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mm · 08-15-2003, 02:00 AM

Doubs,

Re: SVT-38 & SVT-40. You are right "Millions" were not manufactured, but well over ONE MILLION were put into service including sniper variations. But I am correct in that it was a regular service rifle of the Red Army (albeit issued to NCOs) because it was not "Peasant Proof" like the MN. Did you know that the Germans prized the SVT-40 and even had inventory names and numbers for the large number that were captured and re-issued to German and Axis troops. Well over a million qualifies it as a mass-issued semi-auto of WWII. Yes it was fragile, but so was the M-16 in its first few years of issue. mm

08-15-2003, 02:00 AM	#45
mm User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SFBAY Posts: 82 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Doubs, Re: SVT-38 & SVT-40. You are right "Millions" were not manufactured, but well over ONE MILLION were put into service including sniper variations. But I am correct in that it was a regular service rifle of the Red Army (albeit issued to NCOs) because it was not "Peasant Proof" like the MN. Did you know that the Germans prized the SVT-40 and even had inventory names and numbers for the large number that were captured and re-issued to German and Axis troops. Well over a million qualifies it as a mass-issued semi-auto of WWII. Yes it was fragile, but so was the M-16 in its first few years of issue. mm __________________ mjm