7.62x25 Tokarev
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The 7.62x25 Tokarev cartridge is a bottle-necked pistol cartridge widely used in former Soviet and Soviet satellite states. Actual caliber of bullet is 7.85 mm (.309 in)
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[edit] Design
The cartridge is basically a Soviet version of the 7.63mm Mauser. They are very similar: in fact some weapons can use both cartridges interchangeably, though this is not recommended. 7.62 Tokarev is usually much more powerful than its Mauser counterpart and can damage any firearms chambered for 7.63 mm Mauser. The Czech version of this cartridge has 25% higher pressure loading, meaning that it produces significantly more velocity and energy than other common loads and may present a danger to the user when fired from weapons not specifically designed to use it.
The Soviets produced a wide array of loadings for this cartridge for use in submachine guns. These include armor-piercing, tracer and incendiary rounds. This cartridge has excellent penetration and can easily defeat lighter ballistic vests (class I, IIA and II). Although most firearms chambered in this caliber were declared obsolete and removed from military inventories, some Russian police and special forces units still use it for its superior penetration, rather than the more popular 9 mm Makarov ammunition in current use.
The cartridge has an average muzzle velocity of around 1500 feet per second, and has about 440 lb/ft of energy.
Beware of firing military surplus ammo headstamped "* 10 52 3" (reading clockwise). There have been reports that these rounds were manufactured improperly, and could result in damage to the gun and injury to the shooter.
Some firearms that use this round are the pistols Tokarev TT-33 and the Vz 52. Submachine guns include the Soviet PPD-40, PPSh-41 and PPS-43, and the Czech Vz.24, Vz.26 (ref.CZ Model 25) and K-50m.
Reloaders have been known to custom load 7.62 x 25 mm with .30 caliber sabot rounds with .22 caliber 55 grain (3.6 g) bullets. Muzzle velocities in excess of 2200 ft/s (670 m/s) have been obtained with this method. These speeds are seldom obtained with a handgun; usually, the longer barrel of a rifle is required.
[edit] Synonyms
- 7.62 mm Type P
- 7.62 mm Tokarev
- 7.62 x 25 mm Tokarev
- .30 Tokarev
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| Soviet infantry weapons of World War II |
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| Side-arms |
| TT-33 | Nagant M1895 |
| Rifles & carbines |
| AVS36 | SVT40 | Mosin-Nagant |
| Submachine guns |
| PPD-40 | PPSh-41 | PPS-43 |
| Grenades |
| F1 | RGD-33 | RG-41 | RG-42 | RPG-43 |
| Machine guns & other larger weapons |
| M1910 Maxim | DS-39 | DP | SG-43 Goryunov | DShK | PTRD | PTRS ROKS-2/ROKS-3 |
| Cartridges used by the USSR during WWII |
| 7.62 x 25 mm TT | 7.62 x 38 R | 7.62 x 54 mm R | 14.5 x 114 mm |
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