TT-33
Weapon
name= Tula Tokarev model 1933 | image= | caption= | origin= Soviet Union | Semi-automatic pistol
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>service= 1930–1951 | used_by= |
>designer= | design_date=1930 (TT-30) | manufacturer= | production_date= | number= ~ 1,700,000 | | Type 51/54 (China)
M57 (Yugoslavia)
Type 68 (North Korea)
Tokagypt (Egypt)
Carpaţi (Romania)
>weight= 840 g
length= 196 mm | part_length= 116 mm | crew= | cartridge= 7.62 x 25 mm TT | caliber= | action= Single action, recoil-actuated | rate= | velocity= 420 m/s | range= | max_range= | feed= 8 round box magazine |
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The TT-30 is a semi-automatic pistol developed by Fedor Tokarev for the Soviet military to replace the old Nagant M1895 revolvers in use since tsarist times. The TT-33 (Tokarev-Tula) was adopted in 1933 as an improved design of the TT-30, and was widely used by Soviet troops during World War II. Mechanically and externally, the TT-33 was a very close, less polished facsimile of John Browning's blowback operated FN Model 1903 automatic pistol in design and function, combined with Browning's short recoil principle and a much simpler hammer/sear assembly with an external hammer.
The TT-33 is chambered for the 7.62 x 25 mm Tokarev cartridge, which was itself based on the similar 7.63mm Mauser cartridge used in the Mauser C96 pistol. Able to withstand tremendous abuse, large numbers of the TT-33 were produced during WWII and well into the 1950s, although it never completely replaced the Nagant M1895 revolver. | A Soviet NCO, armed with a Tokarev TT-33 Service Pistol, urges Russian troops foward against German positions during WWII |
Production of the TT-33 in the USSR ended in 1954, but copies (licensed or otherwise) were also made by China (as the Type 51, Type 54, M20, and TU-90), Hungary (as the 48 M), as well as an export version for Egypt (the Tokagypt 58 chambered in 9mm Parabellum),Yugoslavia (as the M57 and M70A) and North Korea (as the Type 68).At one time or another most communist or Soviet bloc countries made a variation of the TT-33 pistol, until it was eventually replaced by the Makarov in military service.
The Tokarev is gaining in popularity with pistol collectors and shooters in the West because of its ruggedness, reliability and ready availability of cheap ammunition (in the US).
Norinco in China still manufacture a 9mm Parabellum version of the TT-33 for the civilian market. It features a safety catch, which was absent on Soviet-produced TT-33 handguns.* The Official Fedor Tokarev Guns And Rifles Website
* Da komrade: the Tula Tokarev Model 1930/1933
* Guns World
* Modern Firearms*Service pistol
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