THE VICTORY WEAPON

   Stamp- 7 Rubls. Tokarev's autoloading rifle (СВТ-40). After the Soviet-Finnish war the rifle of the sample of 1938 has been modernised that has considerably simplified its manufacture. For the purpose of unification of all complex of small arms on the basis of СВТ-40 its sniper variant has been developed. During the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 СВТ became the important part of the Soviet shooting arms. Simonov's automatic rifle (АВС-36). Initially АВС-36 reflected as an autoloading rifle, but in the course of working out the mode of automatic fire has been added. It was the first serial automatic rifle in the USSR, it was used by Red Army men in the first months of the Great Patriotic War.
   Stamp - 8 Rubles. The Revolver Nagan 1895. In the Soviet Army the revolver of the Nagan of the sample of 1895 was applied basically to shooting on short distances (to 100m). The revolver possessed excellent ballistic properties and was on arms officer and сержантского structure, basically in infantry and artillery parts. Tokarev's pistol 1933 (TT-33).In days of the Great Patriotic War the Red Army has been armed by updating of a pistol of Tokarev of the sample of 1933.Differing simplicity of a design, high penetrative ability of a bullet and sufficient accuracy, a TT has received the wide circulation at the front, being on arms of officers and generals of almost all combat arms.
   Stamp - 9 Rubles. The Pistol-machine gun of Sudaeva (ППС-43). The Pistol-machine gun of Sudaev of the sample of 1943 was developed in the besieged Leningrad originally for needs of the Leningrad front. Simplicity of a design, compactness, ease and reliability of a pistol-machine gun have allowed it to be considered by right as one of the best types of weapon of the Second World War. The Pistol-machine gun of Shpagin (ППШ-41). ППШ has been created as replacement to Degtyaryov's pistol-machine gun when there was a necessity for the sample close or surpassing it, however simple in manufacture, including at not profile enterprises. ППШ has been accepted on arms in 1941, having outstripped in competition a pistol-machine gun of Shpitalny.
   Stamp - 10 Rubles. Degtyaryov's manual machine gun (ДП). One of the first samples of the small arms, created in the USSR, Degtyaryov's machine gun has been accepted on arms in 1927. The model differed simplicity of the device, reliability of action, accuracy of shooting and high manoeuvrability. Before the termination of Second World War ДП it was successfully applied to fire support of infantry in a platoon link of Red Army. An easel machine gun of Gorjunov (СГ-43). In 1943 the Red Army has received the simple, reliable and rather easy easel machine gun on arms, played a positive role in offensive operations 1943-45 СГ-43 was the first domestic infantry machine gun of calibre 7,62 with a metal cartridge tape.