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Semi-automatic pistol

TT (Tula Tokarev)
TT-33
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1930–nowadays
Used by	Run into Users
Wars	Spanish Civil War Earth War II Korean War^[1] Chinese Ceremonious State of war Arab–Israeli conflict^[2] Bangladesh Liberation State of war^[3] Vietnam War Laotian Civil State of war Hungarian Revolution of 1956^[4] Cambodian Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese State of war Sino-Vietnamese War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War Yugoslav Wars Burundian Civil State of war Cambodian–Thai border stand-off War in Afghanistan (2001–present)^[v] Syrian Ceremonious War War in Donbas^[half-dozen]
Production history
Designer	Fedor Tokarev
Designed	1930
Manufacturer	Tula Arms Found, Izhevsk Armory, Norinco, Femaru, FB Radom, Cugir Arsenal, Zastava Arms, FÉG
Produced	1930–1955^[7]
No. built	one,330,000
Variants	TT-xxx, TT-33, TTC, M48, M48 Tokagypt, M57, M70, M70, R-three, Type 51, Type 54, Type 68, K-14
Specifications
Mass	854 thousand (thirty.1 oz)
Length	194 mm (7.vi in)
Barrel length	116 mm (four.half dozen in)
Height	134 mm (5.3 in)

Cartridge	7.62×25mm Tokarev 9mm Parabellum
Action	Short recoil actuated, locked breech, single action
Cage velocity	450 yard/s (one,476 ft/s)
Effective firing range	50 chiliad
Feed system	8-circular detachable box magazine or 9-round detachable box magazine compatible with Zastava M57
Sights	Front bract, rear notch 156 mm (6.ane in) sight radius

The TT-30,^[a] unremarkably known but as the Tokarev, is an out-of-production Soviet semi-automatic pistol. Information technology was developed in the early 1930s by Fedor Tokarev equally a service pistol for the Soviet armed services to replace the Nagant M1895 revolver that had been in employ since the Russian Empire, though information technology ended up being used in conjunction with, rather than replacing, the M1895. It served until 1952, when information technology was replaced by the Makarov pistol.

Development [edit]

Soviet Tokarev TT-33, fabricated in 1937

In 1930, the Revolutionary Military Council approved a resolution to test new pocket-sized arms to supplant its aging Nagant M1895 revolvers.^[8] During these tests, on seven January 1931, the potential of a pistol designed by Fedor Tokarev was noted. A few weeks later, i,000 TT-30s were ordered for troop trials, and the pistol was adopted for service in the Blood-red Regular army.^[9] The TT-thirty was manufactured between 1930 and 1936, with about 93,000 beingness produced.

Even equally the TT-thirty was being put into production, design changes were made to simplify manufacturing. Minor changes to the butt, disconnector,^[10] trigger and frame were implemented, the most notable ones being the omission of the removable hammer assembly and changes to the total-circumference locking lugs. This redesigned pistol was the TT-33.^[9] Most TT-33s were issued to commanding officers. The TT-33 was widely used by Soviet troops during Earth State of war II, only did not completely supervene upon the Nagant. From 1931-1945, a total of 1,330,000 Tokarevs were produced in the Soviet Matrimony.^[11]

Design details [edit]

Externally, the TT-33 is very similar to John Browning's blowback operated FN Model 1903 semiautomatic pistol, and internally it uses Browning's short recoil tilting-butt system from the M1911 pistol. In other areas the TT-33 differs more from Browning'southward designs—it employs a much simpler hammer/sear assembly than the M1911. This associates is removable from the pistol as a modular unit and includes machined magazine feed lips, preventing misfeeds when a damaged mag was loaded into the magazine well.^[12] Soviet engineers made several alterations to make the mechanism easier to produce and maintain, most notably the simplifications of the barrel's locking lugs, assuasive fewer machining steps. Some models use a captive recoil spring secured to the guide rod, which does depend on the butt bushing to hold information technology under tension. The TT-33 is chambered for the seven.62×25mm Tokarev cartridge, which was itself based on the similar 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge used in the Mauser C96 pistol. The seven.62×25mm cartridge is powerful, has an extremely apartment trajectory, and is capable of penetrating thick clothing and soft body armor. Because of their reliability, big numbers of the TT-33 were produced during World War II and well into the 1950s. In modern times, the robust TT-33 has been converted to many powerful cartridges including .38 Super and 9×23mm Winchester. The TT-33 omitted a safety catch other than the half cock notch, which rendered the trigger inoperable until the hammer was pulled dorsum to full erect and then lowered manually to the half cock position. Many imported variants take manual safeties added, which vary greatly in placement and function.

Variants [edit]

The Wehrmacht captured TT-33s and issued them to units nether the Pistole 615(r) designation. This was made possible by the fact that Russian 7.62 mm Model 1930 Blazon P cartridges were most identical to the German 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge, although in German service the 9×19mm Parabellum circular was more common. Due to much higher pressures, using Russian cartridges in German language Mauser pistols can induce damages, and is advised against.^[12]

Interarms marketed Globe War II–surplus Russian-fabricated Tokarevs in Europe and the United States every bit the Phoenix. They had new wooden grips with a phoenix design on them and were overstamped INTERARMS on the barrel. Later gun laws banned their sale due to their lack of a safety.^{[ commendation needed ]}

In 1949, a silenced variant was produced. Uniquely, the silencer is attached to the butt bushing rather than the barrel itself. The combined weight of the suppressor with the slide prevents semi-auto cycling of the action, forcing the user to manually cycle it in the aforementioned manner as pump activity firearms. It would afterward be replaced by the Pb pistol in 1967.

