The legendary weapon is the TT pistol. TT pistol: technical characteristics

TT, Tula Tokareva gun arr. 1933 (GRAU Index - 56-A-132) - first army self-loading pistol USSR, developed in 1930 by Soviet designer Fedor Vasilyevich Tokarev.

TT pistol - video

The TT pistol was created in the design bureau of the Tula Arms Plant with the aim of replacing the revolver "Nagan" and several models of foreign-made revolvers and pistols that were in service with the Red Army by the mid-1920s. The Nagan revolver did not have the necessary rate of fire, firepower and shooting efficiency. It was necessary to create personal weapons with higher combat and service-operational qualities. The then widespread Browning and Mauser pocket pistols of 7.65 mm caliber were not suitable for use in the army due to the low stopping power of the bullet, the Belgian Browning 1903 9 mm caliber did not have an external trigger and was designed for a rather low-power cartridge, the American M1911A1 was too large-sized and a heavy, rather difficult to manufacture weapon, although very effective in shooting, the Mauser C-96, beloved by many Red Army commanders and revolutionaries, was hopelessly outdated, and the German Parabellum P.08, which had excellent combat and operational qualities, was too expensive and labor-intensive to produce .

In general, the reason for refusing foreign systems there was a need to re-equip the arms industry with new production equipment and introduce new standards, which required enormous expenses that were not acceptable at that time for Soviet Russia. The new weapon for arming the command staff of the Red Army had to have a long range of actual fire, small dimensions, light weight, an open trigger and the simplest possible safety lock, as well as a beautiful appearance, but most importantly, be simple in design and adapted for cheap mass production on an outdated and primitive equipment.

A powerful 7.62 mm caliber cartridge with a muzzle velocity of 420 m/s was chosen for use in the new pistol. It was a redesigned 7.63mm Mauser cartridge, which later received the designation 7.62×25 TT. The use of this cartridge did not require re-equipment of production; in addition, there were quite a lot of a large number of 7.63 mm cartridges purchased from the Germans for Mauser C-96 pistols. The assigned tasks regarding the qualities of the pistol itself were achieved thanks to new design solutions by Tokarev, who took the Browning locking system as the basis, as the simplest and best suited for use in compact weapons chambered for such a powerful cartridge, as well as the layout and design of the FN Browning model pistol 1903. In June - July 1930, the first field tests of the F.V. pistol took place. Tokarev together with domestic designs by S.A. Prilutsky and S.A. Korovin chambered for 7.62×25, as well as foreign pistols FN Browning model 1922 and Walther PP 7.65 mm caliber, Parabellum P.08 9 mm caliber and Colt M1911A1 45 caliber. During these tests, the Tokarev pistol demonstrated excellent ballistic qualities and accuracy. When shooting at 25 meters, the dispersion radius was 7.5 cm.

Tokarev's weapon turned out to be easy to handle and operate, superior to other models in terms of weight and size characteristics, and reliable in operation during prolonged firing. A huge advantage for the Soviet arms industry of those years was the manufacturability and ease of production of this pistol. The competition committee headed by M.F. Grushetsky considered the Tokarev pistol the most acceptable and suitable for adoption, provided that the identified shortcomings were eliminated. The commission's requirements included improving shooting accuracy, easing the trigger pull, and making it safer to handle. Tokarev completed the task within several months of work. Decision on additional tests was adopted on December 23, 1930. In January of the same year, in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Region, tests took place at the training ground of the Higher Rifle School “Vystrel”, which were attended by the main military leaders of the state: K.E. Voroshilov, M.N. Tukhachevsky, I. P. Uborevich, as well as many high-ranking officials. Based on the test results, the advantages of the improved Tokarev pistol over other models were noted. On February 12, 1931, the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR ordered the first batch of 1000 pistols for all-round military tests. In the same year, the Tokarev pistol was adopted by the Red Army under the official designation “7.62 mm self-loading pistol mod. 1930 g" along with the 7.62×25 cartridge under the designation "7.62 mm pistol cartridge "P" mod. 1930." Unofficially, this weapon began to be called TT (Tula Tokarev), later this name was assigned to it.

The Tokarev pistol combines the design features of various systems: the Browning bore locking scheme used in the famous M1911, the FN Browning model 1903 design and the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge. At the same time, the pistol has original design solutions - combining the trigger mechanism in a separate single block - the block, which, when disassembling the weapon, is freely separated from the frame for cleaning and lubrication; placement of the mainspring in the trigger, which reduced the longitudinal width of the handle; fastening the cheeks of the handle with the help of rotating bars attached to them, which simplified the disassembly of the pistol, the absence of a safety mechanism, the function of which was performed only by the safety cocking of the hammer. The automation works according to the scheme of using recoil with a short barrel stroke. Locking is carried out using a descending barrel. Two lugs located on the outer upper side of the barrel in front of the chamber fit into corresponding grooves made in the inner surface of the bolt casing. The breech of the barrel is lowered by means of an earring, hingedly connected to the barrel by the axis of the earring, and to the frame by the axis of the bolt stop. The trigger mechanism is hammer type, single action, with safety cocking. When the trigger is put on the safety cock, the bolt-casing is also blocked.

The direction of supply of the cartridge from the magazine to the chamber in the TT pistol is carried out by the guiding surfaces of the protrusions of the trigger block, which increases the reliability of chambering if the curved upper edges of the side walls of the neck of the magazine box are damaged. On the left side of the frame there is a bolt stop lever, on the right side there is a split bolt stop spring that fixes it and is used for disassembling the weapon. The magazine latch is located at the base of the trigger guard, on the left side of the frame. Sights consist of a non-adjustable front sight, made as part of the bolt-casing and a rear sight, fixed in a dovetail groove with the possibility of making lateral adjustments. A box magazine with a single-row arrangement of cartridges in the side walls has holes for visual determination of their number. These holes are staggered, seven on the right and six on the left. The tilt angle of the handle is 102°. The cheeks of the handle are plastic, with a large notch. The cheeks of early production pistols are completely grooved. In 1935, pistols with brown cheeks were produced. Later, with the exception of wooden ones, only black cheeks were made. On the cheeks of a later release, in the center, there is five pointed star with a stylized inscription "USSR". The weapon was made of carbon steel. The surfaces were treated with oxidation.

Production of the Tokarev pistol began in 1930 at the Tula Arms Factory. In 1930 - 1932 several thousand were produced, while in 1932 - 1933. a number of changes were made to the design of the pistol in order to improve manufacturability: the barrel lugs were now made by turning, and not milled as before; the frame was made in one piece, without a removable handle cover; The disconnector and trigger rod were modified. In this form, mass production of Tokarev pistols began in 1933, and the pistol was put into service under the name “7.62-mm self-loading pistol mod. 1933." The Red Army received modern personal weapons - a self-loading pistol, created on the basis of the best design solutions, possessing fairly high combat and service-operational qualities.

