battlefield trials. After some tweaking, it was officially adopted and designated the 7.62 Samozaryadnyi Karabin Sistemy Simonova Obrazets 1945 g. (translated, "7.62 Self-loading Carbine System Simonov model year 1945") or SKS-45, and chosen as the ideal replacement for the SVT-40. Projects AG-043 AVS-36 AKS-53 AKS-91 AO-35 assault rifle AO-63 assault rifle Honours and awards Hero of Socialist Labour (1954) Three Orders of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Order of the Red Star Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice Honoured Inventor of the RSFSR (1964) Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" Stalin Prize, twice (1942 and 1949) References External links Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov 1894 births 1986 deaths People from Vladimir Oblast Firearm designers Soviet inventors Soviet engineers Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Stalin Prize winners