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The idea and screenshots are provided by AVSniff, forum.guns.ru. Greg-Z (talk) 05:11, 21 May 2018 (EDT)
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Nagant M1895
Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s - 7.62x38R Nagant. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930.
A Red sailor holds a Nagant during the releasing of arrested Bolsheviks from prison in August 1917.
Nagant revolvers in arsenal.
A Red sailor holds a Nagant and a hand grenade.
A Red sailor carries a Nagant tucked in his belt.
A closeup of a Nagant in officer's hand.
A sailor carries a Nagant and a grenade in his belt.
Mosin Nagant M1891
Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle in original configuration - 7.62x54mm R
Russian soldiers greet Februar revolution.
Red Guards arm themselves with rifles, captured in Petrograd Arsenal.
Revolutionary sailors on Neva embankment.
Red Guards carry M91 rifles. They use machine gun belts as bandolyers.
A close view of the muzzle end of M91 Infantry rifle with bayonet.
A revolutionary soldier with M91 rifle with bayonet.
Bayonets of defenders of the Provisional Government.
Some defenders of the Winter Palace surrender their rifles.
Female soldiers with rifles.
A pile of rifles, surrendered by the supporters of the Provisional Government.
Maxim M1910
Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR
A Maxim in Russian trench.
Provisional Government troops use a Maxim against workers demonstration in July 1917.
A soldier of "Savage Division" (Caucasian Native Cavalry Division, composed of volunteers from Caucasus region) with a Maxim on locomotive.
Sailors with M91 rifles and Maxim machine guns.
A Red sailor carries a Maxim on Sokolov mount in hands (he must be a strongman as full weight of the machine gun is 64.3 kg (about 140 lbs).
Red Guards with Maxim machine guns in Smolny.
A belt on reel is seen at background.
Proletarian! Learn to handle a rifle!
A scene in the movie, entitled "Proletarian! Learn to handle a rifle!", shows assembling and proper handling of Mosin Nagant M1891 rifle, as a kind of "video manual".
Ajusting of the rear sight.
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