However, the Nagant revolver, which was in service with the Red Army, and the Tokarev pistol, which was trouble-free in operation and accurate in shooting, at the same time having an unacceptably low rate of fire and low stopping effect of the bullet of the cartridge used, could not be completely replaced by the TT, which was produced in parallel with the “7. 62 mm Nagan revolver mod. 1895" until the end of the Second World War. Pistol production either decreased or increased in volume. In 1941, in connection with the advance of German troops towards Tula, the USSR government decided to transfer the production of Tokarev pistols to the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. However, after the evacuation of the equipment, Tula gunsmiths were able to establish a small-scale production of pistols, repairing outdated machines and tools, as well as repair old pistols coming from the front. After the Wehrmacht advance near Moscow was stopped, production at the Tula Arms Plant was restored within a few months. Pistols produced during the war years were distinguished by poor quality of manufacturing and surface treatment, as well as wooden handles. Post-war production of Tokarev pistols was carried out at the Tula and Izhevsk factories.

The TT received its baptism of fire in 1938 - 1939. in the battles at Khalkhin Gol and Lake Khasan, and then was used during the Soviet-Finnish “Winter” War of 1939-1940. During the years of the USSR's participation in World War II, Tokarev pistols became widely used in all branches of the Red Army. The Finnish army used captured TTs until the end of the 1950s. They can be distinguished by a stamp with the letters “SA” in a rectangle located on the left side of the frame, above the butt plate of the handle. In the Wehrmacht, Tokarev pistols were in service as weapons of a limited standard under the designation Pistole 615 (r) and were mainly used in the rear and security units of the Wehrmacht and by the police. TT pistols, along with other examples of Soviet small arms, were used in the Russian national armies RONA, 1st RNA, Russian Corps and KONR Armed Forces operating on the side of the Third Reich, as well as in various formations of the SS Troops consisting of Slavs and Cossacks. It should be clarified here that out of approximately 1.24 million USSR citizens in Wehrmacht units from 1940 to 1945. About 400,000 Russians and 250,000 Ukrainians served in the war against Bolshevik terror. After the war, in 1946, production technology was improved again. Shutter-casing modernized pistol has a grooved notch, instead of alternating large and small grooves, but this year pistols with large alternating notches were also produced. Production continued until the end of 1953. Total from 1930 to 1953 About 1,740,000 pistols were produced, of which about 4,700 were 1930 model pistols. In the armed forces of the USSR, the Tokarev pistol was used until the 1970s.

Incomplete disassembly of the TT

During combat use Tokarev's weapons demonstrated high combat qualities. The pistol has a high bullet penetration and a long firing range, as well as high shooting accuracy over long distances, which is due to the flat flight path and high initial velocity of the bullet. The weapon has a small width, with no strongly protruding parts. Placing the trigger in a separate block makes it much easier to care for the weapon and eliminates the risk of losing small parts. Ease of use is ensured by a single action trigger. This trigger is optimal for pistols used in real combat, as it has the simplest operating principle and design. But shortcomings also emerged. The constant tension of the mainspring when the trigger is set to safety leads to its gradual settlement and reduction in survivability. Weak fixation of the magazine with a latch, which leads to its spontaneous falling out. Over time, the earring wears out, which leads to delays in shooting. The possibility of the sear breaking, if it is severely worn, when the pistol falls on the trigger, which is set to the safety cock, which entails a spontaneous shot if the cartridge is in the chamber. The small tilt angle of the handle does not ensure the accuracy of “instinctive” aiming when shooting offhand. Due to the reduced quality of steel, wartime weapons could only withstand 700 - 800 rounds without failure.

To provide reliable operation weapons, it is necessary to store the pistol with the trigger pulled and without a cartridge in the chamber, replace the magazine latch spring with a stronger one, and when disassembling, before separating the bolt stop, you must first separate the barrel guide bushing and thereby unload the return spring, which prolongs its service life. The pistols manufactured at the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant between 1947 and 1953 are considered to be the most reliable and have the best workmanship. This circumstance is explained by the well-established production technology and a significant reduction in the production plan. High quality also possessed TTs produced at the Tula Arms Plant before the USSR entered the Second World War. High-quality samples can withstand up to 10,000 shots. Despite the adoption of the Makarov pistol in 1951, the TT was in service with the Soviet army until the early 1960s, and in law enforcement agencies until the mid-1970s. Currently, the TT is used by the police, VOKhR, hunting supervision, fisheries supervision and other organizations, as well as by operatives of special forces groups.

The Tokarev pistol and its modifications became widespread throughout the world after the Second World War. Their production was established in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, China, North Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. Pistols designed by Tokarev were in service in more than 35 countries around the world. These weapons have been used in every major and minor armed conflict throughout the 20th century and continue to be used in modern battlefields. The wide popularity of the TT is a consequence of the combination of its low cost, high combat qualities, as well as ease of use and maintenance. Opinion about the employee’s TT special unit Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with extensive combat experience: “A lot has been said about him, but very little can be added. More suitable for military applications when given in combat readiness. For its relatively small dimensions, one of powerful pistols in the world. And it’s much nicer to the touch, for example, PYa and all sorts of Glocks. Completely unsuitable for urban shootings and self-defense. The bullet’s high penetrating power and lack of self-cocking can lead to prison (shooting right through and into a random passerby) or to the cemetery (you have to have time to cock the trigger).” KardeN

The main and most attractive for both special forces soldiers and shooting enthusiasts and weapon collectors is the powerful 7.62×25 TT cartridge, originally created for the C-96 “pistol-carbine” and having a very high penetration effect for a pistol cartridge bullets and good ballistic qualities - the bullet has a flat flight path, making it easier to aim when shooting at long distances. When using cartridges with highly effective expansion bullets, such as Wolf Gold JHP, stopping power is significantly increased. It is the shooting of these cartridges that is the highlight of the TT, along with the ascetic design and simplicity. The wide popularity of 9mm Parabellum variants is explained by the smaller distribution of 7.62x25 TT cartridges and their higher cost than 9 mm cartridges. Currently, the TT pistol is consistently in demand among fans of shooting from military weapons in the USA and Europe. The largest producer is China, leading large-scale exports. But the disadvantage of Chinese weapons is their lower quality compared to European ones. TTs produced in Serbia are not limited to using only 7.62x25 TT and 9mm Parabellum cartridges, but are also produced for other popular pistol cartridges.

