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The PE scope (Russian: Винтовочный оптический прицел образца 1931 г. [1] or ПЕ, often called Прицел Емельянова, or Yemelyanov's sight [2] or Прицел Единый or Standard sight) is a family of Soviet telescopic sights, used from 1930s onwards on Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles, as well as SVT and AVS rifles. [2]
The PU scope (ПУ, прицел укороченный, 'Scope short-cut' in comparison to PE/PEM telescopic sight) is a 3.5×21 telescopic sight of Soviet manufacture, widely used since 1940 on the SVT-40 rifle for which it was originally designed and since 1942 on the Mosin–Nagant rifle. Before converting the PU for Mosin–Nagant Model ...
The Mosin–Nagant Model 1891/30 was modified and adapted as a sniper rifle from 1932 onwards, first with mounts and scopes from Germany then with domestic designs (PE, PEM) from 1931; from 1942 it was issued with 3.5-power PU fixed focus scopes.
The sniper version of the Mosin–Nagant rifle was used before, during, and after World War II. It used the standard bolt action 1891/30 infantry rifle as a platform, though rifles destined for conversion were hand-selected for quality and accuracy. Four-power scopes were added, and came in two versions. The PE scope was a copy of a German ...
Mosin–Nagant 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. Mosin–Nagant M1938 Carbine: Bolt-action rifle: 7.62×54mmR Soviet Union: 5-round internal magazine. Mosin–Nagant M1944 Carbine: Bolt-action rifle: 7 ...
Mosin–Nagant 1891 and 1907 (captured in high quantities from Russians) ... Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle. Edged weapons. Khanjali dagger sword (Also known as Kinzhal)
Mosin–Nagant: Bolt-action rifle Russian Empire: 1891–present Berdan II: Bolt-action rifle Russian Empire: 1895–1920s Rechambered from the original 10.67×58mmR. [4] PM M1910: Heavy machine gun Russian Empire: 1910–present Derived from the Maxim gun. AVS-36: Battle rifle Soviet Union: 1936–1953 SVT-38: Semi-automatic rifle Soviet Union ...
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 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 his ...