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Legendary "TT" 10 Pictures. istochnikvia №1. In the late 20-ies of the last century, the Red Army command announced a competition for the creation of an automatic pistol. New gun on a plan of command had to be easy to use, reliable, natural, automatic and technologically advanced in the industry. Announcement of the competition is on the personal control of the People's Commissar Voroshilov and Stalin Supreme Commander.

Soviet engineers began developing a new gun. He participated in the competition and a talented gunsmith Fedor Tokarev, who represented the Tula Arms Plant.





№2 first Tokarev, based on the US Colt 1911 was created by the heavy gun chambered 30 "Mauser" 7-gauge, 62 mm, length 25 mm. The decision to cross the American Colt German Mauser cartridge Tokarev was made for two reasons. Firstly, the 45 ACP caliber cartridges (11, 43 mm) is applied to Colt in the USSR were not made. Secondly, under the gun barrels to 7.62 mm it can be done from a defective trunk-line-rifles, and made separately, on several arms factories had the right equipment for this purpose, and the technology has been fairly well established.



№3 Colt 1911



№4 got a gun was heavy, cumbersome and expensive to manufacture, although he could shoot as single shots and bursts at a distance of 700 meters. The tests did not pass a strict military commission rejected the sample, but gave valuable recommendations to improve the prototype.

Therefore, further work has been accepted as a model modernized "Colt 1911" of the sample in 1921. The second modernized version of the Tokarev pistol received from his predecessor successful layout, operation automation and colorful appearance, becoming the much easier, simpler and smarter



№5.V Unlike its "Pope" Colt, who had two mechanical fuse, Tokarev pistol did not have a single, significantly simplified the design of the mechanism. Mainspring has been placed in the trigger. When the cocking lever a quarter, he locked the gate housing without giving make a shot. Yes, and the trigger was designed quite differently - semi-closed, with protruding wheel for a platoon.



6. In addition to field testing pistol Tokarev pistols were presented two more Soviet designers -Prilutskogo and Korovin, as well as foreign companies pistols known weapons Walter Browning and Luger (Parabellum).

Tokarev pistol beat all competitors and was voted the best results.
The new gun received the official designation of "7, 62-mm gun model 1930" and was adopted by the Red Army, where he received his legendary, better known around the world, the informal name "TT" (Tula Tokarev). Over the next three years, eliminated the shortcomings identified technology.

We were at the gun and design flaws. Thus, the half-cock hammer admit involuntary shots store sometimes crashed at the wrong time, warps and jammed cartridges. Caused fair criticism low resource (200-300 shots) and low reliability. Powerful cartridge, designed more for submachine guns in "TT" quickly broke the gate. Particularly ardent critics of the new pistol was called by one of its deficiencies inability to shoot it out of the tank: because of the design features of a gun does not prolazit rifle in recess.



7. After three years, a variety of upgrades to the troops entered the new "TT" (sample 1933), which passed the Great Patriotic War. In the course of the war revealed the main drawback of "TT" - small caliber. Bullet caliber 7, 62 mm, despite the high speed, did not have the stopping power that was inherent in the German 9 mm pistols. Also, it turned out that it is very sensitive to low temperatures, mechanical damage and pollution. The Germans "TT" had the designation Pistole 615®, and they are often used captured "TT", despite its shortcomings



. 8. A famous picture "Combat".



9.Proizvodstvo and modernization "TT" continued throughout the war and after the war. Last renovation took place in 1950, hosts the gun began to produce stamping, making the weapon more reliable and efficient.

Volume of issue pistols "TT" in the SSCR for the period from 1933 until the end of production is estimated at about 1.74 million units.



10.Taktiko Performance pistol "TT" sample in 1933:

Caliber, mm - 7, 62;
Muzzle velocity, m / s - 420;
Weight with empty magazine, kg - 0, 845;
weight with loaded magazine, kg - 0, 940;
Overall length, mm - 195;
Barrel length, mm - 116;
magazine capacity, the number of rounds - 8;
rate - eight shots in 10-15 seconds.



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