One of the best pistols based on the TT design is certainly the M57, created in Yugoslavia at the Zastava company and currently produced by Zastava Arms (Zastava oružje) for export to various countries around the world, including Western Europe and the United States of America. Compared to the Tokarev pistol, the M57 design has a number of changes that significantly increase the ergonomics and safety of handling the weapon. The most important change was the safety lever, which, when turned on, blocks the trigger mechanism and the bolt-casing. Its large-sized lever is very easy to use and makes it easy to bring the weapon into full combat readiness even when drawing it out. In addition, the handle was lengthened, which increased the magazine capacity by one cartridge, and the magazine latch was enlarged. In 1990, the Hungarian T-58 pistol, a modernized version of the Tokagypt 58, entered the international arms market. This weapon has ergonomic grip cheeks, like the P.38, and a safety lever on the left side of the frame. The pistol uses 9mm Parabellum and 7.62x25 TT cartridges. The kit includes 9 mm and 7.62 mm barrels and corresponding magazines. The T-58 is the most advanced version of the TT. The weapons themselves, created by Fedor Tokarev, still have great modernization potential.

Options and modifications

7.62 mm self-loading pistol mod. 1930- first serial modification, total in 1930-1933. no more than 93 thousand units were produced.

(pre-war production) - in order to increase manufacturability in production, changes were made to the design of the trigger mechanism (trigger rod and disconnector), the shape of the barrel and frame was simplified (the back wall of the handle was made solid, without a detachable cover). By June 22, 1941, about 600 thousand TT pistols entered service with the Red Army.

7.62 mm training self-loading pistol mod. 1933- a training version of the Tokarev pistol, produced before the war. It differed from the combat one only in its carbolite cheeks, painted in green color(not black). The letters “UCH” were stamped next to the serial number.

7.62 mm self-loading pistol mod. 1933(wartime release) - was distinguished by a simplified design and poorer quality of parts processing; Some pistols had wooden cheeks installed.

7.62 mm self-loading pistol mod. 1933(post-war edition)

Sports weapons

Tokarev Sportowy- a Polish-made sports pistol chambered for a small-caliber cartridge. 22 Long Rifle with liners in the shape of a standard chamber chambered for a 7.62×25 mm cartridge.

in the 1950s in the USSR, on the basis of the TT, it was created sports training pistol R-3 chambered for a small-caliber 5.6 mm cartridge with a blowback bolt.

in May 2012 in Russia the TT pistol was certified as a sporting weapon under the name sports pistol S-TT.

Traumatic weapon

Several variants of traumatic civilian self-defense weapons have been developed based on the pistol.

VPO-501 “Leader”- a “barrelless” traumatic pistol chambered for 10×32 mm T. Developed and produced since 2005 by the Vyatsko-Polyansky machine-building plant “Molot”. In accordance with forensic requirements, changes were made to the design to eliminate the possibility of firing live ammunition.

VPO-509 "Leader-M"- “barrelless” traumatic pistol chambered for 11.43×32 mm T. Developed by the Vyatsko-Polyansky Machine-Building Plant “Molot”.

TT-T- traumatic pistol chambered for 10×28 mm T. Developed and manufactured at JSC Plant named after. V. A. Degtyareva." On sale since 2011. It has design differences from the combat TT: a barrel with removed rifling; the channel has one partition-pin that prevents shooting with a solid object.

This question may seem strange - indeed, if you look through our weapons literature, you may get the impression that we have comprehensive information about the TT pistol and its creator Fedor Vasilyevich Tokarev. However, in reality, everything is not so simple, and there are many blind spots in the creation of TT.

I was able to thoroughly study the work of Fyodor Vasilyevich Tokarev after my third year in the weapons and machine gun department of the Tula Mechanical Institute. Thanks to the recommendation of the deputy dean of the faculty, Markov, me and my roommate in the hostel, Vladimir Zharikov, had the opportunity to work part-time at Tula plant No. 536. We had to clean out all the small arms and aircraft machine gun and cannon weapons stored there in the factory museum. I have a collection of almost all (including experienced) Tokarev self-loading rifles and pistols.

The classic version of the Browning pistol mod. 1903

Incomplete disassembly of the classic Browning mod. 1903

TT pistol

While putting these samples in order, I could not help but notice that the former Cossack esaul was an excellent craftsman and a very inventive designer.

These qualities of Tokarev are confirmed, in particular, by the fact that at the end of his career, working in the Moscow Aviation and Missile Design Bureau of A.E. Nudelman, where Fyodor Vasilyevich was given the opportunity to continue his weapons creativity, he preferred to improve the FT panoramic camera he had invented -2. The movable lens of this camera made it possible to take pictures on 35 mm film with a width of not 36 mm, as usual, but 130 mm!

"Browning 1903 K" and TT. Left view

"Browning 1903 K" and TT with incomplete disassembly

But let's return to the TT pistol. The main question that arises about this weapon is: “What did Fyodor Vasilyevich do in this sample himself, and what did he borrow?” The validity of such a statement becomes obvious after getting acquainted with the 9-mm pistols of John M. Browning of the 1903 model. Moreover, the conclusion suggests itself that the TT is in its purest form a copy of one of Browning’s models.

The pistols of John Moises Browning were developed on the basis of his own patent of 1897. The following samples of Browning pistols are considered the most typical: the 1900 model pistol in 7.65 mm caliber, the 1903 model pistol in 9 mm caliber and the 1906 model pistol in 6 caliber, 35 mm.

The last sample is not a military-type weapon due to its small caliber. A cartridge was simultaneously developed for each of these pistols. At one time, it was popular to classify these models and their corresponding cartridges by numbers from one to three. The first number designated the 6.35 mm cartridge and pistol, the second 7.65 mm caliber and the third 9 mm caliber.

Browning pistols were produced in large quantities in Belgium at the Fabrique Nationale d.Armes de Guerre S.A. plant. Herstal-Liege. Products directly from Belgium are distinguished by the stylized abbreviation “FN” on both plastic cheeks of the handle.

Pistols were in service with the army and police of many countries.

The 1903 model of the 9-mm Browning pistol was actively used in Russia - it was used by gendarmerie officers.

The peculiarity of the 9-mm Browning of the 1903 model is the inertial locking of the barrel, although its cartridge in terms of ballistic impulse is not much inferior to the 9-mm cartridge of the Parabellum pistol of the 1908 model. The length of the Browning cartridge is 1.5 mm less than the Parabellum ( 28 mm versus 29.5 mm), but the sleeve is 1.3 mm longer (20.3 mm versus 19 mm). According to our now established practice, this cartridge is designated 9x20.

"Browning 1903 K" and TT. Right view

The pistol has smooth external contours and a closed trigger position, which makes it convenient for pocket carry. The trigger is placed inside the rear of the frame and rotates on an axis, which is the safety pin. The mainspring is plate-type, it is located in the rear wall of the handle and consists of two branches. The long branch acts on the trigger through a roller, which is mounted on the protrusion of the trigger, and the short branch rests against the trigger rod jumper. The hammer and spring are located in the drilling of the bolt casing. In the bolt, the firing pin is held in place by a transverse pin.

