info on SVT-40

Hey all i was writing on ww2 weapons and need info on svt40 russian semi auto rifle

 

Here is a good place to start:

Modern Firearms - Rifle - Tokarev SVT-38 SVT-40

I really enjoy that site, it has data on a great many weapons from all over the place.

 

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This site might also be of help

Collecting and Shooting the Tokarev SVT-40 - Range Report

 

Here is a "how it works" break down.

Scan taken from Small Arms of the World 11th Ed. by Edward Ezell/W.H.B. Smith



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These rifles were also prized by the Germans.

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The SVT Section

 

Another thing about the SVT, the Nazis copied its gas reloading system in their Kar-43. It was much superior to the Danish Bang (that is the gunsmith's name, S. Bang) design both the Walther and Mauser versions of an autoloading rifle they themselves had built.