easy to manufacture. In 1940, the AVS-36 was discontinued, freeing up production capacity for the new Tokarev SVT rifle. The AVS-36 was not just a failure; it was doomed to failure.
And for some reason still no historian agrees with you? How strange
Its not. Just your dreams. Unless you found some proof - but still no any evidence - directly were is written:
AVS 36 was withdrawn from service in 1940 due to reliability issues.
Proven Stalingrad picture photo
Memories
AVS was used in many battles even at Soviet-Japanese war as I mentioned
So you have no right to told somebody something like it
If you dont know - just dont write and we all be fine here
The decision to manufacture the SVT in an automatic version (AVT) finally undermined the authority of the self-loading rifle. The rifle’s receiver is not designed to withstand powerful cyclic loads; it simply deformed when firing in bursts - hence the bursts of cartridges and insufficient closing of the bolt. Apparently, the troops abused the automatic fire mode, which in the service manual for the AVT is called “an auxiliary type of fire, conducted when there is a shortage of light machine guns and in exceptional moments of combat…”
Makes sense why no one would give this to soldiers after it was cancelled in mid 1943, right?
You have nothing. Chumak and Ian dont say AVS never ever use in a middle and a late of WWII. I show some decent evidence it was. And nobody told that it was produced. But in a 15 millions army it was in some not much count before 2 september 1945 which is proven in some history magazines and in a memories
And yet no proven:
AVS 36 was withdrawn from service in 1940 due to reliability issues.
Which means - Decommissioned in the army - its not - it was during all the World war II in Red Army. Most of it was lost in a 1941-1942 battles but small amount survive in some places - its a 15 millions army! I give you a memories there was an evidence of it. Nobody tells it was a millions. But 1000 maybe even 100 in 1945 could be. there is some sources told us it was
posting hitlers and stalins orders to recall this or that is a bureaucratic paper trail in a world war. How many of those orders get ignored, or missing?
I get what the papers say - the soldiers also disupte those claims, and photos are presented as evidence. Aka clearly rare but nevertheless visual and biographical information about their use is here - were looking at it.
And again questinable - I bring before evidence of its existence of some amounts during World War II. It was at the balance of Red Army anyway at the almost all fronts unless it was all destroyed all broken all thrown away. But some small count survive - thats that we are talking about
Some small amounts can always survive - I can agree with that.
However, as the original question was how historical are AVS and AVT 15/20 in the context of Berlin, I am of the opinion that no troops would storm Berlin with obsolete, dangerous weapons, which had been either discontinued or cancelled already.