On the same axis with the trigger there is a block with two feathers that guide the cartridge case removed from the chamber. The left feather has a tooth that serves as a reflector. The next cartridge rests on the protrusions of both feathers from below. The block has a through drilling for passage of the disconnector. We see exactly the same feathers and a similar arrangement of the reflector and disconnector on the removable assembly of the hammer firing mechanism of the TT pistol.

The trigger mechanism with a disconnector allows only single fire. The trigger is made integral with the trigger rod; the rod covers the magazine on both sides and moves in a socket inside the pistol frame.

The rear link of the rod acts on the sear; in the same part above the rod there is a disconnector that lowers the rod and disengages it from the sear when the bolt rolls back.

Protection against unauthorized firing is provided by a safety lever and an automatic safety device, which releases the sear when the pistol grip is squeezed with the palm of your hand. A safety device against premature firing is a disconnector that prevents the trigger rod from acting on the sear before the bolt reaches its extreme forward position. The safety lever can be activated by turning its notched head upward only when the hammer is cocked. When the trigger is pulled, the safety cannot be turned, which serves as a signal that the trigger has been pulled.

Using the safety catch, the pistol is partially disassembled, for which it is necessary to pull the bolt casing so that the fuse tooth fits into the cutout on the left side of the bolt casing. After this, the barrel can be rotated 120 degrees and the bolt casing and barrel can be removed from the frame, moving them forward.

A box-type magazine with a capacity of seven rounds with a single-row arrangement. The relatively small, according to modern views, number of cartridges in the magazine can be explained by the desire for a weapon that is compact in height. The magazine is placed inside the handle and is locked with a latch at the bottom of the magazine. When the last cartridge is used up, the magazine feeder raises a tooth located on the right side of the shutter stop frame. The tooth, entering the cutout of the shutter casing, stops it in the rearmost position.

Pistol "Colt" mod. 1911

The sight is permanent and consists of a rear sight and a front sight. They are located on the shutter casing.

This pistol design, featuring a massive slide covering the entire length of the barrel and a recoil spring under, above or around the barrel, is protected by a patent dated 1897 in the name of John Moises Browning. Browning borrowed the location of the removable magazine in the handle from Hugo Borchardt. Since then, a similar scheme has been used by many designers.

When comparing the 1903 Browning with the TT, the first thing that catches your eye is their external similarity, but within these samples there are many differences - completely different locking mechanisms, significantly different trigger mechanisms (the Browning has a closed trigger, the TT has an open trigger and removable). It would seem that in such a situation there is no need to talk about Tokarev blindly copying the Browning pistol. But there are still grounds for such assumptions!

I was able to discover in the weapons collection of the technical room of the Tula TsKIB SOO a very unusual version of the 1903 Browning, which differs from the classic one in that it has an external trigger. Let's call it conventionally “Browning arr. 1903 K."

"Browning arr. 1903 K" can be considered an extremely rare specimen, since it is not described either in domestic or foreign literature. In the weapons collection of the technical office of the Tula TsKIB SOO, where it is listed under the name “Browning” 1903.” By appearance, overall dimensions and weight data, this pistol is completely similar to the sample described above chambered for 9x20 mm, but differs from it in the design of the trigger mechanism, the absence of an automatic safety and a flag safety mechanism.

Pistol "Colt" mod. 1911 with incomplete disassembly

There are no factory marks or inscriptions on the bolt casing and frame of the pistol. The marking is only on the breech of the barrel in the area of ​​the sleeve window.

The sample belongs to the class of weapons with inertial locking of the barrel. Its barrel, recoil mechanism, and interchangeable seven-round magazine are interchangeable with the 1903 Browning pistol described above.

To partially disassemble this sample, it is necessary, by retracting the bolt casing and trying to rotate the barrel, to find by touch the position when the supporting protrusions of the barrel disengage with the pistol frame and enter the cutout of the bolt casing.

The trigger mechanism of the pistol is a separate unit in the form of a block, which contains a trigger with a mainspring located inside it, a sear with a leaf spring and a disconnector. After separating the bolt casing, this unit is separated from the pistol frame.

Externally, the unit and its parts are indistinguishable from similar TT pistols.

In the Tula city museum of weapons there is an experimental pistol made by F.V. Tokarev, which can be considered a prototype of the TT and which differs from the Browning pistol only in that it uses a 7.62 mm Mauser cartridge.

Thus, we can definitely say that it was initially intended to completely copy the TT from a rare modification of the Browning pistol with a removable trigger mechanism.

Pistol F.V. Tokarev arr. 1938

The Mauser cartridge was chosen by Tokarev only because at the end of 1920, by decision of Artkom Artillery Directorate The Red Army bought a license for its production from the German company DWM (since 1922 Berliner Karlsruhe Industriewerke - BKIW). However, this ammunition turned out to be too powerful for inertial locking. To correct the situation, Fedor Vasilyevich in the next version of the TT used locking the barrel bore in the image and likeness of the Colt pistol of the 1911 model - with a swinging barrel controlled by an earring. Note that the 1911 Colt was developed by the same Browning at the Colt factories.

This begs the question, why did Tokarev, a very inventive designer, resort to obvious copying when developing such a basically simple weapon as a self-loading pistol? Still in the same Tula weapons museum there are his original samples of self-loading rifles, which are structurally much more complex than the TT. For example, its SVT-38 self-loading rifle, adopted for service in 1938, is completely original in design. The same can be said about the Tokarev pistol of the 1938 model.

There can only be one answer here. The designer was simply ordered to copy a certain sample. Apparently, someone in the Soviet military leadership dealt with the Browning 1903 and considered it an ideal pistol, which, due to its simple design, could be easily produced at our not very advanced arms factories at that time. In fact, Tokarev’s task was not to create an original domestic pistol, but to re-barrel the Browning to chamber the domestically produced 7.62x25 cartridge. It was based not on the most common pistol model, but on its simplest, albeit rare modification with a removable trigger mechanism. But the powerful ammunition still forced the designer to change the locking system in the pistol.

Such an option for creating a TT is quite likely, since in Soviet weapons history there are often cases when military and political leaders forced designers to accept technical solutions dictated by their own preferences.

For example, at the same TT, Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny strongly did not recommend that Tokarev use an automatic safety lock that blocks the trigger if the pistol is released from his hand. And finally he achieved his goal - there is no automatic fuse on the TT!

Designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov told me that Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov insisted on replacing his SKS carbine with a simple and technologically advanced folding faceted bayonet, oxidized black, also folding, but bladed and shiny. Allegedly, infantry attacking with bayonets shining in the sun will terrify the enemy. Sergei Gavrilovich spat, but together with his design bureau technician Volkhny Vasily Kuzmich, they bungled such a bayonet.

