Fedor Tokarev
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Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev (1871–1968) was a Russia
n weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1941 to 1950. Outside the former Soviet Union he is best known as the designer of the Tokarev TT-30 and TT-33
self-loading pistol and the Tokarev SVT-38 and SVT-40 self-loading rifle
, both of which were produced in large numbers during the German-Soviet War. Due to his contributions to Soviet arms design Tokarev received the Hero of Socialist Labor
award in 1940.
He also designed the prototype of the FT-1 / ФТ-1 panoramic camera (FT stands for: Fotoapparat Tokareva / Фотоаппарат Токарева).
1892 - Graduated as Cossack noncommissioned officer and sent to the 12th Don Cossack
Regiment as an armorer-artificer; age 21
1896 - Returned to Novecherkassk as Master Armorer Instructor; age 25. Applied for admittance to the Military Technical School.
1900 - Graduated as a Cossack commissioned officer, age 29, and returned to his old unit, the 12th Don Cossack Regiment as Master Gunsmith.
1910 - Submitted his version of a conversion of the bolt-action Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant
rifle to semi-automatic fire, which merited official testing. Age 39
Russia
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n weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1941 to 1950. Outside the former Soviet Union he is best known as the designer of the Tokarev TT-30 and TT-33
TT-33
The TT-30 is a Russian semi-automatic pistol. It was developed in the early 1930s by Fedor Tokarev as a service pistol for the Soviet military to replace the Nagant M1895 revolver that had been in use since tsarist times, though it never fully replaced the M1895.-Development:In 1930, the...
self-loading pistol and the Tokarev SVT-38 and SVT-40 self-loading rifle
Self-loading rifle
Self-loading rifle may refer to:*Semi-automatic rifle, a type of firearm which fires a single shot with the pull of a trigger, and uses the energy of that shot to chamber the next round...
, both of which were produced in large numbers during the German-Soviet War. Due to his contributions to Soviet arms design Tokarev received the Hero of Socialist Labor
Hero of Socialist Labor
Hero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
award in 1940.
He also designed the prototype of the FT-1 / ФТ-1 panoramic camera (FT stands for: Fotoapparat Tokareva / Фотоаппарат Токарева).
Biography
1888 - Admitted to the Military Vocational School at Novocherkassk; age 171892 - Graduated as Cossack noncommissioned officer and sent to the 12th Don Cossack
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don.- Etymology and origins :The Don Cossack Host was a frontier military organization from the end of the 16th until the early 20th century....
Regiment as an armorer-artificer; age 21
1896 - Returned to Novecherkassk as Master Armorer Instructor; age 25. Applied for admittance to the Military Technical School.
1900 - Graduated as a Cossack commissioned officer, age 29, and returned to his old unit, the 12th Don Cossack Regiment as Master Gunsmith.
1910 - Submitted his version of a conversion of the bolt-action Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant
Mosin-Nagant
The Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations....
rifle to semi-automatic fire, which merited official testing. Age 39