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Caption | Russian militiamen, Moscow, Russia, 10 Oct 1941 ww2dbase | ||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||
Date | 10 Oct 1941 | ||||||||||
Photographer | Alexander Ustinov | ||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseRussian International News Agency via Wikimedia Commons | ||||||||||
Link to Source | Link | ||||||||||
Identification Code | 2027 | ||||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||
Photo Size | 412 x 598 pixels |
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2. Anonymous says:
16 Oct 2016 03:48:09 AM
Soviet irregular units have been armed with polish guns captured in 1939. So that the left - Browning wz.28 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_wz._1928)
and likely Mauser Karabiner 98k (made in "Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów in Warsaw") on the right. Both have the 7.92 mauser cartridges.
16 Oct 2016 03:48:09 AM
Soviet irregular units have been armed with polish guns captured in 1939. So that the left - Browning wz.28 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_wz._1928)
and likely Mauser Karabiner 98k (made in "Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów in Warsaw") on the right. Both have the 7.92 mauser cartridges.
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22 Jul 2012 03:34:18 AM
BAR on the left with pistol grip , SVT-40 on the right with blade bayonet.