Front and back sides of a business card, presented upon personal acquaintance to the author of the article, Fyodor Vasilyevich Tokarev

From the editors of the magazine "Weapons"
The discovery by the author of the article, weapons engineer Dmitry Shiryaev, of a new, nowhere described modification of the 1903 Browning pistol can be considered a minor sensation. Moreover, the presence of a “Browning” with a removable trigger mechanism in the technical room of TsKIB is confirmed by employees working there. However, there is reason to believe that its origin is not as obvious as it seems to the author of the article, which means that the question of Tokarev copying this sample is not so clear-cut. Therefore, the editors of the magazine turned to gunsmith specialists and weapons historians with a request to express their opinion in the upcoming issues of our publication on the origin of the mysterious sample and on the possibility of copying it by Tokarev during the development of the TT pistol.

The concept of “modern” in relation to short-barreled weapons is quite relative, since the main design solutions used in pistols and revolvers were born more than 100 years ago, and everything that has been done during this time is nothing more than cosmetic improvements to classical designs . Such weapons require a high density of fire in a short period of time and the possibility of increased maneuverability. Therefore, it is not surprising that, along with modern and ultra-modern models, models developed at the beginning of the 20th century are still used in practice.

Such an example is the TT (Tula, Tokarev) pistol of the 1930 model, which has earned the reputation of a reliable and easy-to-handle weapon among the troops. The TT pistol, of course, has not been officially in service for a long time, but this does not mean that it cannot be used, especially since such weapons are in great use in the criminal environment. Therefore, this weapon is quite suitable for some special operations(this is not speculation, but real facts). It even has two advantages - its flat dimensions, allowing for the concealed carrying of quite powerful weapons, and the high penetration power of a bullet, especially with a steel core, against which most soft body armor for concealed wear are powerless.

The design is not without originality: a convenient location of the trigger mechanism in a separate block, a mainspring located in the trigger. Everything else - the lack of self-cocking and a fuse, the small capacity of the magazine, some unreliability of the design - can easily be attributed to the disadvantages of the TT, but these conclusions are drawn based on modern requirements. Due to the powerful cartridge, the pistol uses an automatic system with a short barrel stroke. Due to a number of shortcomings, the pistol should have actually been withdrawn from service, since it lost the competition to Vojvodina’s pistol, but this was prevented by the outbreak of the war, in which the TT won its glory, which has not faded to this day.

Many may say that the reason for this fame is the lack of real information about foreign models, the impossibility of comparing them and Soviet propaganda that domestic weapons are the best in the world, but this is not at all true. What would, for example, the American M-60 machine gun be worth if it had not been promoted during the Vietnam War? The Americans themselves, who are very fond of giving names to any weapon, called it “Pig”.

Now the TT pistol has worldwide fame. There is no doubt that if he had not been good weapon, then it would not still be in service in many countries of the world and would not occupy a worthy place next to the Kalashnikov assault rifle and the Stechkin pistol in the large family of the best small arms of the USSR and Russia.

As a big fan of Soviet and Russian weapons, I would like to say a few words about attempts to belittle the characteristics and capabilities of our weapons and elevate American and European weapons.

Such attempts take place even where the advantages of our weapons are undeniable, for example, in military aircraft construction. Having visited MAKS-2003, I was surprised to find that during the F-15 demonstration flight, the characteristics and capabilities of this aircraft were commented on by one person, and the flights of our pilots by another. I remember how the F-15 immediately took off into the sky, rushed at high speed in front of the public, making turns that would have done honor to a 3rd generation fighter, but not the 4th, which is usually classified as the F-15 and the same landed expressionlessly. Let's face it, the MiG-29 can do this too, and of course the Su-27, but these are already outdated aircraft. After the flight of the Su-30MKI with a variable thrust vector, everything fell into place: when the plane makes a Nesterov loop in one place for 1.5-2 seconds or passes by you at a minimum speed of 70 km/h, performs a bell or hovers in the air, like the helicopter, maintaining a horizontal position, and even in this position spins on the spot, you understand what APEROBATICS means. And in this case, any attempts to present the F-15 as a technological miracle will be untenable.

Another example of an attempt to promote the American “miracle of technology” is the F-22 Raptor. Probably, many remember how we showed in the news materials about the new ultra-stealthy fighter of the US Air Force. All its missiles are located in the fuselage, which, according to American engineers, increases its stealth. However, everything would be fine: both small size and invisible to radars (no one has ever run away from our air defense systems, an example is the S-75 air defense of Yugoslavia and the F-117 of the US Air Force, not to mention the S-300 and S-400), and the missiles are not on external slings, but there are only two missiles, and even those are of the air-to-air class. And such weapons are a weak argument for regular fighters even in Europe, not to mention Russia (12 suspension points on the Su-27). And the cost of one F-22 is off the charts at $200 million. The Americans even miscalculated the name. Indeed, with such weapons he can only catch mosquitoes and crush cockroaches (Raptor. Checked, no insects).

Now we see that even if such attempts are made in the military aircraft industry, what can we say about small arms, which are not so accessible? to an ordinary person, like a news announcement or a visit to an air show, where you can see our weapons in action with your own eyes. It can only be assessed by comparison, but it is unlikely that at any small arms exhibition, every visitor will be given plenty of opportunity to shoot with all types of pistols, machine guns, machine guns, not to mention grenade launchers and MANPADS.

I am not a supporter of the unconditional deification of our weapons, but I cannot tolerate it when some scribbler, for the sake of pleasure and for a reward or simply out of bias, tries to trample into the dirt something that all citizens of the country in which such weapons would be produced would be proud , as it was and is produced in our Russia. Unfortunately, some of us value our weapons when they are needed. It’s a pity to look at those soldiers who, when familiarizing themselves with foreign weapons, put aside their AK and lustfully pick up the M-16, just because an AK costs 3,000 rubles, and an M-16 - 30,000. It’s doubly offensive when you find out that in Vietnam, American soldiers ditched their M-16s and armed themselves with AK-47s captured from the Vietnamese.

The fact is that some lines of this article (device, description of the mechanism) were taken by me from one book, which I will not name due to my reluctance to create anti-advertising. But the rest of the content of the article in this book is belittling the merits of our TT and praising the American Colt. This is what made me write a few paragraphs. Now, if you want to learn more about the TT pistol, use the links below. Enjoy reading.

