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The SVT-40 (Russian: Самозарядная винтовка Токарева, образец 1940 года, romanized: Samozaryadnaya vintovka Tokareva, obrazets 1940 goda, lit. 'Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940') is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle that saw widespread service during and after World War II .
Tokarev SVT-38: Semi-automatic rifle: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 10-round magazine. Tokarev SVT-40: Semi-automatic rifle / Sniper rifle (with 3.5× PU scope attached) 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 10-round magazine. Most widely used semi-automatic rifle by the Red Army. Fedorov Avtomat: Battle rifle: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka: Russian Empire: 25-round ...
During the early to mid-Soviet era, Tula Arms Plant produced a variety military rifles, including the Mosin–Nagant, SVT-40, SKS, and AKM. It also produced the Nagant M1895 revolver . From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, the factory produced the AK-74 , [ 5 ] and went on to manufacture the VSS Vintorez , AS Val , OTs-14 Groza , and TOZ ...
The three most common sniper rifles employed by the Soviet Union were the Mosin–Nagant, the Tokarev SVT-40, and later in 1963, the SVD, the first purpose built designated marksmen's rifle. The sniper version of the Mosin–Nagant rifle was used before, during, and after World War II.
Tokarev pistol: 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930–present in use in some reserve forces and carried by military officers TT-30. TT-33 1933 K54 (Vietnamese clone) M48 (Hungarian modification) PW wz. 33 (Polish clone) Type 54 (Chinese clone) Type 68 (North Korean clone) TTC (Romanian clone) Zastava M57 (Yugoslav clone) Soviet Union: Makarov pistol: 9× ...
SVT-38 and SVT-40: Semi-automatic rifle 1,000,000+ [111] 1,600,000 Winchester Model 1890 and 1906: Pump-action rifle United States: 1,600,000 [92] Colt Police Positive Special. and Detective Special. Revolver 1,500,000 [52] Beretta M1934 and M1935: Semi-automatic pistol Italy: 1,500,000 1 million plus Model 1934 [112] 525,000 Model 1935 [113 ...
The Soviet Union issued one major battle rifle, the SVT-40, which was invented by Fedor Tokarev, who is also well known for creating the Tokarev pistol. It uses the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, and reloaded with a 10-round magazine, but the receiver was open-top, meaning it could also be loaded with 5-round stripper clips, the same ones used in the ...
Some of the problems with the rifle in the field were thought to be the magazine, which was deemed too long. Production of the AVS-36 was terminated in 1940 after about 34,000 were produced, [6] and a new design competition was held to which Simonov and Tokarev submitted their improved designs. In 1938, Tokarev's SVT-38 was also adopted for ...