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The kbk wz. 29 (Polish: carbine pattern 1929) was a Polish bolt-action short rifle based on the German Kar98AZ.Identifying attributes include a 98/05 style mast bayonet lug ending directly beneath the front sight and winged protective ears to either side of the front sight blade.
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.
The Aba Women's War (also: Riots) of 1929 (Igbo: Ogu Umunwanyi; Ibibio: Ekong Iban) were a period of unrest in colonial Nigeria in November 1929. The protests broke out when thousands of Igbo women from the Bende District, Umuahia and other places in southeastern Nigeria traveled to the town of Oloko to protest against the Warrant Chiefs, whom they accused of restricting the role of women in ...
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Twenty women set out to race airplanes in 1929, a spectacle that excited the public throughout the journey.
The Karabinek KP-32 was a prototype of a bolt-action repeating carbine. Designed in 1932 by Józef Maroszek as his academic thesis at the Faculty of Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology , it was a thorough modification of the Karabinek wz. 1929 carbine, itself based on the German Mauser rifle . [ 1 ]
Karabinek wz. 1929: 7.92×57mm Poland: The Polish Karabinek wz. 1929 were exported to China. It is estimated this was only a small amount. [49] [11] Mannlicher M1886: M86: 11×58mmR. M86-88: 8×52mmR Austria-Hungary: Many were imported very long before World War II, but were still used by some rear-line units. [50] Mannlicher M1888: M88 8×52mmR
But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sparking Europe's largest military conflict since World War II, Vitvitsky shifted her advocacy to charities that were aiding the Ukrainian war effort.