Hello Everyone
A recent post on another thread about Lever Arms Podolsk SVT 40 featured a pic of a Podolsk variant with a wide oval around the arrow. Someone asked how many variants of the Podolsk stamp there were and Horilka responded with 3. I was curious what they looked like, so I hit the books and the internet and fell down a rabbit hole of info about SVT 40s and the factories where they were produced. We all know about Tula, Izhevsk and Podolsk, but few seem to know about the other two, Mednogorsk andt Zlaoust which produced rifles with Tula and Podolsk production stamps. Based on what I've been able to translate from Russian websites, it appears Mednogorsk made around 125,000 SVT40s (including snipers) and Zlatoust significantly fewer - I've found production estimates range between 140 rifles to 1,500.
Can anyone tell me if there are any special stampings on a Tula or Podolsk SVT40 to indicate if it was manufactured at either Mednogorsk (factory No.314) or Zlatoust (factory No. 535) ?
I have read that a MK in a square on a '41 or '42 Tula may be an indicator of Mednogorsk production and a wider oval on a '41 Podolsk indicates a Zlatoust made SVT40, but can not confirm this.
How about it SVT 40 experts?
Thanks in advance,
Brookwood
A recent post on another thread about Lever Arms Podolsk SVT 40 featured a pic of a Podolsk variant with a wide oval around the arrow. Someone asked how many variants of the Podolsk stamp there were and Horilka responded with 3. I was curious what they looked like, so I hit the books and the internet and fell down a rabbit hole of info about SVT 40s and the factories where they were produced. We all know about Tula, Izhevsk and Podolsk, but few seem to know about the other two, Mednogorsk andt Zlaoust which produced rifles with Tula and Podolsk production stamps. Based on what I've been able to translate from Russian websites, it appears Mednogorsk made around 125,000 SVT40s (including snipers) and Zlatoust significantly fewer - I've found production estimates range between 140 rifles to 1,500.
Can anyone tell me if there are any special stampings on a Tula or Podolsk SVT40 to indicate if it was manufactured at either Mednogorsk (factory No.314) or Zlatoust (factory No. 535) ?
I have read that a MK in a square on a '41 or '42 Tula may be an indicator of Mednogorsk production and a wider oval on a '41 Podolsk indicates a Zlatoust made SVT40, but can not confirm this.
How about it SVT 40 experts?
Thanks in advance,
Brookwood
So it mean that mine could be 1 of the 1500 from Zlatoust ???? Great !
