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The TT-30, commonly known simply as the Tokarev, is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. It was developed during the late 1920s by Fedor Tokarev as a service pistol for the Soviet Armed Forces and was based on the earlier pistol designs of John Moses Browning , albeit with a number of detail modifications to simplify production and maintenance. [2]
Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev (Russian: Фёдор Васи́льевич То́карев; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1871 – 6 March 1968) was a Russian weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1937 to 1950.
The 7.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge (designated as the 7.62 × 25 Tokarev by the C.I.P.) is a Soviet rimless bottleneck pistol cartridge widely used in former Soviet states and in China, among other countries.
Mar 4, 2020 · The modified pistol was approved and adopted as the Pistolet Tokareva obrazets, 1933g, or more simply the TT33. Production began around 1936, and by the outbreak of hostilities with Nazi Germany almost 400,000 had been produced. The TT33 was to prove an eminently practical and popular combat handgun.
Tokarev USA TT-12 at Gunsite Academy. Tokarev USA is the exclusive import partner for Tokarev Arms, bringing their line of high-quality shotguns to the US market.
Tokarev created a powerful, reliable, easy-to-maintain and inexpensive-to-produce weapon. However, there were quite a few borrowed solutions in the design.
Nov 11, 2014 · Soviet junior political officer armed with a Tokarev TT-33 Service Pistol urges Russian troops forward against German positions during World War II, 1942.
Oct 14, 2016 · A Soviet lieutenant armed with a Tokarev TT-33 pistol, urges his men to attack German positions during WW2. The young officer is believed to be have been killed moments after the photo was taken. (Image source: WikiCommons)
Dec 7, 2020 · Chambered for the powerful, high-velocity bottlenecked 7.62x25mm cartridge, the Tokarev was well known, but not readily available in the West for over five decades. In reality, it used a round that was an almost identical, but hopped-up version of the old 7.63mm Mauser “Broomhandle” cartridge.
Dec 7, 2020 · Today we play with an iconic soviet pistol called the TT-33 or the Tokarev. Essentially the 1911 of Russia, it’s a fun little gun! ...more.
