The Mosin-Nagant, known as in Russia as Винтовка Мосина (Vintovka Mosina, i.e., Mosin's rifle), is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and various Eastern bloc nations. Also known as the Three-Line Rifle, it was the first to use the 7.62x54mmR cartridge.
As a front-line rifle, the Mosin-Nagant served in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s in many Eastern European nations, when the sniper rifle variant was replaced by the SVD (Snajperskaâ vintovka Dragunova). The Mosin-Nagant is still used in many conflicts, due to its ruggedness and the vast number produced during World War II.
Mosin-Nagant in The Hot War[]
Tibor Nagy and the rest of the privates in his Hungarian People's Army squad all carried Mosin-Nagant rifles, hand-me-downs from the Soviet Red Army.[1]
Mosin-Nagant in The Two Georges[]
The Nagant rifle remained the main Russian Army long arm through to the mid-1990s. It was comparable to the British Lee-Enfield.[2]
On 15 June 1995, a Nagant was used in the murder of "Honest" Dick as a diversion in the aid of the theft of The Two Georges.[3] Colonel Thomas Bushell's investigation led to a Sons of Liberty arms smuggling ring based in the Queen Charlotte Islands.[4]
Later in the investigation, Colonel Bushell came to Victoria where he attended a reception at the Russian embassy. He noted that while the guards outside the embassy wore ceremonial uniforms based on the Life-Guard Dragoons of Tsar Alexander I, they carried bayoneted Nagants rather than sabers.[5]
Mosin-Nagant in The War That Came Early[]
The Nagant bolt-action rifle was the standard issue rifle of the Soviet Army during the Second World War.
Mosin-Nagant in Worldwar[]
The Nagant bolt-action rifle was the standard issue rifle of the Soviet Army during World War II. Soviet sniper Tatiana Pirogova used a version with a scope against the Germans, and later, the Race.
References[]
- ↑ Bombs Away, pgs. 68-69, HC.
- ↑ The Two Georges, generally.
- ↑ Ibid., Chapter ii.
- ↑ Ibid., pgs. 99-103, MPB.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 442.
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