Токарев Ф.В.

Отличительной чертой конструктора Федора Васильевича Токарева, уроженца станицы Мечетинской Ростовской области, была его чрезвычайно феноменальная память. Ему было достаточно один раз взглянуть на чертежи, чтобы запомнить самые мельчайшие детали. Главное детище Токарева - пистолет ТТ, самозарядные винтовки СВТ-38 и СВТ-40, которые активно применялись в Великой Отечественной войне. Конструктор получал огромное количество писем с фронта, в которых бойцы и командиры благодарили Федора Васильевича за оружие, изобретенное им.                                                                                                                     

Интересен один факт: после разгрома немецких войск под Сталинградом Токарев отнес в банк свои сбережения и написал письмо Сталину: «Горя желанием помочь нашей Красной Армии не только своей работой, но также материально, я внес в Госбанк из своих личных сбережений 50 000 рублей на усиление мощи стрелкового вооружения Красной Армии». Верховный главнокомандующий поблагодарил его специальной телеграммой.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

          Разработки:

• МТ (пулемёт)
• Пистолет-пулемёт Токарева образца 1927 года
• Пистолет ТТ
• СВТ-38
• СВТ-40
• АТ-44

Награды и премии:

Российская империя

• орден Святого Владимира IV степени с мечами и бантом
• орден Святого Станислава II степени с мечами
• орден Святой Анны III степени с мечами и бантом
• орден Святой Станислава III степени с мечами и бантом
• орден Святой Анны IV степени с надписью «За храбрость»
• премия в 1000 руб. от канцелярии Военного министерства.

Советский Союз

• Герой Социалистического Труда (28.10.1940 г.)
• Герой Труда (20.02.1928 г.)
• четыре ордена Ленина (07.03.1939 г.; 28.10.1940 г.; 22.06.1946 г.; 14.06.1966 г.)
• орден Суворова II степени (18.11.1944 г.)
• орден Отечественной войны I степени (16.09.1945 г.)
• два ордена Трудового Красного Знамени (02.07.1951 г.; 13.06.1961 г.)
• орден Красной Звезды (21.02.1933 г.)
• Медали
• Сталинская премия первой степени (1941 г.) — за разработку конструкции нового типа стрелкового вооружения