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Mosin Nagant Rifle

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Mosin Nagant Rifle

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Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
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Full-length, Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with Russian PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54R
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Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine, chambered in 7.62x54R. This is the version issued during most of World War 2, the M44 would not be fielded until the last six months of the war. Note slightly shorter barrel, lack of brass reinforcements in the Sling holes and lack of bayonet notch in the stock.
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Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, chambered in 7.62x54R, with attached side-folding bayonet. Note, slightly longer barrel ahead of the front sight to accomodate locking in the bayonet, brass reinforcements around the sling holes and an integral bayonet attached to the barrel.

The Mosin Nagant rifle describes a series of rifles that served Russia (and later as the Soviet Union) and its client states for many years, the first model which was issued in 1891 for the Imperial Russian Army. It is one of the longest serving bolt action rifles in history, being issued until the 1940s (and up to the 1960s in third world client nations of the USSR). The original M1891 rifle was updated in 1930, thus a new model was designated the M91/30, which was the most widely distributed bolt action rifle of the Red Army. There was a carbine version known as the M38 issued during World War 2, but these were for second line troops and troops who didn't need the full length rifle [cooks and truck drivers for example]. The M44 carbine saw very little action in WWII, from late 1944 to the end and not enough made it to the front lines to appear in most of the combat photography of World War II. A prototype of the M44 was also field tested in 1943. The M44 and M91-30 saw battle in the hands of North Korean Soldiers in 1950-53 and in the hands of the Viet Cong and PAVN during the 1960s.

Note: It was the first firearm to chamber the supreme champion of longest serving firearm calibers in history, the venerable 7.62x54R cartridge, which is still issued and used in armies to this day. It was also the gun used by Simo Häyhä, who holds the world record for highest number of sniper kills made by a single person.


The Mosin Nagant is used by the following actors in the following movies and television shows:



Film

  • Finnish and Soviet soldiers in Ambush (M/39 Rifle, 91/30 rifle)

infantry and sniper versions of the M91/30 rifle)

  • Tom Berenger as Master Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Beckett in Sniper 2 (though misidentified by Beckett as a 1898 Mauser)
  • Vietnamese Villager at the beginning of the movie and NVA sniper at the end of the movie in Flight of the Intruder
  • used by sniper in the bell tower towards the end of the movie Kelly's Heroes (1970)
  • Polish and Soviet soldiers in The Pianist

Television

  • Various North Korean and Chinese soldiers in M*A*S*H* (Both M91/30s and M44 Carbines)
  • Mikhail (Andrew Divoff), AKA "Patchy" in Lost shoots Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) in the shoulder with one. Sayid later commandeers the rifle for himself and is seen wielding it several times.
  • Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
  • Weaponology
  • Many soldiers in the History Channel's "Clash of the Gods - Tolkien's Monsters." M91/30s were used in place of Lee-Enfields by the British army during flashbacks to World War I.
  • Top Shot

Anime

Video Games

  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Expansion Pack seen in two expansion packs:
    • 1. Spearhead Expansion Pack (in Berlin mission and multiplayer mode on Russian side).
    • 2. Breakthrough Expansion (in mutiplayer mode on Russian side)

M39 Rifle

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M39 Rifle - 7.62x54mmR

The M39 is a Finnish variation of the Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle. The first models were issued with straight grips. Later models, however, had a curved pistol grip. The main way to tell the difference between a Russian Mosin-Nagant and an M39 is that the M39 has a different stock design and a different front sight.

NOTE: Except for some components, such as the bolt, trigger, and magazine, the parts of these rifles are NOT interchangable with Russian models.

The M39 Rifle is used by the following actors in the following movies and television shows:

Film

Used by Finnish soldiers in Tuntematon Sotilas The Unknown Soldier(both 1955 and 1985 versions)

Used by Finnish soldiers in Ambush (Rukajärven tie)

Used by Finnish soldiers in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)