World War II battle rifles

thumb|Soviet soldiers with SVT-40 rifles.

German Mauser automatic rifle

thumb|right|300px|Red Army reinforcements during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. The 3 sergeants in the front row are equipped with AVS-36. The AVS-36 (; Avtomaticheskaya vintovka Simonova obraztsa 1936 goda (AVS-36); "Automatic rifle Simonov model 1936 (AVS-36)") was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early years of World War II. It was among the early selective fire infantry rifles (capable of both semi and full-automatic fire) formally adopted for military service.