TT-33
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Fedor Tokarev developed the TT-30 Pistol for the Soviet military to replace the old Nagant M1895 revolvers the Soviets were using held over from tsarist times. The TT-33 (Tokarev-Tula) was adopted in 1933 as an improved design of the TT-30. It was widely used by Soviet troops during World War II, and was one of the most reliable handguns of all time.
It was a very close, less polished facsimile of John Browning's blowback operated FN Model 1903 automatic pistol in design and function, combined with Browning's short recoil principle and a much simpler hammer/sear assembly with an external hammer. It uses the 7.62 x 25 mm Tokarev cartridge based on the similar .30 Mauser.
During World War II, its ease of loading and semi-automatic capabilities led it to be a sidearm that was preferred over the Nagant M1895 revolver. And because it could withstand tremendous abuse, large numbers of this firearm were produced.
Production of the TT-33 in the USSR ended in 1954. It was also made by China as the Type 51, Type 54, M20, and TU-90, in Hungary as the 48 M and as an export version for Egypt as the Tokagypt 58, in Yugoslavia as the M57 and M70A, and as the North Korean Type 68. At one time or another most communist or Soviet bloc countries made a variation of the TT-33 pistol. It was eventually replaced by the Makarov.
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