Tokarev 1927
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The Tokarev Model 1927 submachine gun
was an experimental firearm first developed in the Soviet Union
under the leadership of Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev. The design was limited by its 7.62 x 38mm Nagant chambering which was necessary to utilize large stockpiles of the cartridge and provide commonality with the then standard sidearm of the Red Army
, the Nagant revolver. Trials of the Model 1927 revealed poor reliability mainly because the over length cases caused repeated chamber jams and double feeds. As a result it was not adopted for general issue. The model 1927's failures lead to a decision by the Red Army to replace the Nagant revolver with a more modern auto pistol that used a true automatic pistol cartridge, the TT-33
, which Tokarev would later design.
Submachine gun
A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
was an experimental firearm first developed in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
under the leadership of Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev. The design was limited by its 7.62 x 38mm Nagant chambering which was necessary to utilize large stockpiles of the cartridge and provide commonality with the then standard sidearm of the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
, the Nagant revolver. Trials of the Model 1927 revealed poor reliability mainly because the over length cases caused repeated chamber jams and double feeds. As a result it was not adopted for general issue. The model 1927's failures lead to a decision by the Red Army to replace the Nagant revolver with a more modern auto pistol that used a true automatic pistol cartridge, the TT-33
TT-33
The TT-30 is a Russian semi-automatic pistol. It was developed in the early 1930s by Fedor Tokarev as a service pistol for the Soviet military to replace the Nagant M1895 revolver that had been in use since tsarist times, though it never fully replaced the M1895.-Development:In 1930, the...
, which Tokarev would later design.