Manual

SOVIET RIFLES AND CARBINES
May 1954
IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION
ORDI 7-101
FIGURE 57. 7.62-MM SEMIAUTOMATIC SNIPER RIFLE M1940.
d. The Tokarev ‘7.62-mm semiautomatic carbine Ml940 was made only in.small numbers.
Its weaknesses, with regard to durability, repair, and maintenance, were the same as those
of the Tokarev rifles.
This carbine is not a standard weapon, and is unlikely to be found in the
field.
47. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMATIC AND SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLES
Basic characteristics of Soviet ‘7. 62-mm automatic and semiautomatic rifles are presented in
table II.
SECTION II. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS
48. AUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml936 (AVS)
a. The automatic rifle Ml936 (fig. 52), which has been superseded by the Tokarev series,
‘5 capable of either semi- or full-automatic fire.
It is difficult to field strip and is subject to
malfunction.
t. The gas port, cylinder, and operating rod are mounted above the barrel and are pro-
r,c;ed by a handguard.
c. A gas regulator, with five different apertures, is incorporated in the gas port assem-
blJ zd may be adjusted by means of a small wrench, without disassembling the rifle.
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g.
This rifle is fitted with a large three-baffle muzzle brake.
The detachable, slightly curved magazine has a capacity of fifteen rounds.
The stock is of one-piece design.
The handguard is clamped to the barrel and stock by a perforated sheet-metal guard.
h.
The blade-type front sight, with open guard, may be adjusted for windage by tapping
on the outside of the guard.
i . The safety is located inside the trigger guard, just to the rear of the trigger.
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i. The tangent rear sight, as found on the rifle M1891/30, has no provision for windage
adjustment.
k. The cleaning rod is secured on the right side of the weapon, between the stock and the
handguard, by means of three retainers.
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