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SOVIET RIFLES AND CARBINES Visit CHQSOFTWARE.COM
May 1954
’ IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION
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CHAPTER 3
AUTOMATIC AND SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLES AND CARBINES
SECTION I. GENERAL
45. SIMONOV RIFLE
The Simonov automatic rifle Ml936
(AVS)’ (fig. 52) was the first automatic and semiautomatic
rifle produced by the U. S. S. R. in
7.62-mm caliber.
Imperial Russia had previously produced
the Federov automatic rifle M1916, in 6.5-mm caliber, but the weapon did not prove success-
ful and very few were manufactured.
The Simonov rifle Ml936 evidently did not meet require-
ments either, for it is no longer used in the Soviet Army and has not been encountered in the
field.
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FIGURE 52. 7.62-MM AUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml936 (AVS).
46.
TOKAREV RIFLES AND CARBINES
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The Tokarev 7.62-mm semiautomatic rifle Ml938 (SVT)2 (fig. 53), was the first of
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This model has a two-piece stock and is very lightly built.
It is
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3bsolete in Soviet and satellite forces.
FIGURE 53. 7.62-MM SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml938 (SVT).
lAVS: Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Simonova - Automatic Rifle Simonov.
2SVT: Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokarev - Semiautomatic Rifle Tokarev.
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