I understand the Ukrainians have recently been pulling old weapons from storage, such as Mosin Nagant rifles, and maxim guns.
It be interesting to almost do a biography of some of the ubiquitious weapons of WW2 like the Mosin Nagant to see what life they had after the war.
This weapons are pre WW I weapons, still in use in WW II but ubiquitious? I do not know.
There have been several good youtube profiles on this.
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The Soviet Union never threw anything away, they just stored it. Ukraine threw open those aresenals.
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The Maxim offers a sustained rate of fire and mechanical simpicity that isnt equalled today. Its nexessity for water cooling can be overcome with motor transports, atv’s or local supply volunteers.
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Many of these weapons are “good enough” for local defence units or urban combat ranges. A Ppsh-43 is great when you dont need range, I can see the ukrainians putting it back into production because it’s so simple to manufacture.
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