Strange product [edit]

The TT-33 was eventually replaced by the 8-round, 9×18mm Makarov PM pistol in 1952. Production of the TT-33 in Russia ended in 1954, but copies (licensed or otherwise) were also fabricated by other countries. At one time or another, almost communist or Soviet bloc countries fabricated a variation of the TT-33 pistol.

China [edit]

Blazon 54 with manual safety

The TT pistol was copied in China equally the Type 51, Type 54, M20, and TU-90.^[13]

Norinco, the People'due south Liberation Army'due south land armaments manufacturer in China, manufactured a commercial variant of the Tokarev pistol chambered in the more common 9×19mm Parabellum round, known as the Tokarev Model 213, as well equally in the original 7.62×25mm caliber.

The 9mm model features a condom grab, which was absent on Russian-produced TT-33 handguns. Furthermore, the Model 213 features the thin slide grip grooves, every bit opposed to the original Russian wide-types. The 9mm model is featured with a magazine well block mounted in the rear of the magazine well to accept 9mm type magazines without frame modification.

The Norinco model in current production is not available for sale in the The states due to import prohibitions on Chinese firearms, although older handguns of the Model 213 type imported in the 1980s and 1990s are common. Norinco now makes the NP-17, a modernized, two-tone variant on the Model 213.

7.62×25mm ammo is too rather inexpensive and locally produced or imported from China, as well fabricated by Norinco.

Republic of hungary [edit]

The Hungarian 'Tokagypt-58' - is a 9 mm variant of the Soviet TT pistol

Hungary rebarreled the TT to fire ix×19mm Parabellum equally the M48, as well equally an consign version for Egypt known as the Tokagypt 58 which was widely used by police forces there.^[12] Tokagypts differ from the original Tokarevs past an external safety lever that tin can be engaged in safety decocking as well as cocked hammer position. By changing the barrel and mag into original TT parts, a calibre change system tin can exist made hands (after proof-shooting in countries affiliated with the CIP).

Egypt, still, cancelled much of the order of the Tokagypt and PP-like pistols manufactured in Hungary; those were marketed then in the West, like the then Frg, where it was imported by Hege.

North Korea [edit]

Northward Korea manufactured them every bit the Blazon 68 ^[14] or M68.^[12]

Pakistan [edit]

A crude Pakistani-made knockoff copy of the TT-33 Pistol.

Both legal and illegal TT pistols are however manufactured in various Pakistani Khyber Pass factories.^[15]

Poland [edit]

Poland produced their own copies as the Pow wz.33, manufactured from 1947 to 1959.^[12] In mid-50s a training version of PW wz. 33 was created, chambered in .22lr called TT Sportowy. All of those pistols were converted between 1954 and 1958 from the vii.62mm variant by changing the butt and removing the locking lugs from slide.

Additionally, the Radom M48 was created in Radom, Poland as some other slightly modified copy of the TT33.

Romania [edit]

Romania produced a TT-33 copy equally the TTC, or Tokarev Cugir well into the 1950s. These have been made available for commercial sale in great numbers in recent years. Even so, to exist importable into the United States, a trigger blocking safety was added.^[sixteen]

Vietnam [edit]

The K54 is a copy of the TT-33.^[17] An updated version known as the K14-VN is made by Manufactory Z111, and has an increased capacity of 13 rounds, with a wider grip to incorporate a double stack mag.^[17] ^[18] Research and evolution started in 2001.^[19] The K14-VN began to see service with PAVN forces on May 10, 2014.^[20]

The industry name for the regular K54 and the K14-VN is known as SN7M and the SN7TD.^[21]

Yugoslavia (Serbia) [edit]

The Yugoslavian M57 variant with loaded ix-round mag.

Zastava produces an improved version of the TT-33 designated M57.

The M57 has a longer grip and longer 9-round magazine (versus 8 rounds in TT). A nine×19mm version is also made past Zastava designated M70A likewise as a compact version M88.

Zastava manufactures a sub compact pistol M70 (a.grand.a.Pčelica ("footling bee")) roughly based on TT design in 7,65mm Browning (.32 ACP) or 9mm Kratak (.380 ACP).^{[ citation needed ]}

Since 2012, the M57A, M70A and M88A was formerly imported into the U.South. by Century International Arms, but has since been replaced by Zastava USA.^[22] ^[23]

Usage [edit]

The TT-33 is still in service in the Bangladeshi and N Korean military today, while police in Pakistan still normally utilize the TT pistol as a sidearm, though unofficially, every bit it is being replaced by modern 9 mm Beretta and SIG Sauer pistols. In China, the TT-33 pistol is also occasionally supplied to the People's Armed Police and People'southward Liberation Army under the proper noun Blazon 54.^[24]

The Tokarev, besides as its variants in 9mm, take been renowned for their simplicity, power and accuracy.^[25]

Users [edit]

Tokarev Pistol historical usage map

Meet as well [edit]

List of Russian weaponry
Table of handgun and rifle cartridges

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