Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev (August 23, 1912 - August 17, 1946) was a Russia

Russia

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n weapons designer. He created the PPS

PPS submachine gun

The PPS was a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62x25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei Sudayev as a low-cost personal defense weapon for reconnaissance units, vehicle crews and support service personnel.The PPS and its variants were used extensively by the Red...

 submachine gun

Submachine gun

A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...

 and the AS-44 assault rifle.

Sudayev designed the first Soviet 'true' intermediate cartridge (7.62x41 M43) assault rifle,Sudaev AS-44, as tested in 1944. He lived in Leningrad, and participated in the defense of the city. the PPS Was developed to be mass produced for the defense of Leningrad.