Also known as SVT-38, SVT-40
thumb|Soviet soldiers with SVT-40 rifles.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- SVT-40
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.type
- Semi-automatic rifle
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.designer
- Fedor Tokarev
- Weapon.design_date
- 1938 (updated 1940)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1938–1945
- Weapon.service
- 1938–present (SVT-38) 1940–present (SVT-40)
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- Winter WarWorld War IIKorean WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.cartridge
- 7.62×54mmR
- Weapon.feed
- 10-round detachable box magazine
- Weapon.action
- Gas-operated short-stroke piston, tilting bolt
- Weapon.velocity
- (light bullet arr. 1908)
- Weapon.weight
- unloaded
- Weapon.variants
- SVT-38, SVT-40
- Weapon.number
- SVT-38: 150,000 SVT-40: 1,600,000
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- SVT-38
- SVT-40
- AVT-40 automatic rifle
- SKT-40
- AT-44
- SVTs outside of the Soviet Union
- Post-war
- Users
- Current users
- Former users
- Museum exhibits
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Soviet soldiers with SVT-40 rifles.
The SVT-40 () is a semi-automatic battle rifle developed in the Soviet Union that saw widespread service during and after World War II. It was intended to be the new service rifle of the Soviet Red Army. However, its production was disrupted by the Axis invasion in 1941, resulting in a change back to the Mosin–Nagant rifle for the duration of the war, although both rifles served concurrently.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SVT” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.