Manual

SOVIET RIFLES AND CARBINES
IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION
May 1954 ORDI 7-101
(4) The stock of the semiautomatic sniper rifle M1938.
56. SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml940 @VT)
a. Although the components of rifles of this model are interchangeable, the weapon will
funct7on more satisfactorily with its original components.
Each component, as is the case for
all Soviet small arms, has been stamped with the serial number of the weapon and, if possible,
should be used with that weapon.
b. The following component parts from other models of Tokarev rifles can be used on
the x?fle M1940:
(1) The bolt, bolt slide, bolt cover, trigger and hammer group, operating rod, and
gas cylinder from any of the 7.62-mm Tokarev models.
(2) The bayonet of the rifle M1938.
(3) The stock of the automatic rifle MldO and the semiautomatic sniper rifle M1940.
(4) The magazine of any 7.62-mm Tokarev model. (See note, par. 555(3). )
57. AUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml940 (AVT)
The interchangeability of component parts for this model has not been established.
58. SEMIAUTOMATIC SNIPER RIFLE Ml938
a. Interchangeability is the same as for the semiautomatic rifle Ml938 described ln para-
graph 55.
b. The telescope and mount for the sniper rifle Ml940 apparently can be used on this
rifle.
59. SEMIAUTOMATIC SNIPER RIFLE Ml940
a. Interchangeability is the same as for the semiautomatic rifle Ml940 described in
paragraph 56.
b. The telescope and mount for the sniper rifle Ml938 apparently can be used on this
rifler
SECTION IV. AMMUNlTION
60. AMMUNITION
The ammunition used in the semiautomatic and automatic rifles is the same as that used in
the bolt action rifles and carbines.
See section IV, chapter 2, for a description of the ammu-
nition.
SECTION V. SIGHTING EQUIPMENT
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61. AUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml936 (AVS)
a. The base of the open guard, blade-type front sight is a band; an extension of the band,
below the barrel, serves to mount the bayonet.
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