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The SVT-40 PU is a scoped variant of the Soviet SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle chambered in 7.62×54mmR, fitted with a PU-pattern 3.5× telescopic sight on a receiver-side mount. The optic mount offsets the sight line to the left to clear the action while providing a practical magnified aiming option. It is most closely associated with early-war Soviet attempts to field a semi-automatic sniper rifle, before the PU scope became best known on Mosin–Nagant sniper rifles.
==HISTORY==
In MCV, the scope mount blocks the iron sights, so the weapon does not display a standard rifle crosshair unless the scope is used. In real life, the SVT series was introduced as a modern self-loading service rifle, and a sniper configuration was produced with receiver grooves to accept a slip-on mount for a PU-pattern 3.5× scope. The intent was to combine the faster follow-up shots of a semi-automatic rifle with a standardized optic for more precise engagements.


=HISTORY=
The concept proved short-lived. Assessments of the SVT sniper configuration noted consistency problems that could include dispersion and bedding/receiver-shift issues, and the specialized SVT sniper arrangement was ultimately overshadowed by bolt-action Mosin–Nagant sniper rifles that were simpler to field and better suited to sustained precision. By 1942 the SVT sniper experiment had largely ended, while PU optics and mounting patterns continued in wide use—most famously on the Mosin–Nagant 91/30 PU.
There is a scoped variant of the [[SVT-40]]. Because the scope mount blocks the iron sights in the game it does not have a crosshair when the scope is not used like all rifles without scopes have.
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* [https://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/wwii%2C-korea%2C-vietnam-and-beyond-1940-to-present/case-38-wwii-allies-and-japan/russian-svt-sniper.aspx NRA Museums — “Russian SVT Sniper”]
It was decided that the SVT-40 would be used as the Red Armies sniper rifle in April of 1940, replacing the Model 1891/30 PE Mosin Nagant and therefore the production of the bolt action Mosin would be halted. The SVT-40 was a competent sniper rifle but was plagued by problems with first shot inaccuracy. It was found in testing that a 10 to 15 cm discrepancy was evident in patterns fired at 100 meters. The "flyer" consistently being the first shot. It was determined that the barrel shifted longitudinally along with the receiver. Further stock work did not alleviate the problem.
* [https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/sniping-rifles-on-the-eastern-front-193945-9781472825902/ Osprey Publishing — Martin Pegler, ''Sniping Rifles on the Eastern Front 1939–45'']
 
* [https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld0006smit Stackpole/Archive.org — W. H. B. Smith (rev. Joseph E. Smith), ''Small Arms of the World'' (1969)]
<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVT-40 SOURCE]
* [https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/snipers-below-freezing-an-assessment-of-finnish-soviet-sniping-in-the-winter-war/ American Rifleman — Finnish/Soviet sniping article (SVT-40 with PU optics; notes on SVT sniper limitations)]
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Latest revision as of 05:46, 3 March 2026

Factions Weapon Icon Classes Ammo

VC
SVT-40 PU		 Sniper 10 / 40
Damage Base Headshot × Chest × Stomach × Leg × Arm × Bayonet Rifle Grenades Reload Speed
Partial Empty
44 ×2.4 = 105.6 ×1.28 = 56.32 ×1.23 = 54.12 ×0.8 = 35.2 ×0.7 = 30.8 YES NO 2.733 Seconds 3.5 Seconds
Designation Weapon Type Fire Modes Fire Rate Bullet Spread ° Range Modifier Muzzle Velocity Projectile weight Weight
SVT-40 PU Sniper Rifles Semi 750 RPM 9° & 0.75° ADS 0.965 830 m/s 9 g (138.89 gr) 3.85 kg (8.48 lbs)
Full name Caliber Soviet Union Date Manufacturer Barrel Length Total Length Weapon Script Name
Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, Obrazets 1940 goda 7.62x54mm Soviet Union 1940 Tula
Other		 24.6 in (625 mm) 48.3 in (1,226 mm) weapon_svt40s


The SVT-40 PU is a scoped variant of the Soviet SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle chambered in 7.62×54mmR, fitted with a PU-pattern 3.5× telescopic sight on a receiver-side mount. The optic mount offsets the sight line to the left to clear the action while providing a practical magnified aiming option. It is most closely associated with early-war Soviet attempts to field a semi-automatic sniper rifle, before the PU scope became best known on Mosin–Nagant sniper rifles.

HISTORY

In MCV, the scope mount blocks the iron sights, so the weapon does not display a standard rifle crosshair unless the scope is used. In real life, the SVT series was introduced as a modern self-loading service rifle, and a sniper configuration was produced with receiver grooves to accept a slip-on mount for a PU-pattern 3.5× scope. The intent was to combine the faster follow-up shots of a semi-automatic rifle with a standardized optic for more precise engagements.

The concept proved short-lived. Assessments of the SVT sniper configuration noted consistency problems that could include dispersion and bedding/receiver-shift issues, and the specialized SVT sniper arrangement was ultimately overshadowed by bolt-action Mosin–Nagant sniper rifles that were simpler to field and better suited to sustained precision. By 1942 the SVT sniper experiment had largely ended, while PU optics and mounting patterns continued in wide use—most famously on the Mosin–Nagant 91/30 PU.

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