Soviet SVT-40 Tokarev Rifle
A Wartime Sprint Toward Semi-Automatic Firepower Right side profile of a Tula Arsenal-produced SVT-40 Tokarev rifle, chambered in 7.62x54R. Photo property of Eisel Armory. The SVT-40 (Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva — “Tokarev self-loading rifle, model 1940”) was adopted by the Soviet Union in 1940 as its intended principal self-loading service rifle, chambered in the same 7.62x54R […]
Belgian FN FAL Rifle (SA58 Metric Pattern)
DSA SA58 metric-pattern FAL rifle, full right-side view. Photo property of Eisel Armory. The FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger) was adopted by Belgium and a wave of NATO and allied nations beginning in the early-to-mid 1950s, chambered in the newly standardized 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. It went on to become one of the most widely issued […]