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Kelly's Heroes is a 1970 war comedy drama film directed by Brian G. Hutton.Set during World War II, the film tells the story of a motley crew of American GIs who go AWOL in order to rob a French bank, located behind German lines, of its stored Nazi gold bars.
The Chinese Communist soldiers who search the village are armed with Model 1891 Mosin–Nagant rifles (probably ex-U.S. Rifle, 7.62 mm, Model of 1916 rifles) rather than the more appropriate Model 91/30s the Communists would have carried, having been exported to Mao's army during the Chinese Civil War. The determination as to model can be made ...
The company is best known for Émile's contribution to the design of the Mosin–Nagant Russian service rifle, adopted in 1891. [2] This introduction to the Tsar's military administration led to the adoption, in 1895, of the Nagant M1895 revolver (designed by Léon) as their standard-issue sidearm. [3]
Sergei Mosin in 1891 (left) and in 1901 (right) It was at Tula where Mosin began his career as a weapons designer by first making improvements to the Berdan II and later collaborating with Nagant to design the Rifle of Three Lines of the Year 1891. [2] Some details in Mosin's rifle were borrowed from Léon Nagant's design. One such detail is ...
The receiver was open-top, which enabled reloading of the magazine using five-round Mosin–Nagant stripper clips. [9] The sniper variant had an additional locking notch for a see-through scope mount and was equipped with a 3.5×21 PU telescopic sight. [9] The SVT-38 saw its combat debut in the 1939–1940 Winter War with Finland.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said, as U.S. officials race to reach a Gaza hostage and ceasefire ...
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.
Matthew McConaughey swaps his Texas twang for a Chicago accent in Uber Eats’ Super Bowl commercial.. The Oscar winner, 55, gets a Midwestern makeover in the 30-second ad teaser and PEOPLE has an ...