| 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 | |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Fedor Tokarev |
| Designed | 1938 (updated 1940)[1] |
| Produced | 1938–1945[2] |
| No. built | SVT-38: 150,000[3] SVT-40: 1,600,000[4][5] |
| Variants | SVT-38, SVT-40 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3.85 kilograms (8.5 lb) unloaded[1] |
| Length | 1,226 millimetres (48.3 in)[1] |
| Barrel length | 625 millimetres (24.6 in)[1] |
| Cartridge | 7.62×54mmR[1] |
| Action | Gas-operated short-stroke piston, tilting bolt[1] |
| Muzzle velocity | 830–840 m/s (2,720–2,760 ft/s)[6] (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[1] |
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.
- ^
- 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