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Russian Berdan No.1 (M1868) Infantry rifle - 10.75x58mm R

Russian Berdan No.2 (M1870) Infantry rifle - 10.75x58mm R

Berdan rifles were two Russian Army service rifles, designed by Hiram Berdan with the assistance of Russian officers Aleksandr Gorlov and Karl Gunnius. The Berdan No.1 (M1868) had a trapdoor breech block and was very soon replaced with the bolt-action Berdan No.2 (M1870) which was the main rifle of the Russian Army until the Mosin Nagant M1891 was put into service. It existed in full-length Infantry, shortened Dragoon and Cossack, and carbine configurations. Both Berdan models used the same .42 caliber cartridge ("4,2 line" in the old Russian measurment system). Severe rifle shortages would see the Berdan actively fielded in World War I. Besides the Russian Empire, Berdan M1870 rifles were used by Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Ethiopia, Mongolia, and Korea, with World War I captures seeing use by Austria-Hungry, Germany and the Ottomons as reserve rifles, while Finland would inherit many rifles after their independence, still fielding them in 1939.

In the 1880s, magazine-fed versions of various types were tested, both with tubular and box magazines. However, all of them were recognized as insufficiently reliable. Finally, the Mosin M1885 rifle was recognized as the best model, with the magazine placed in the buttstock (what prevented the possibility of "chain fire"). About 800 were produced for extensive military trials, however, some shortcomings were identified that required correction, and the appearance of Lebel 1886 with smokeless gunpowder ammunition the following year, and subsequent innovations required the development of a fundamentally new weapon. Ultimately, the brand new Mosin-Nagant Rifle was adopted in 1891.

In the early 1900s, many surplus Berdan rifles were converted into bolt-action shotguns in 16 to 32 Gauge. Such guns were known as "berdanka", and this nickname became a common Russian name for all bolt-action shotguns.

Specifications

Berdan No.2 Rifle

(1870 - 1891)

Type: Bolt-action rifle

Country of Origin: Russian Empire

Caliber: 10.75x58mm R

Weight: 9.3 lbs (4.2 kg)

Length: 51.2 in (130 cm)

Barrel Length: 32.7 in (83 cm) (Infantry rifle)

Capacity: 1, from 4 to 12 (experimental variants)

The Berdan Rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Queen of Spades		on the wall		1916
The Murder of General Gryaznov (Arsena Jorjiashvili)		Russian police and Cossacks	Berdan No.2 carbine	1921
Miss Mend		American police officer	Berdan No.2 carbine	1926
Miss Mend		A watchman in Stern's estate	Converted shotgun	1926
Khaspush		Persian soldiers and Khaspush rebels	Berdan No.2 Infantry, Dragoon and carbine	1928
The New Babylon		French revolutionary	Berdan No.2	1929
Dzhulbars	Nikolay Teleshyov	Beggar	Converted shotgun	1935
Dzhulbars		Peasant		1935
The Golden Taiga (Zolotoye ozero)	V. Tolstova	Marina	Converted shotgun	1935
Fighting Film Collection No. 6 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 6)		Partisans	Berdan No.2	1941
White Fang		Indians	Berdan No.2	1946
Mysterious Discovery (Tainstvennaya nakhodka)		Pomors		1954
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka)		Russian and Bulgarian soldiers	Berdan No.2	1955
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka)		Russian Cossacks	Berdan No.2 Carbine	1955
1918 (Vosemnadtsatyy god)		White Cossack	Berdan No.2 Carbine	1958
Dersu Uzala	Kasym Dzhekibayev	Dersu Uzala		1961
Hussar Ballad (Gusarskaya ballada)		Russian and French soldiers	Berdan No.2, mocked up as flintlock musket	1962
Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke)	Mikhail Pugovkin	Yashka the Artilleryman	Converted shotgun	1967
Personally Known (Lichno izvesten)		Revolutionaries	Berdan No.2	1958
Dersu Uzala	Maksim Munzuk	Dersu Uzala		1975
The Lost Expedition (Propavshaya ekspeditsiya)	Boris Smorchkov	Aleksey Kumanin	Berdan No.2	1975
	Aleksandr Kaidanovsky	Kirill Zimin
	Nikolay Olyalin	Silantiy
Peasant Son (Krestyanskiy syn)		A Red partisan		1975
The Evil Spirit of Yambuy (Zloy dukh Yambuya)	Rodna Yeshonov	Kararbakh	Converted shotgun	1977
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit)	Egor Beroev	Erast Petrovich Fandorin		2005
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit)		Russian soldiers		2005
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu)	Aleksey Gorbunov	Kuzmich		2006
Piranha (Okhota na piranyu)	Bolot Bairyshev	Evenk		2006
The Red Ghost (Krasnyy prizrak)	Vladimir Gostyukhin	Ded	Converted shotgun	2021
The Red Ghost (Krasnyy prizrak)	Konstantin Simonov	Kostya	Converted shotgun	2021

