Technical Specifications

Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Designer	Fedor Tokarev
Designed	1938 (updated 1940)
Produced	1938–1945
In service	1938–present (SVT-38) 1940–present (SVT-40)
Wars	Winter War · World War II · Korean War · Russo-Ukrainian War
Used by	See Users
No. built	SVT-38: 150,000 · SVT-40: 1,600,000
Variants	SVT-38, SVT-40
Weight	3.85 kg unloaded
Length	1226 mm
Barrel length	625 mm
Cartridge	7.62×54mmR
Action	Gas-operated short-stroke piston, tilting bolt
Feed	10-round detachable box magazine
Muzzle velocity	830 - (light bullet arr. 1908)
Range	500 m, 1000 m+ (with scope)

Data from SVT-40 (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: CC BY-SA 4.0 — Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum).

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