NAME – 7.62x25mm Tokarev

NAME (COMMON) – 7.62 mm Tokarev Ball Type P

TYPE – Bottleneck centerfire

YEAR OF INTRODUCTION – 1930

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USSR

CASE TYPE – Rimless bottleneck

CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 35 mm (1.38 in)

CASING LENGTH – 25mm (0.99 in)

CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 9.83 mm (0.387 in)

CASE RIM DIAMETER – 9.96 mm (0.392 in)

BULLET TYPE – Round nose full metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.90 mm (0.311 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 5.64 g (87 grains)

POWDER WEIGHT – 0.50 g (7.71 grains)

CASING WEIGHT – 4.80 g (74 grains)

TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 10.95 g (169 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 420 m/s (1378 fps)

NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH – 11.6 cm (4.57 in)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 497 j (367 ft/lb)

     The is basically an identical round to the 7.63x25mm Mauser round as produced by the USSR. The Mauser C96 pistol, particularly the shorter-barreled “Bolo” Mauser, was very popular in Czarist Russia and the later Soviet Union. When a Soviet produced pistol. The TT-33 Tokarev, was developed, the Mauser round was renamed and produced for the new pistol. There is a very slightly greater bullet diameter on the Tokarev round over that of the Mauser. Besides the TT-33 pistol, the USSR produced a very larger number of submachineguns for this round and forced its adoption on the post-WWI Warsaw Pact countries. Several loadings for submachineguns were developed that could be damaging to the earlier Mauser pistol if they were to fire them. The basic rule is that 7.63x25mm Mauser ammunition may be fired in a 7.62x25mm Tokarev weapon, but the reverse is not recommended.

ADDITIONAL LOADINGS

NAME                    TYPE                                          BULLET WEIGHT          CARTRIDGE WEIGHT             MUZZLE VELOCITY                                       MUZZLE ENERGY

P-41 API                Armor-piercing Incendiary    4.79 g (74 grains)         10.11 g (156 grains)              488 m/s (1600 fps)*                                    570 j (421 ft/lbs)

Type PT                 Tracer                                        5.51 g (85 grains)        11.60 g (179 grains)              457 m/s  (1500 fps)*                                   576 j (425 ft/lb)

Type 64                 Subsonic                                   7.78 g (120 gr)             12.7 g (196 grains)                 290 m/s (960 fps)**                                    333 j (243 ft/lbs)

(China)

 

   * PPsH-41 SMG     ** Type 64 SMG