Your Favorite P-08 Luger

[Doubs]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by mm:
<strong>Have to disagree with Big Norm, Doubs, and Wes. First Doubs, what about the millions of SVT-38s and SVT-40s that were issued by the "major power" USSR during the war? mm</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">The standard issue rifle for the Soviet army was the Moisin-Nagant in all of it's variations. The SVT-38 & 40 were never issued in the numbers you suggest nor did they ever supplant the MN's as the Garand did the Springfield. In fact, the SVT's proved to be less than reliable under battlefield conditions which no doubt limited their issue. The first truly successful semi-auto rifle issued by the Soviets was the SKS which saw very limited action at the end of the war and became obsolete in the early 1950's when the AK-47 started replacing almost everything else.