Russian Tokarev SVT-40 Sling
Picture and information courtesy of Bill Robinson
This is a sling for the Soviet Tokarev semi-automatic SVT
M1940 rifle
Additional information provided by Marcus A. von Weigert,
July 26, 2001
I picked up some of these several years ago, and was told
that these were originally for the Russian PPSH submachineguns, but were also
used on Mosin Nagants. I have several SVT slings that look quite
similar, but are wider, and some that resemble this or the wider sling, but
are made out of leather. During WW2, many SVT, Mosin, and submachinegun
"emergency pattern" slings were made that used leather tie
thongs at each end instead of buckles. The Russians made several
patterns of slings for each of their weapons during WW2, and these seem
to have been used not only on the rifles or submachineguns they were intended
for, but on all the other types of weapons also. I guess that when
you're marching through the snow to face an SS Panzer Division, it doesn't
really matter whether you are carrying your rifle with a Mosin, SVT, or PPSH
sling, as long as you have one.
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