Tactical specifications
Year of manufacture 1930
Caliber, mm 7.62
Length, mm 195
Barrel length, mm 116
Height, mm 130
Weight without cartridges, kg 0.85
Weight with loaded magazine, kg 0.94
Magazine capacity, 8 rounds
Bullet flight speed, m/s 420
Fire rate, rounds/min 30
Sighting range, m 50

Design of the Tokarev TT pistol

TT pistol during the Great Years Patriotic War was the main personal weapon of officers and generals of the Soviet Army and was intended for close combat at distances of up to fifty meters.

The pistol is a self-loading short-barreled weapon in which the feeding and chambering of a cartridge into the chamber, locking and unlocking of the barrel, removal from the chamber and ejection of the spent cartridge case are carried out automatically. The automatic operation is based on the well-known Browning principle, in which the inertial mass of the recoil is formed by the bolt engaged with the barrel during a short stroke. The pistol is fired in single shots. The cartridges are fed from a flat box magazine located in the pistol grip. Among domestic and foreign pistols, the TT is distinguished by its high penetration ability and lethal force. These qualities are ensured by a powerful cartridge and a fairly long barrel length.

The pistol consists of the following parts and mechanisms:

The frame serves to connect all parts of the gun. It consists of the frame itself and the firing mechanism block. On the handle, the left and right cheeks are attached to the strips with special fastening parts. A magazine latch is attached between the handle and the trigger, which at the same time serves as a rearward travel limiter for the trigger.

The moving part of the pistol consists of a barrel with an earring, a bolt with a guide sleeve and a return spring.

The barrel has a boss, in the cutout of which the barrel earring is placed on the axis. When assembled, the bolt stop rod is inserted into the lower hole of the earring. In the middle part of the barrel there are two semi-circular cutouts for connection with the bolt protrusions when locking the barrel bore. When rolling back, the barrel rests against the bottom of the frame groove, and the guide sleeve with the bolt begins to slide along it.

The bolt is a crack mechanism for attaching a guide bushing with holes for the barrel (top) and for the tip of the return spring (bottom). The bolt contains a firing pin and an ejector, which are secured with pins. The shutter moves on the frame along its longitudinal projections. Rearward movement of the bolt is limited by the base of the recoil spring guide rod. When rolling forward, the forward movement of the bolt and barrel is limited by the stop of the earring against the wall of the barrel boss cutout, and the blow is perceived by the bolt stop rod.

The trigger mechanism consists of a trigger, a hammer with a spring, a sear with a spring, an axis and a disconnector. The disconnector, in addition, acts as a safety device against shots when the bolt is not fully locked, since it disconnects the clutch of the trigger rod with the sear if the bolt is in an incorrect position.

Sights designed for targeted shooting consist of a front sight and rear sight. The rear sight is mounted in the bolt groove by punching. The pistol is zeroed at twenty-five meters.

The magazine holds eight rounds. Consists of a box, a feeder with a spring, a lid and an insert. The magazine has holes to indicate the number of rounds. It is inserted into the handle and fixed there with a latch that fits into a cutout on its right wall.

The shutter stop holds the shutter in the rear position and is located on the left side of the frame. The rod passes through the lower hole of the barrel earring and is fixed with opposite side fork-shaped spring. After the cartridges are used up, the feeder, with its hook, presses on the bolt stop tooth, which, turning, stops the bolt in the rear position. To return the bolt forward, you must either press the ridge of the bolt stop blade, or separate the magazine and pull the bolt back and release.

Cartridges used for TT

The cartridge for the TT pistol is designated "7.62x25 mm". This is a generally accepted designation in Europe. The first number determines the caliber, the second - the length of the sleeve in millimeters. It should be noted that these parameters should not be taken literally, since in fact the diameter of the bullet along the rifling is larger than the caliber and is 7.85 mm, and the length of the sleeve can range from 24.7 to 25.1 mm. Nevertheless, this designation quite specifically characterizes the cartridge. Other names for this cartridge may be found in the weapons literature: .30 “Mauser”; 7.62 mm "Tokarev"; 7.62 mm "Tok" and 7.63 mm "Mauser".

The TT cartridge has a number of differences from its “progenitor”: the requirement for maximum unification - the basic principle of the Soviet military industry - led to the modification of the original Mauser cartridge. Instead of the Mauser caliber 7.63 mm, the Russian 7.62 mm was adopted, the primer was replaced with a revolver one, and for reliable removal of the cartridge case when firing from an automatic weapon, the groove on the cartridge case for hooking the ejector was enlarged.

A conventional cartridge when fired from a TT provides an initial bullet speed of about 420 meters per second. This is the highest speed when firing conventional ammunition from pistols and revolvers. Such a high speed provides a number of advantages: first of all, the bullet’s flight path is flat, which makes it easier to aim when shooting at long distances. Secondly, the high velocity of the bullet ensures reliable penetration of body armor and helmets.

Pre-war cartridges had a case made of brass and bullets with a lead core covered with clad steel. After 1951, the lead core of the bullet was replaced with a steel one, and to maintain the required mass, its length was increased to 16.5 mm.

Stopping and penetrating effect of TT

The humane principle of using any weapon is to quickly and reliably stop the enemy and deprive him of the opportunity to continue aggressive actions. This quality of a weapon is characterized, as they say among experts, by the “stopping effect of a bullet,” that is, the value that determines the time interval from the moment the bullet hits the body until the onset of shock and the loss of the wounded’s ability to resist. No one has yet been able to propose a reliable method for assessing the stopping effect, however, there are methods that allow one to determine with varying degrees of accuracy the suitability of a cartridge for solving this problem.

The stopping effect of a bullet depends not only on its caliber, flight speed and mass, but also on where on the human body it hits. Only when hit in the spine or brain is there a 100% chance of instantaneous incapacitation of the victim. In addition, the stopping effect directly depends on the depth of the wound channel, which, in turn, depends on the value of the specific energy and the design of the bullet. The concept of "bullet specific energy" is widely used in wound ballistics. It is equal to the kinetic energy of the bullet divided by its cross-sectional area.

In 1935, American weapons expert General Yu Hatcher proposed a formula for calculating the relative stopping effect (RSE) of a bullet, which is still widely used today. It takes into account the design of the bullet, its speed and mass. According to this formula, a TT bullet has an OOD equal to 171. For comparison: the OOD value of bullets from 9x19 mm and 11.43 mm cartridges is 270 and 640, respectively.

The method for calculating the stopping effect, proposed by the French scientist Josserand, takes into account only the area of ​​the bullet and its kinetic energy. Their product gives the stopping effect value. It is believed that an indicator of 15 already ensures that the enemy is incapacitated. For a TT bullet this figure is 25, for bullets of the 9x19mm and 11.43 mm cartridges - 32.7 and 44.1, respectively.

