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Cleaning rod Perforated sheet-
steel hand guard SELF-LO

▲ TOKAREV SVT40 During the 1930s, the
Date 1940 Soviet designers worked
on the development of a
Origin Soviet Union
self-loading rifle, and this ADING RIFLES
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Weight 8 ⁄2lb (3.9kg) led to the introduction of the
Barrel 24in (61cm) SVT40—usually issued to
Ten-round detachable Caliber 7.62mm × 54R NCOs or trained marksmen.
box magazine
Cocking handle

Sling attachment

▲ M1 CARBINE The M1 carbine was a popular
Date 1941 lightweight weapon. It used
an intermediate cartridge, the
Origin US power of which was between
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Weight 5 ⁄4lb (2.4kg) that of a rifle and pistol. It was
15-round detachable Barrel 18in (46cm) also produced with a folding
box magazine Caliber .30in Carbine butt for paratroopers.

Cocking handle
Semipistol
grip

▲ GEWEHR 43 The German army’s request
Date 1943 for a self-loading rifle to increase
infantry firepower led to the
Origin Germany
introduction of the successful
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Weight 9 ⁄2lb (4.35kg) Gewehr 43. A number of them Ten-round
Barrel 22in (56cm) were fitted with telescopic detachable magazine
sights and used as sniper rifles.
Caliber 7.92mm × 57
Fore sight Steel butt plate
Rear sight Gas cylinder cap/
stacking hook

▲ STURMGEWEHR 44 ▼ MOSIN-NAGANT CARBINE M1944 In 1910, the Mosin-Nagant rifle was
Date 1943 Date 1944 modified to produce a carbine by
shortening its barrel. In 1938, it was
Origin Germany Origin Soviet Union
revamped, and in 1944, it attained
Weight 11 ⁄4lb (5.1kg) Weight 8 ⁄2lb (3.9kg) its final form with the addition of Folding
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Barrel 16 ⁄2in (41.8cm) Barrel 20 ⁄4in (51.7cm) a folding bayonet. cruciform bayonet
Caliber 7.92mm × 33 Kurz Caliber 7.62mm × 54R
One of the most influential firearms
of the 20th century, the StG 44 was
manufactured using pressed-steel that
was easier to produce. Its medium-
powered cartridge enabled properly
controlled automatic fire.