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Like the PPSh-41, it is chambered for the 7.62×25mm Tokarev M1930 pistol cartridge. [ 1 ] The submachine gun's rifled barrel (with 4 right-hand grooves) is mounted in a perforated sheet metal heat guard and is equipped with a crude muzzle brake , consisting of a strip of steel bent into a U-shape that deflects exiting muzzle gases to the sides ...
'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 ...
Designed in the mid-1950s, the M57 was an unlicensed copy of the Soviet TT-33 Tokarev. [3] The Yugoslav People's Army had initially attempted to adopt the TT as its standard service pistol after World War II, and a number were delivered by the Soviet Union. [3]
Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev (Russian: Фёдор Васи́льевич То́карев; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1871 [1] – 6 March 1968) was a Russian weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1937 to 1950.
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The TT-30, [a] commonly known simply as the Tokarev, is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. It was developed during the late 1920s by Fedor Tokarev as a service pistol for the Soviet Armed Forces and was based on the earlier pistol designs of John Moses Browning , albeit with detail modifications to simplify production and maintenance. [ 2 ]