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The rifle did not receive the name of Mosin, because of the personal decision taken by Tsar Alexander III, which was made based on the opinion of the Defence Minister Pyotr Vannovskiy: there are parts in this newly created design, invented by Colonel Rogovtzev, by Lt.-General Chagin's Commission, Captain Mosin and small-arms manufacturer Nagant ...
Mosin–Nagant "3-line rifle" "Mosin rifle" 7.62×54mmR: 1891–present still used by some militia forces sniper rifle commonly used by police and military snipers 1891 infantry 1891 dragoon 1891 cossack 1891/1910 1891/1930 1891/1952 KGB sniper 1907 carbine 1938 carbine 1944 carbine Russia Soviet Union: SV-98: 7.62×51mm NATO 7.62×54mmR.338 ...
Light machine gun Denmark: 1902–1940s Export variants. KGK machine gun: General-purpose machine gun Hungary: 1960s–1990s Derived from the SGM machine gun. [2] Type 73 light machine gun: Light machine gun North Korea: 1973–present Derived from the PKM machine gun. [3] PSL: Designated marksman rifle Romania: 1974–present Mosin–Nagant ...
As of December 2013 the 7.62×54mmR is mainly used in designated marksman and sniper rifles like the Dragunov sniper rifle, SV-98 and machine guns like the PKM. It is also one of the few (along with the .22 Hornet, .30-30 Winchester, and .303 British) bottlenecked, rimmed centerfire rifle cartridges still in common use today. Most of the ...
Lebel Model 1886 rifle [2] Berthier rifle; FN Model 24 and Model 30 [1] Mauser Model 1871 [3] Mauser Standardmodell; Gewehr 1888 [4] [5] Gewehr 98 [5] Werndl–Holub rifle [3] Kropatschek rifle [6] Mosin–Nagant; Mannlicher M1888 [5] Mannlicher M1890 carbine [5] Mannlicher M1895 [5] M1870 Italian Vetterli> [3] Carcano [3] Snider–Enfield [7 ...
The Model 91/98/23 carbine (Karabinek wz. 1891/1898/1923) often shortened to kbk wz. 91/98/23, and its variants wz. 91/98/25 and wz. 91/98/26, were a Polish modification of the Mosin–Nagant M1891 rifle to carbine form. The Mosin rifle was shortened and converted to use the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.
After gaining its independence in 1917 and after the Finnish Civil War of 1918, large numbers of Model 1891 Mosin–Nagant rifles were in the hands of the Finnish military. As the old barrels were worn out, they were replaced by new 7.83 mm (.308 in) barrels and the leftover 7.62×54mmR cartridges being in short supply, a domestic product was ...
This is a list of weapons used by the Spanish Republican side of the Spanish Civil War.The majority of Republican military equipment was obtained through the Soviet Union who supported the Spanish Republicans through shipments of Soviet arms and arms from other countries in the possession of the Soviet Union from past Russian conflicts.