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  2. Mosin–Nagant - Wikipedia

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    Finland: 7.62 TKIV 85 sniper rifles built on the Mosin-Nagant action. [45]: 114–117, 189–190 [62] Other variants have been removed from service as obsolete and sold off. Georgia: Inherited after independence in 1991. It saw use as a sniper rifle in the Armed Forces since 1991 to 2004, replaced by more modern weapons, now used as a ...

  3. Snipers of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Due to several problems, including accuracy issues and muzzle flash, as well as being complex and slow to manufacture, production ceased in October 1941, and work began on developing the PU version of the MosinNagant. [9] In 1941 several 7.62mm SVT-40 semi-automatic sniper rifles with a PU optical sight were converted in full-auto sniper rifles.

  4. 7.62 Tkiv 85 - Wikipedia

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    The 7.62 TKIV 85, short for 7.62 Tarkkuuskivääri 85 (7.62 sniper rifle 85) is a sniper rifle used by the Finnish Defence Forces. It is derived from MosinNagant, with Finland having made various derivatives of the rifle. The design was made in 1984 by Valmet, which also manufactured new barrels

  5. List of modern Russian small arms and light weapons

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    MosinNagant "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 ...

  6. List of Soviet Union military equipment of World War II

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    MosinNagant M1891/30: Bolt-action rifle / Sniper rifle (with 3.5× PU scope attached) 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 5-round internal magazine. Most widely used bolt-action rifle by the Red Army. MosinNagant M1938 Carbine: Bolt-action rifle: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 5-round internal magazine. MosinNagant M1944 Carbine: Bolt-action rifle: 7 ...

  7. Simo Häyhä - Wikipedia

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    It was a Finnish Civil Guard variant of the MosinNagant rifle known as "Pystykorva" (lit. ' The Spitz ' due to the front sight's resemblance to the head of a spitz-type dog) chambered in the Finnish-designed MosinNagant cartridge 7.62×53R. When fighting as a group leader with the rest of his unit, he used a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun.

  8. Vasily Zaitsev (sniper) - Wikipedia

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    Zaitsev, left, in Stalingrad, December 1942 Zaitsev's sniper rifle, a 7.62×54mmR Mosin Model 1891/30 sniper rifle with a PU 3.5× sniper scope. a on display at the Volgograd's Stalingrad Panorama Museum. Zaitsev was serving in the Soviet Navy as a clerk in Vladivostok when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Like many of ...

  9. List of sniper rifles - Wikipedia

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    M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle: Remington Arms.300 Winchester Magnum: Bolt-action ... MosinNagant: Tula Izhevsk Sestroryetsk: 7.62×54mmR: Bolt-action