SVT-40 Rifle Technical Data

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Designation:

Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, SVT-40

Manufacturer:

Tula and Izhevsk Factories

Year Adopted:

1940

Operational Status:

Russia - No longer in service. Was in operational use from 1940 until it was replaced by other weapons at the end of the war.

Ammunition:

Method of Operation:

Gas Operated, Semi-Automatic Rifle

Selector:

Fire and Safe
There is no provision for automatic fire on the SVT-40 rifle

Weight:

9.48 pounds (w/ magazine and bayonet)
8.59 pounds (w/o magazine and bayonet)

Maximum Range

Uncertain at present

Length:
     Overall (without bayonet):
     Barrel:

   
48.1 inches
24.6 inches

Sights:
Maximum Sight Range:

Hooded post front sight, tangent rear sight
1,500 meters

Rate of Fire:

25 rounds per minute

Rifling Grooves:

4, right hand twist

Muzzle velocity

636 meters/second (2514 ft / second)