In the USSR, there was a two-fold approach to this issue: calculations were made either by the minimum required kinetic energy (80 J) or by the minimum required specific energy (1.5 J/mm2). Based on this, the 5.6 mm caliber (.22 Long Rifle) is already more than sufficient for using such a cartridge for self-defense. However, both methods did not involve quickly depriving the enemy of the possibility of resistance, but only inflicting damage on him, which sooner or later would not give him the opportunity to continue the fight. Indeed, if the enemy is located at a distance of several hundred meters from you, then it does not matter to you how long he will continue to be active - a couple of seconds or several minutes; anyway, he is unlikely to be able to respond with a more accurate shot after being wounded. But if the enemy is ten meters away, and in his hand he has a pistol or machine gun pointed at you, then every moment may be your last. Moreover, the value of specific energy is decisive only for the penetration ability of a bullet, but not for its stopping effect. For the same 5.6 mm caliber pistol, this value is higher than for an 11.43 mm caliber pistol, which has a muzzle kinetic energy five to six times greater.

Currently, it is generally accepted abroad that the minimum required depth of penetration of a bullet into body tissue should be at least 35 centimeters with the maximum possible diameter of the wound canal. The TT bullet fully satisfies this requirement. It is embedded in the material, which simulates soft human tissue in tests, to a depth of 60-70 centimeters. However, the second condition, namely the possibility of creating a wound channel of maximum diameter, is not satisfied by a 7.62mm full-shell bullet.

The most suitable cartridge, which has a high stopping effect and is used for self-defense, may be ammunition from the American company Magsafe. It provides deep penetration into tissue and produces an impressive dispersion of damaging elements. The bullet is a lightweight container with hundreds of pellets, enclosed in a Teflon shell, and accelerating when fired to a speed of 570-600 meters per second. The cartridge is quite expensive - three US dollars, but for good quality and reliability all over the world it is customary to pay accordingly. The lack of stopping power of a bullet can be overcome by using hand-loaded ammunition. The American company "Old Western Scrounger" offers semi-jacketed bullets of 7.62 mm caliber for the 7.63 mm Mauser cartridge - an analogue of Soviet ammunition, which, in their effect, are close to the bullets of the 9x19 mm cartridge.

There is no doubt that the appearance on the market of weapons chambered for the 7.62x25mm cartridge will push ammunition manufacturers to master the production of cartridges with expansive bullets. Cartridges with such bullets can put the TT pistol on a par with the world's best "manstoppers" (as in the USA it is customary to designate powerful pistol and revolver calibers. Literally translated as "manstopper"). But it would be better if this did not happen, since the TT cartridge with its high energy and expansive bullet would become extremely dangerous.

The small caliber of the bullet and its high initial speed determine a high penetration effect: it can pierce right through a soldier’s helmet, a layer of water more than 120 centimeters thick, enter 35 centimeters into the sand, pierce a 15-centimeter pine beam and hit right through a large bear.

The Tokarev high-velocity cartridge has always posed a serious threat to police officers in many countries around the world. Police officers of the Royal Hong Kong Police wear reinforced class A+ body armor before going on duty, as they often encounter criminals armed with Chinese-made TT pistols. Many people call such body armor “Tokarevsky vest.” A bullet from a 10 mm "auto" caliber pistol, the muzzle energy of which is about 866 J (1.7 times higher than that of a Tokarev pistol), penetrates only half of the second class body armor - the "regular" vest in the US police, while the "tetash" bullet pierces right through him. The secret of such high penetrating power is that the specific load (an indicator characterizing the amount of kinetic energy per bullet area) of the 7.62 mm "Tetash" cartridge is almost twice as high as that of more powerful pistol cartridges, but having a 9-caliber 10 mm.

American shooters learned to use this feature of the TT cartridge when hunting, shooting from a Tokarev pistol at animals with thick skin. This bullet makes a clean hole with minimal tissue damage, rather than a finished steak like most modern magnum ammunition.

TT pistol is one of the most famous pistol models in the world. Its creator (1871-1968) devoted his entire life to small arms. Self-loading rifles of his design were in service with Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War. However, it was the TT pistol that brought world fame to its creator.

The first tests of this model took place in June 1930. The commission headed by V.F. Grushevsky conducted field tests of the TT pistol, Korovin, Prilutsky pistols, as well as the best foreign samples of the Browning, Walter and Parabellum systems. The test results showed that the Tokarev pistol is “the most acceptable and suitable for adoption, provided that the identified deficiencies are eliminated.”

A serious drawback of this pistol was its low accuracy rate; safety also needed to be improved. New tests of the already improved TT model and new types of weapons took place in December 1930 at the VSS (Higher Rifle School) “Vystrel” training ground. The commission was headed by K.P. Uborevich, who in his report noted the reliability and convenience of the TT pistol, as a result of which the decision was made to introduce it into service.

The first success for the Tokarev pistol came in February 1931: the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR decided to order the first batch of pistols for testing among the troops. Then the pistol learned a new name - “7.62 mm self-loading pistol mod. 1930". In this case, the situation of forty years ago was repeated again: Nicholas II issued a decree renaming the Mosin rifle into the “7.62 mm rifle mod. 1891." Later, justice triumphed, and the model gained worldwide fame as the TT pistol (Tulsky, Tokarev).
Over the course of several years, the pistol was modernized, pursuing two main goals - reducing the cost and simplifying its production. In 1933, the Tula Arms Plant established mass release TT pistol. By the beginning of the war, the annual production of TT pistols was more than 100 thousand units.

As with many pistol models, the fate of the TT pistol was not cloudless: the volume of TT pistols produced fluctuated, while new prototypes of pistols from other gunsmiths appeared. The main disadvantage of the TT, which, accordingly, causes massive complaints about this model pistol, was the small capacity of the magazine, and its falling out when the latch button was accidentally pressed. In this regard, in 1939 F.V. Tokarev created a version of the pistol with an enlarged handle and a magazine with a capacity of 12 rounds. Another positive change in the design of the pistol was the lower location of the latch. Unfortunately, the war prevented this prototype from entering the series, but the TT pistol itself received well-deserved recognition. At the beginning of the war, in connection with the advance of fascist troops towards Tula, the USSR government decided to move defense production to the east of the country. Thus, the production of TT pistols and Nagan revolvers was moved to Izhevsk. Even under these conditions, Tula gunsmiths were able to repair weapons coming from the front, as well as assemble new ones from the remaining stock. For these purposes, obsolete equipment and tools left after the evacuation, as well as old repaired machines, were used. In two months of 1941, thanks to the dedicated work of workers, more than five hundred TT pistols were sent to the front line.
The restoration of the plant began when the threat to Moscow from fascist troops was neutralized. Within several months, the plant's work was established. After the end of the war, mass production of Tokarev pistols was established at the Izhevsk, Tula and Kovrov factories. Until the early fifties, when the Makarov pistol appeared, these factories produced more than a million TT pistols... For his invaluable contribution to the development of domestic small arms, Tokarev was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded four Orders of Lenin and numerous medals.

