SVT-40

SVT-40
SVT-40
	SVT-40 from the Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1938–present (SVT-38); 1940–present (SVT-40)
Used by	See Users
Wars	Winter War; Continuation War; World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War; Russo-Ukrainian War;
Production history
Designer	Fedor Tokarev
Designed	1938 (updated 1940)
Produced	1938–1945
No. built	SVT-38: 150,000 ; SVT-40: 1,600,000
Variants	SVT-38, SVT-40
Specifications
Mass	3.85 kilograms (8.5 lb) unloaded
Length	1,226 millimetres (48.3 in)
Barrel length	625 millimetres (24.6 in)
Cartridge	7.62×54mmR
Action	Gas-operated short-stroke piston, tilting bolt
Muzzle velocity	830–840 m/s (2,720–2,760 ft/s) (light bullet arr. 1908)
Effective firing range	500 metres (550 yd), 1,000 metres (1,100 yd)+ (with scope)
Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine

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. It was intended to be the new service rifle of the Soviet Red Army, but its production was disrupted by the German invasion in 1941, resulting in a change back to the Mosin–Nagant rifle for the duration of World War II.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Modern Firearms article on SVT-40 Archived 16 December 2003 at the Wayback Machine
^ "SVT-40 Tokarev semi-auto rifle".
^ Suciu, Peter (13 January 2021). "Ranked: Which World War II Semi-Automatic Weapon Was the Best?". National Interest.
^ Steve Kehaya; Joe Poyer (1996). The SKS Carabine (CKC45g) (4th ed.). North Cape Publications, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 1-882391-14-4.
^ Edward Clinton Ezell (1983). Small Arms of the World: A Basic Manual of Small Arms (12th ed.). Stackpole Books. p. 894. ISBN 0-8117-1687-2.
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- May 1946 (U.S.) Intelligence Bulletin on Tokarev M1940 gives 2720 ft/s
- Семен Федосеев, "Самозарядная винтовка Токарева", Техника и вооружение, June 2005, p. 16, gives 840 m/s

[MF-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Modern Firearms article on SVT-40 Archived 16 December 2003 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "SVT-40 Tokarev semi-auto rifle".

[3] Suciu, Peter (13 January 2021). "Ranked: Which World War II Semi-Automatic Weapon Was the Best?". National Interest.

[kehaya-4] Steve Kehaya; Joe Poyer (1996). The SKS Carabine (CKC45g) (4th ed.). North Cape Publications, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 1-882391-14-4.

[ezell-5] Edward Clinton Ezell (1983). Small Arms of the World: A Basic Manual of Small Arms (12th ed.). Stackpole Books. p. 894. ISBN 0-8117-1687-2.

[6] 
May 1946 (U.S.) Intelligence Bulletin on Tokarev M1940 gives 2720 ft/s

Семен Федосеев, "Самозарядная винтовка Токарева", Техника и вооружение, June 2005, p. 16, gives 840 m/s

[7] May 1946 (U.S.) Intelligence Bulletin on Tokarev M1940 gives 2720 ft/s

[8] Семен Федосеев, "Самозарядная винтовка Токарева", Техника и вооружение, June 2005, p. 16, gives 840 m/s

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