Fedor Tokarev

Fedor Tokarev was a Soviet firearms designer whose best-known designs include the TT-33 pistol and SVT-40 self-loading rifle.

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TT pistol: A Soviet family of semi-automatic pistols designed by Fedor Tokarev, including the TT-30 and TT-33. The TT series is Tokarev’s best-known pistol design.
Short recoil operation: A firearm action in which the barrel and slide recoil together briefly before separating to cycle the weapon. The TT-33 uses short recoil to cycle after a shot.
TT-30: A Soviet semi-automatic pistol designed by Fedor Tokarev and adopted in 1930, predecessor to the TT-33. It was the earlier service pistol from which the TT-33 evolved.
Eastern Front: The theater of conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and their allies during World War II. Soviet forces used Tokarev’s rifles extensively in this theater.
SVT-40: A Soviet gas-operated, self-loading rifle adopted in 1940 and designed by Fedor Tokarev. This rifle was Tokarev’s most prominent military long-arm.
Browning cam-locking system: A method of locking a firearm barrel to its slide using a cam that tilts the barrel during cycling. The TT-33’s locked-breech action uses a tilting-barrel arrangement associated with this system.
SVT-38: A Soviet self-loading rifle designed by Fedor Tokarev and adopted in 1938, later revised as the SVT-40. Its redesign produced the better-known SVT-40.
Battle of Kursk: A major 1943 battle between Soviet and German forces on the Eastern Front. The SVT-40 saw combat during the largest tank battle of World War II.
Self-loading rifle: A rifle that uses energy from firing to load the next cartridge without manual cycling. The SVT-40 belongs to this class of firearm.
Gas piston: A component driven by expanding propellant gas to move a firearm’s operating mechanism. A gas piston cycles the SVT-40’s action.