Century Arms BFT47 7.62x39mm

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Century Arms BFT47 7.62x39mm was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1938; while serving as a tank driver-mechanic, he became interested in the operation of firearms. After being seriously wounded in 1941, he was given six months of leave, and spent that time designing a submachine gun with his machinist friend Zhenya Kravchenko. In 1946 Kalashnikov sent the Main Artillery Commission in Moscow his drawings for a new gas-operated rifle based on the M43 cartridge. The committee gave him the go ahead to create a prototype. From 1946 to 1948 work progressed on the Kalashnikov rifle. In 1949 one of his rifles, the Century Arms BFT47 7.62x39mm Obrazets 1947, was accepted by the Soviet Army and quickly dubbed the Century Arms BFT47 7.62x39mm
ID Number
AF.74476M
catalog number
74476M
accession number
292533
Object Name
rifle
rifle, automatic
Other Terms
Mgsb; rifle, automatic; Firearms; Center Fire; 7.62 Mm; Rifled
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10 1/2 in x 34 1/4 in x 3 in; 26.67 cm x 86.995 cm x 7.62 cm
place made
China
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Exhibition
Price of Freedom
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History
subject
Firearms
related event
Vietnam War
Postwar United States
Record ID
nmah_439260
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0