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The Tokarev Model 1927 submachine gun, sometimes referred to as the PPT-27, was an experimental firearm developed in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev as part of the Soviet Union's drive to be self sufficient in armaments.
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 ]
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.
Vasily Degtyaryov, designer of Degtyaryov-series firearms, ... Fedor Tokarev, designer of TT-33 handgun and SVT-40 self-loading rifle, ...
Mostly known for the Samozaryadnyi karabin Simonova (Russian: Самозарядный карабин Симонова), 1945 (self-loading carbine of Simonov, 1945), or SKS carbine, he also pioneered the assault and semi-automatic rifle field in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly under the supervision of both Vladimir Fyodorov and Fedor Tokarev.
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During field tests conducted in early 1925, Tokarev's model proved superior, so it was adopted on May 26. [3] Of the 2,500 Maxim–Tokarev guns were produced by Tula arms factory (TOZ) in 1926–27; 1,400 were supplied to China between 1938 and 1939 in the Sino-Soviet Aid Program. [4]
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle,Anti air cannon and any other variants.