In total about 1.6 million SVT-40s were produced. Less than 52,000 were an extremely rare sniper variety. The weapon was largely issued to non-commissioned officers and to personnel of certain elite units. Perhaps the greatest thing the SVT-40 had going for it was that it used the same ammunition as the Mosin-Nagant.
Who made SVT-40?
Fedor Tokarev
What was the standard Russian rifle in WW2?
Mosin–Nagant 91/30
Is the SVT-40 a good gun?
A total of 1,600,000 SVT-40s were manufactured during the war and it wasn't a 'bad' rifle all things considered. Even though it had a rather complicated gas regulator system with too many settings for the average peasant Soviet soldier, it was far better than the German 'turkey,' the G-41.
What did the SKS replace?
While never adopted for use by combat units, the SKS is still in use in ceremonial units of the Polish Army, Air Force, Navy where they replaced SVT rifles.
What country used the SVT-40?
SVT-40
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Did Germans use SVT-40?
During WW2, Finnish and German forces also used SVT-40 semi-automatic rifles on a smaller scale, all from captured examples. ... German use of the weapon was so significant that the Germany Army actually published an operating manual for them.Jan 18, 2009
How common was the SVT-40 in ww2?
Since these factories already had experience manufacturing the SVT-38, output increased quickly and an estimated 70,000 SVT-40s were produced in 1940. By the time of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, the SVT-40 was already in widespread use by the Red Army.
How reliable is SVT-40?
The US Garand was famously reliable. Both the Russian SVT-40 and the Gewer -44 had both reliability and manufacturing difficulties which prohibited them from being issued as mass issue weapons.
Is the SVT-40 a battle rifle?
The SVT-40 (Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, Obrazets 1940 goda, "Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940", Russian: Самозарядная винтовка Токарева, образец 1940 года, often nicknamed "Sveta") is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle. The SVT-40 saw widespread service during and after World War II.