October, 2024

Type 97

Japanese Empire
Second World War
Made by Kokura in c.1939
6.5x50mm

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Mosin Nagant M38

The Soviet M38 was intended for issue to specialists and non-combat troops, but its handy nature made it a popular choice in the brutal urban combat that came to characterize the popular image of the Second World War’s Eastern Front.

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AKM

The ubiquitous Soviet Kalashnikov pattern assault rifle, seen in the hands of everyone from Soviet troops on the inter-German border in the 1960s to rebels in Africa today, the AKM is the most produced firearm in human history.

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TT33

The Tokarev TT33 pistol served the Soviet Union throughout the Great Patriotic War and beyond, as well as a large number of Eastern Bloc nations in the Cold War era.

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