Maxim-Tokarev

For Russian footballer, see Maksim Tokarev.

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.

Structure

This was an interim “light machine gun” modification, built along the lines of the German lMG 08/18 light machine gun. Water jacket was discarded and replaced by 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.

Literature

• Musgrave, Daniel D.; Thomas B. Nelson (1967). The World's Assault Rifles and Automatic Carbines. T. B. N. Enterprises. p. 150. http://books.google.com/books?id=q5pBAAAAIAAJ&q=%22maxim+tokarev%22&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&pgis=1. 

• Barker, A. J.; John Walter (1971). Russian Infantry Weapons of World War II. New York: Arco Pub. Co. p. 35. ISBN 0668023368. http://books.google.com/books?id=sTMgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22maxim+tokarev%22&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&pgis=1. 

• 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 0891040218. http://books.google.com/books?id=7wVUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22maxim+tokarev%22&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&pgis=1. 

• Dunn, Walter Scott (1995). The Soviet Economy and the Red Army, 1930-1945. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 101ff. ISBN 0275948935. http://books.google.com/books?id=dcAgT_2uiYgC&pg=PA101&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&sig=ufHhrTMC4jQbr3Bb4mTUE2ipCM8. 

• Hogg, Ian V.; John S. Weeks (2000). Military Small Arms of the 20th Century (7th ed. ed.). Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications. p. 359f. ISBN 0873418247. http://books.google.com/books?id=teAAHt1GaE8C&q=%22maxim+tokarev%22&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&pgis=1. 

• Tucker, Spencer; Jinwung Kim (2000). Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p. 407. ISBN 1576070298. http://books.google.com/books?id=VFYYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22maxim+tokarev%22&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&pgis=1. 

• Dunn, Walter Scott (2006). Stalin's keys to victory: the rebirth of the Red Army. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 91. ISBN 0275990672. http://books.google.com/books?id=t2xaTzpCVQQC&pg=PA91&dq=%22maxim+tokarev%22&sig=8H8wocKZsjtzCMQsa9dHdfAopKY. 

External links

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