Vietcong SVT-40

[H Wally]

Thinking some more I agree with 4307 and chuck - that thing would be terrifying in close confines. Got to hand it to people for fabbing up a solution when desperate.

 

[4307]

Weapons have always been modified for legitimate reasons. For comfort, function, necessity, to get a job done or whatever. Its part of evolution.

Apparently the Chinese converted Thompson submachines gun to take a PP43 magazine. Chinese civil war era.

Modified M14 Navy Seal Operator

 

[Ed Smurf]

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....

Depends on what you mean by bang!

 

[Locos]

It was shortened by a couple inches too. That thing couldn't have been comfortable to shoot, especially for a smaller statured Vietnamese fella. I wonder how the gas system would have held up as well.

 

[daniel_250r]

Almost as bad as hacking the site posts off a t97 for an ftu

 

[XRCD011]

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

Just to see if a 7.62X54R fits I slid five into a Bren mag. Outside of the lips needing to be modified the Russian rounds look like they are right at home in there. If you look at the mag in the picture someone did a lot of tinsmithing removing the back spine of the Bren mag. To mate the mag to that rifle god only knows the hoops the VC Bubba had to go through to do so. Cool piece of history that looks like something out of a Mad Max movie.

 

[Steppenwolf]

Thanks for the chuckle

Depends on what you mean by bang!

 

[cantom]

Fascinating arm!

I would be unlikely to want to fire it personally but I have to admire the mad skilz of whoever modified it.

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

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

 

[Brutus]

^Might be fugly............but if it works all right, that is one thirty calibre rifle packing alot of clobber potential.

 

[fraserdw]

^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?

Likely a Chinese BREN mag which are original Czech Brens in 7.92mm. These mags became surplus in China in the 60s when the Chinese converted their stocks of Brens to 7.62x39 and and adapted it to use an AK mag.

 

[Horilka]

Do you mean Czech ZB-39 by "Czech Bren"? That might be the case, as ZB-39 was a commerical model chambered in numerous calibers, including Mannlicher 8x56R which is very close geometrically to 7.62x54R. But I think China got zb-26 and zb-30 in 7.92x57, they had 20 rounds straight mags, not curved. Though later I remember seeing some pics of chinese ZBs with 30 round curved mags in 7.62x39.

 

[collector67]

I think it's pretty cool. (not that I'd want to try shooting it!). I am always impressed with "jungle workshop" modified or invented weapons.

 

[sunray]

Jungle factory AK. Likely with a damaged SVT40 barrel and gas system. Looks like a STEN butt stock too. Victor Charles was a lot smarter than he was given credit for.