![]() New small arms for the Soviet Army were the call of the day by 1930. The type saw extensive combat service in World War 2, the Korean War, the Chinese Civil War and the Vietnam War (and undoubtedly other undocumented as well). Approximately 1.7 million TT-33 pistols were manufactured from 1933 onwards and by several facilities across multiple countries. The handgun proved a popular system equally at home and abroad, seeing production outside of Russian borders. The TT-33 proved to handle field abuse quite well and maintained those specific "qualities" that endear soldiers to their weapons. ![]() The T-33 was a further development of the TT-30 pistol series which, itself, was based on the designs of famed American gunsmith John Browning.
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