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Adjutant of His Excellency (Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva)	Yuri Medvedev	Nikita	Converted shotgun	1969
	Andrei Petrov	Nikolay Sirotin	Converted shotgun	1969
Born by Revolution: Assault (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: Napadenie)		Russian revolutionaries	Seen in documentary footage	1974
Lenin...The Train		Russian soldier	Berdan No.2	1988
Riches (Bogatstvo)	Ivan Kokorin	Sergey Blinov	Converted shotguns	2004
Riches (Bogatstvo)		Kamchatka reservists and volunteers	Converted shotguns	2004
His Majesty's Secret Service (Sekretnaya sluzhba Ego Velichestva)	Alina Van Orton	Lyuba	Converted shotgun	2006

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield: 1918		w/bayonet	2004
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly	"Berdan Rifle N2"	w/bayonet	2014
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918	"Berdanka"		2015
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3		Not usable	2017
Tannenberg	"Berdana obr. 1870G Berdan II"		2019
Enlisted		Berdan No.2 M1870	2021

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Golden Kamuy - Season 3	Sofia	"Revolutionary"	2020
	Hyakunosuke Ogata	"The Border"
	Orok hunter	"The Border"
Golden Kamuy - Season 4	A Karafuto Ainu	Ep. "Cinematograph"	2022-23

