M91/30 rifles and M38/M44 carbines in 1941-1945, accessories and devices (Model 1891/1930 rifle)
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M91/30 rifles and M38/M44 carbines in 1941-1945, accessories and devices (Model 1891/1930 rifle)
This book describes the history of the production, development, and maintenance of the most mass produced individual weapon during the Great Patriotic War – 7.62mm M91/30 Mosin rifle and it variants. This book contains facts, based on archive sources, covering yearly production from 1941-1945. It also contains information about the accessories (pouches and slings) and the various devices that were produced during the same period. This book will be interesting to collectors, military historians, reenactors and others who are interested in the history of Soviet weapons. In spite of the fact that the M91/30 rifle (together with its carbine and sniper rifle variants) was the most produced type of infantry weapon in the period of 1941-1945, the history of its production is very poorly researched, and many myths about this period circulate. I have attempted to gather a large number of reliable sources, such as archive documents and specialized publications, which are not familiar to a wide audience. This book contains the planned and produced quantities of M91/30 rifles and carbines, facts related to their production, sections describing the slings and pouches produced in 1941-1945, the different accessories which can be used with the rifles, and the various aspects of rifle maintenance and repair during the war. Every single digit in this book has confirmation in the archive documents. The primary objective of this book is not to reprint facts which can be easily found with a non-intensive search, or those well known within the collector community, but it aims to provide a brief, complete description of the production and maintenance related events of 1941-1945 with facts currently unknown and unpublished. This book is divided into four parts: Chapter 1 describes the production of the rifles and carbines in the period of 1941-1945. It contains facts related to their production, detailed production numbers, and the evolution of the rifles and carbines over the same period. It also covers the previously unknown aspects of wartime rifle and carbine repairs by Red Army repair depots. Chapter 2 describes the accessories - pouches, slings, and cleaning tools. Chapter 3 describes the devices for the rifles and carbines (such as the sound suppressor, rifle grenades/mortars, and others) that were designed and produced in 1941-1945. The final part consists of eight appendices which describe factory and repair depot markings, sniper and training rifles, and other interesting aspects.
