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Hello,

I am looking for veteran accounts or stories of the Russian Tokarev SVT-38/40 semi-automatic rifle in German service during WW2.

I am working on a book and would like to use any stories anyone has about the SVT-38/40 in German service.

Thanks,
Jeff

This gives a little indication of the use of the Automatic Rifle by the Germans based on a smaller scale from captured examples.

http://ww2db.com/weapon.php?q=59

During WW2, Finnish and German forces also used SVT-40 semi-automatic rifles on a smaller scale, all from captured examples. Finland captured 4,000 SVT-38 weapons during the Winter War and over 15,000 SVT-40 weapons during the Continuation War, while the German Army operated hundreds of thousands of captured SVT-40 semi-automatic weapons under the designation of SIG.259(r). German use of the weapon was so significant that the Germany Army actually published an operating manual for them