Vietcong SVT-40

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Not a ton of info on this, but appears the Vietcong decided to improve on the SVT-40 design :p

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/11/17/strange-guns-viet-cong-svt-40/


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Implying that any of you could do better than a bunch of rice farmers in the middle of a tropical jungle working with hand tools in a rat infested tunnel by candle light.
 
Interesting.

Most significantly, though, the crafty person who made it has augmented the weapon with a Bren magazine. No word on whether the rifle still shoots its original caliber, and the magazine is modified to accept the wider 7.6x54R cartridges, or if the user has rechambered the gun for .303 British, which would involve setting the barrel back and reaming an entirely new chamber. Also possible is that the rifle is fed .303 British, while still being chambered for 7.62x54R. While these calibers should absolutely not be mixed, given the history of local “gunsmiths” mixing and matching calibers in this way, I would not discount it as a possibility. - See more at: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/11/17/strange-guns-viet-cong-svt-40/#sthash.OcyvpUck.dpuf

Grizz
 
Pretty sure the Vietcong that used it, wasn't shunned by his Comrades for not having a pretty Red Rifle.
It looks like it would be more user friendly in a tunnel with the folder stock. May go def, but that's another story
 
No doubt it was a matter of making do with what they had....as long as it went bang when they pulled the trigger , they were probabley happy....
 
^and an SVT definitely would!

Wonder how the Bren mag worked out feeding up rather than down, let alone 762x54. Been a while since I played with an SVT, but sent they single stacked as well?
 
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