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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 ...
Originally designed for the bolt-action Mosin–Nagant rifle, it was used during the late tsarist era and throughout the Soviet period to the present day. The cartridge remains one of the few standard-issue rimmed cartridges still in military use, and has one of the longest service lives of any military-issued cartridge. [3]
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 ...
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 ...
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]
Mosin–Nagant, bolt-action infantry rifle; Nagant M1895, 7-shot gas-seal revolver Nagant wz. 30, Polish-made derivative of the M1895 revolver; 7.62×38mmR, proprietary gas-seal ammunition designed for the M1895 revolver; 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance, 7.5mm cartridge designed for the Swiss military; Lady Nagant, a character in the manga series My Hero ...
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 ...