Maxim–Tokarev
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| Maxim-Tokarev | |
|---|---|
| Type | Light machine gun |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Soviet Union |
| Production history | |
| Number built | 3,500 |
The Maxim–Tokarev was a Russian light machine gun based on the Maxim M1910. Following World War I, the Soviet army started developing a machine gun, and the 7.62mm Maxim Tokarev and Maxim Koleshnikov are examples of their initial efforts.
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This was an interim “light machine gun” modification, built along the lines of the German lMG 08/18 light machine gun. The water jacket was discarded and replaced by a thin perforated steel jacket, and the barrel was shortened and lightened. The barrel could be changed more or less quickly in the field. Spade grips were replaced with rifle-type stock and the thumb-trigger was replaced by a rifle-type trigger. A folding bipod was attached to the barrel jacket.
The feed system was the same as on Maxim M1910 guns, except the standard belt capacity was reduced to 100 rounds. 100-round belts were usually carried in separate drum-type containers.
More than 3,500 Maxim–Tokarev guns were produced by Tula arms factory (TOZ) in 1926-27; 3,550 were later sold to Republican Spain.
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References [edit]
- Musgrave, Daniel D.; Thomas B. Nelson (1967). The World's Assault Rifles and Automatic Carbines. T. B. N. Enterprises. p. 150.
- Barker, A. J.; John Walter (1971). Russian Infantry Weapons of World War II. New York: Arco Pub. Co. p. 35. ISBN 0-668-02336-8.
- Bingham-Black Smith, Walter Harold; Joseph E. Smith (1975). Small Arms of the World: A Basic Manual of Small Arms (10th ed. ed.). London: A and W Visual Library. p. 547. ISBN 0-89104-021-8.
- Dunn, Walter Scott (1995). The Soviet Economy and the Red Army, 1930-1945. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 101ff. ISBN 0-275-94893-5.
- Hogg, Ian V.; John S. Weeks (2000). Military Small Arms of the 20th Century (7th ed. ed.). Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications. p. 359f. ISBN 0-87341-824-7.
- Tucker, Spencer; Jinwung Kim (2000). Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p. 407. ISBN 1-57607-029-8.
- Dunn, Walter Scott (2006). Stalin's keys to victory: the rebirth of the Red Army. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 91. ISBN 0-275-99067-2.
External links [edit]
- http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg56-e.htm
- 7.62 Maxim Tokarev
- the Winter War
- http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/Armas/Infanteria/FAmetralla/Maxim_M1917.jpg (dead link)
- http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/LMG1.htm
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