There are a number of sources on these rifles and the ones I am aware of are listed below. I didn’t get much response on this request, so if you do know of additional sources not listed here I would appreciate knowing about them so they could be included in a future update. And because my field of interest is military bolt action rifles, I would appreciate a volunteer to combine these sources into an article for the Military Rifle Journal.
Bolotin,D. N., Soviet Small-Arms and Ammunition, published by the Finnish Arms Museum Foundation, Jokelantie 63, 05800 Hyvinkaa, Finland; distributed by the Handgun Press, Box 406, Glenview, IL 60025, (708) 657-6500.
Comments: Pages 105 - 111 have a detailed account of these rifles including production figures, a photo and description of the sniper model of the SVT-40, and a photo of an experimental SVT-40 conversion to "short cartridge model 1943."
Ezell, E. C., The AK-47 Story, Stackpole Books, Cameron and Kelker Streets, P. O. Box 1831, Harrisburg PA 17105.
Comments: Pages 88 - 93 have a discussion, including two cutaway views.
Gans, G.R., Russian Tokarev: Semi-automatic Rifle, Weapon Series; No. 4, Hudson, O.R. Marsh, 1946.
Comments: I have not seen this, and I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is familiar with this.
Hogg and Weeks, Military Small Arms of the 20th Century, 1973.
Comments: "Pages 432-433 has pictures of the Model 1938, Model 1940, and Model 1940 carbine with narrative." (From Al Castle)
Johnson, G. B. & H. B. Lockhoven, International Armament, Volume 2, International Armament Corporation (Interarmco), printed in Western Germany by International Small Arms Publishers, Cologne, Germany, 1965.
Comments: "Pages 167-176 have pictures and development." (From Al Castle)
Smith, W.H.B., Small Arms of the World, Fifth Edition, The Telegraph Press, Harrisburg, PA, 1957.
Comments: Pages 611-617 have pictures, diagrams, and detailed descriptions of the various models.
Smith, W.H.B., and J.E.Smith, The Book of Rifles, Third Edition, The Stackpole Co., Harrisburg, PA, 1963.
Comments: Pages 408-419 have pictures, diagrams, and detailed descriptions of the various models.
Tanner, Hans, Guns of the World.
Comments: "Page 234 has a picture of the Model 38 and Model 40 with comments." (From Al Castle)
Walter, John, Rifles of the World, 199?.
Comments: "Pages 276-277 have photos and narrative." (From Al Castle)
Weeks, J., World War II Small Arms, published by Chartwell Books Inc., 110 Enterprise Avenue, Secaucus NJ 07094.
Comments: Pages 110 - 111 have a description and a photo and cutaway view of the SVT-40.
Thanks to Al Castle for his contributions.
The above bibliography is reprinted from The Military Rifle Journal. If you are interested in these rifles, there is an excellent article on these rifles entitled The Red Army's Self Loading Rifles, A Brief History of the Tokarev Rifle Models of 1938 and 1940, Along with Variants and Accessories, by Vic Thomas, which can be found at the web site for Russian rifles mentioned elsewhere.
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