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-[[Image:Russian Berdan No1 Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Russian Berdan No.1 (M1868) Infantry rifle - 10.67x58mm R]]
+[[Image:Russian Berdan No1 Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Russian Berdan No.1 (M1868) Infantry rifle - 10.75x58mm R]]
-[[Image:Russian Berdan No2 Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Russian Berdan No.2 (M1870) Infantry rifle - 10.67x58mm R]]
+[[Image:Russian Berdan No2 Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Russian Berdan No.2 (M1870) Infantry rifle - 10.75x58mm R]]
-'''Berdan rifles''' were two Russian Army service rifles, desinged by Hiram Berdan with the assistance of Russian officers Gorlov and Gunnius. '''Berdan No.1''' (M1868) had a trapdoor breech block and was very soon replaced with a bolt action '''Berdan No.2''' (M1870) that was the main rifle of the Russian Army until [[Mosin Nagant M1891]] was put into service. It existed in full-length Infantry rifle, shortened Dragoon and Cossack rifles and a carbine. Both Berdan models used the same cartridge of .42 caliber ("4,2 line" in old Russian measure system). Except Russian Empire, Berdan M1870 rifles were used by Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Mongolia and some other countries.
+'''Berdan rifles''' were two Russian Army service rifles, designed by Hiram Berdan with the assistance of Russian officers Aleksandr Gorlov and Karl Gunnius. The '''Berdan No.1''' (M1868) had a trapdoor breech block and was very soon replaced with the bolt-action '''Berdan No.2''' (M1870) which was the main rifle of the Russian Army until the [[Mosin Nagant M1891]] was put into service. It existed in full-length Infantry, shortened Dragoon and Cossack, and carbine configurations. Both Berdan models used the same .42 caliber cartridge ("4,2 line" in the old Russian measurment system). Severe rifle shortages would see the Berdan actively fielded in World War I. Besides the Russian Empire, Berdan M1870 rifles were used by Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Ethiopia, Mongolia, and Korea, with World War I captures seeing use by Austria-Hungry, Germany and the Ottomons as reserve rifles, while Finland would inherit many rifles after their independence, still fielding them in 1939.
-In early 1900s a lot of surplus Berdan rifles were converted into bolt action shotguns in caliber from 16 to 32 Gauge. Such guns were known as "berdanka", and this nickname became a common Russian name for all bolt action shotguns.
+In the 1880s, magazine-fed versions of various types were tested, both with tubular and box magazines. However, all of them were recognized as insufficiently reliable. Finally, the Mosin M1885 rifle was recognized as the best model, with the magazine placed in the buttstock (what prevented the possibility of "chain fire"). About 800 were produced for extensive military trials, however, some shortcomings were identified that required correction, and the appearance of [[Lebel 1886]] with smokeless gunpowder ammunition the following year, and subsequent innovations required the development of a fundamentally new weapon. Ultimately, the  brand new [[Mosin-Nagant Rifle]] was adopted in 1891.
+In the early 1900s, many surplus Berdan rifles were converted into bolt-action shotguns in 16 to 32 Gauge. Such guns were known as "berdanka", and this nickname became a common Russian name for all bolt-action shotguns.
 =Specifications=
 == Berdan No.2 Rifle ==
-(1870 - early 1920s}
+(1870 - 1891)
 * '''Type:''' Bolt-action rifle
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 * '''Country of Origin:''' Russian Empire
-* '''Caliber:''' 10.67x58mm R
+* '''Caliber:''' 10.75x58mm R
 * '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}
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 * '''Barrel Length:''' {{convert|mm|830}} (Infantry rifle)
-* '''Capacity:''' 1
+* '''Capacity:''' 1, from 4 to 12 (experimental variants)
 -----
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+|''[[The Queen of Spades]]''||  || on the wall || ||1916
+|-
+| ''[[The Murder of General Gryaznov (Arsena Jorjiashvili)]]'' || || Russian police and Cossacks || Berdan No.2 carbine || 1921
+|-
+| rowspan=2|''[[Miss Mend]]'' || || American police officer || Berdan No.2 carbine || rowspan=2|1926
+|-
+| || A watchman in Stern's estate || Converted shotgun
+|-
+| ''[[Khaspush]]'' || || Persian soldiers and ''Khaspush'' rebels || Berdan No.2 Infantry, Dragoon and carbine || 1928
 |-
 | ''[[The New Babylon]]'' || || French revolutionary || Berdan No.2 || 1929
 |-
-| ''[[Frontier (Aerograd)]]'' || [[Boris Dobronravov]] || Aniky Shabanov || Converted shotgun || 1935
+| rowspan=2|''[[Dzhulbars (1935)|Dzhulbars]]'' || Nikolay Teleshyov || Beggar || Converted shotgun || rowspan=2| 1935
+|-
+|  || Peasant ||
 |-
 | ''[[The Golden Taiga (Zolotoye ozero)]]'' || V. Tolstova || Marina || Converted shotgun || 1935
@@ Line 45: / Line 59: @@
 |-
 | ''[[White Fang (1946)|White Fang]]''|| ||Indians||Berdan No.2|| 1946
+|-
+| ''[[Mysterious Discovery (Tainstvennaya nakhodka)]]'' ||  || Pomors || || 1954
 |-
 | ''[[Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka)]]'' || || Russian and Bulgarian soldiers || Berdan No.2 || 1955
@@ Line 57: / Line 73: @@
 |-
 | ''[[Wedding in Malinovka (Svadba v Malinovke)]]'' || [[Mikhail Pugovkin]] || Yashka the Artilleryman || Converted shotgun || 1967
+|-
+| ''[[Personally Known (Lichno izvesten)]]'' || || Revolutionaries || Berdan No.2 || 1958
 |-
 | ''[[Dersu Uzala (1975)|Dersu Uzala]]'' || [[Maksim Munzuk]] || Dersu Uzala || || 1975
@@ Line 77: / Line 95: @@
 |-
 | ''[[Piranha (Okhota na piranyu)]]'' || [[Bolot Bairyshev]] || Evenk || || 2006
+|-
+| rowspan=2|''[[The Red Ghost (Krasnyy prizrak)]]'' || [[Vladimir Gostyukhin]] || Ded || rowspan=2|Converted shotgun || rowspan=2|2021
+|-
+| Konstantin Simonov || Kostya
 |-
 |}
-<br clear=all>
 ==Television==
@@ Line 97: / Line 118: @@
 |-
 | ''[[Lenin...The Train]] || || Russian soldier || Berdan No.2 || 1988
+|-
+| rowspan=2|''[[Riches (Bogatstvo)]]'' || [[Ivan Kokorin]] || Sergey Blinov || rowspan=2|Converted shotguns || rowspan=2|2004
+|-
+| || Kamchatka reservists and volunteers
+|-
+| ''[[His Majesty's Secret Service (Sekretnaya sluzhba Ego Velichestva)]]'' || [[Alina Van Orton]] || Lyuba || Converted shotgun || 2006
 |-
 |}
-<br clear=all>
 ==Video Games==
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 |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Game Title'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Appears as'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="180"|'''Appears as'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Release Date'''
 |-
-|''[[Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 ]]'' || Berdanka || ||  || 2014
+|''[[Battlefield: 1918]]'' ||  || ||w/bayonet || 2004
+|-
+|''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || "Berdan Rifle N2" || ||w/bayonet || 2014
+|-
+|''[[Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 ]]'' || "Berdanka" || ||  || 2015
 |-
 |''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3]]'' || || ||Not usable|| 2017
+|-
+|''[[Tannenberg]]'' || "Berdana obr. 1870G Berdan II" || || || 2019
+|-
+|''[[Enlisted]]'' || || || Berdan No.2 M1870 || 2021
 |-
 |}
+==Anime==
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Character'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+| rowspan="3"|''[[Golden Kamuy - Season 3]]'' || Sofia || "Revolutionary" || rowspan="3"| 2020
+|-
+|  Hyakunosuke Ogata || rowspan="2"|  "The Border"
+|-
+|  Orok hunter
+|-
+| ''[[Golden Kamuy - Season 4]]'' || A Karafuto Ainu || Ep. "Cinematograph" || 2022-23
+|-
+|}
+<br clear=all>
+[[Category:Gun]]
+[[Category:Revolver]]
 [[Category:Gun]]
 [[Category:Rifle]]
 [[Category:Battle Rifle]]

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