TT pistol barrel

The inside of the barrel has a chamber and a rifled bore with four rifling winding from left to right. On the outside there is a thickened part with annular grooves, a boss with a slot and a hole for the earring, as well as a cutout in the rear for the ejector tooth and a bevel to facilitate feeding the cartridge from the magazine into the chamber.

TT pistol barrel: 1 - thickened part; 2 - ring grooves; 3 - tide; 4 - cutout.

Housing-breech of the pistol "TT": 1 - rear sight; 2 - window; 3 - front sight; 4 - groove for ejector; 5 - tube.

Shutter cover of the TT pistol

The shutter is integral with the casing. On the outside, the bolt casing has a transverse groove for the front sight rear sight, a groove for the ejector with a socket for its spring, a hole for the ejector pin, grooves for the convenience of manually retracting the bolt casing to the rear position, a hole for the firing pin, a cutout for the bolt stop tooth, and a tube for return spring. Inside the bolt casing there are two protrusions for the guide coupling, two protrusions for connecting to the barrel, longitudinal grooves for guiding the bolt casing, a protrusion for the trigger spring stop, a cutout for the passage of the sear and a through groove for the trigger.

TT pistol frame

It is integral with the pistol handle and the trigger guard and has a groove for placing the return spring and moving the bolt housing tube, grooves for the barrel lug and earring, a ledge for stopping the guide rod of the return spring, holes for the bolt stop axis, a stand for the bolt stop spring, protrusions for guiding the bolt casing, cutouts for the ledges of the trigger block, a hole for the bolt stop tooth, a window with a bevel to ensure the supply of a cartridge from the magazine and placement of the trigger block, the trigger and the top of the magazine. The handle has side windows to make the pistol lighter, a window for inserting a magazine, a socket for hooking a magazine, recesses for securing the cheeks and a slot for triggering.

Trigger mechanism of the TT pistol

Its peculiarity is that some of the parts are placed in a separate block. The trigger consists of: a hammer with a spring; whispered; disconnector; trigger; action spring; USM block; release with rod and trigger spring. The trigger, mainspring, sear and disconnector are placed directly in the trigger block. The firing pin with the spring is placed in the bolt channel and has a firing pin and a recess for the passage of the pin. The USM block serves to combine part of the USM parts into an independent unit, facilitating its assembly and disassembly. The block has feathers with bevels to direct the movement of the cartridge from the magazine to the chamber and protrusions for connection with the pistol frame; three holes for the hammer axes, sear and mainspring pins; channel for disconnector; groove for the sear spring. The trigger has a head with a notch for cocking, a safety protrusion, a combat protrusion, a path for the passage of the disconnector blade, a hole for the axle, an arc groove for the passage of the mainspring pin, and a socket for the mainspring. The mainspring is twisted and located inside the trigger. The sear has a groove for placing the sear spring, a ledge for stopping the trigger rod, a spring, a hole for the axle, and a protrusion for locking the disconnector when setting the trigger to the safety cock. The sear spring is a plate spring, pressed at one end into the sear groove. The disconnector ensures automatic self-cocking of the pistol and consists of a stem with horizontal inclined edges on top, with which it rests against the recess of the bolt; blades with an oval hole for the sear axis; cranked protrusion for engagement with the protrusion of the sear and for lowering the trigger rod. The trigger is integral with the trigger rod, which has a protrusion for the trigger spring stop and a cutout for the passage of the sear. The trigger spring is plate-shaped, with a bend on one side to rest against the rear wall of the trigger rod and a bend on the other end for the pin.

TT pistol frame: 1 - side windows: 2 - cutout; 3 - protrusion.

USM block assembly for TT pistol.

Striker with a spring of a TT pistol.

Trigger block for TT pistol: 1 - protrusion; 2 - hole for the mainspring pin; 3 - hole for the sear axis; 4 - hole for the trigger axis; 5 - feather.

Trigger of the "TT" pistol: 1 - safety ledge; 2 - combat ledge; 3 - arcuate groin 4 - head.

Mainspring of the TT pistol.

TT pistol sear: 1 - hole for the axle; 2 - groove; 3 - spring; 4 - protrusion; 5 - ledge.

TT pistol disconnector: 1 - blade; 2 - stem; 3 - cranked protrusion.

Trigger with trigger rod and trigger spring of the TT pistol.

Locking mechanism of the TT pistol

The operation of the locking mechanism is ensured by the following parts: an earring, annular protrusions on the upper inner surface of the bolt casing, annular recesses on the thickened outer surface of the barrel, and a return spring. The earring has two holes: one for the axis of the earring, the second for the axis of the bolt stop. The lower part of the earring is widened to limit its backward movement.

TT pistol earring.

The bolt stop and its spring of the TT pistol.

Return mechanism of the TT pistol

The return mechanism consists of the following parts: return spring, return spring tip, return spring guide rod and guide bushing. The return spring is twisted, cylindrical. The tip of the return spring has an annular groove at the rear end (slightly larger in diameter) for entering the first turn of the spring; a whisk for resting in the guide sleeve; head at the front end, the tip of which fits into the guide sleeve. The guide rod of the return spring has a head, which rests against the front ledge of the frame. The guide bushing has a flange for closing the front part of the bolt casing, an annular groove and flat sides for connection with the bolt casing and a hole for the tip of the return spring. Mechanism for removing spent cartridges. This mechanism consists of parts: an ejector with a spring and a cartridge reflector. The ejector has a tooth that slides over the edge of the sleeve, a hole for a pin, and an elongated arm for the spring stop. The elongated left feather of the trigger block acts as a reflector of the cartridges here.

The return spring, its tip, the guide rod and bushing of the TT pistol.

The ejector and its spring of the TT pistol.

Safety devices of the TT pistol

Protection against an accidental shot is carried out by setting the trigger to the safety cock.

Sights of the TT pistol

The sight is constant, open type, consists of a front sight, which is made integral with the bolt casing, located in the front upper part, and a rear sight, inserted with its base into a groove on the bolt casing. It consists of a bolt casing, a magazine and a magazine latch.

TT pistol magazine

The magazine consists of a box, a feeder spring, a feeder, a magazine cover, and a cover delay. The magazine latch consists of three parts: the magazine latch base, the split pin and the spring. The latch has a tooth for gripping the magazine and a channel with a ledge for a split pin. The cheeks of the handle provide cover for the windows of the handle and have grooves on the outer surface, recesses for the trigger pull, a protrusion and recess for fastening the cheek strips, a notch and a cut on the left cheek for the handle eyelet for the belt.

TT pistol feeder.

TT pistol magazine cover.

TT pistol magazine box.

TT pistol feeder spring.