Manual

SOVIET RIFLES AND CARBINES
May 1954
IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION
ORDI 7-101
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1. This rifle is fitted with a knife-type bayonet.
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SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml938 (SVT)
a. The semiautomatic rifle Ml938 (fig. 53)
uses the same type of gas port, gas regula-
and operating rod mounted above the barrel as the automatic rifle M1938.
b. This rifle is capable of semiautomatic fire only.
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c. It has a two-piece stock (fig. 58) and two stock bands.
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FIGURE 58. TWO-PIECE STOCK OF THE SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE M1938.
d. The slightlv curved ten-round magazine is slightlv shorter than the magazine for the
automatic rifle‘M1536.
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e. T!I:, 3,x-l)affle muzzie brake is permanently attached.
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f.
The fl rlt sig!lt is the protected post type.
g. T!IF :‘t ir
sight is the tangent type, the same as found on the rifles M1891/30
M1936. ;ind ha,, 1.0 provision for windage adjustment.
h. The ICI or-ty,ye bayonet is generally similar to that of the United States cal.
?.:I ~%t~pt z’l,i! .he bayonet
catch is mounted on the rear of the bayonet grip.
and
30 rifle
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- is cut out on the right side of the two-piece stock for the cleaning rod. The
two &cl; bands serve as cleaning rod retainers.
1. T::E rifle !>a8 a one-piece magazine release.
k. The snfety is in the trigger guard, at the rear of the trigger.
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50. SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml940 (SVT)
a. The mechanism of the semiautomatic rifle Ml940 (fig. 54) is identical to that of the
M1938.
b. It has a perforated sheet-metal guard forward of the stock and handguard.
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c. The one-piece cleaning rod is fitted into the stock under the barrel, and is held in
placeby a spring catch on the bayonet lug.
d. The
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e. The
f. The
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stock is of one-piece design.
magazine release
front sling swivel
is
is
the two-piece type.
on the left side of the rifle and is integral with the front band.
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