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...e as recently as the Afghanastan War when Afghan rebels fought against the Russians (the Afghan rebels also created crude copies of this rifle).

The M1895 was made for export as well; the Russians ordered several thousand M1895 machine guns in 1914 for use in World War I,

...e Poles, Lithuanians, German ''[[Freikorps]]'', and [[White movement|White Russians]]. The [[Bolshevik]] government (and later the new [[Red Army]]) of the emb

...n musket troops were dispatched by the request of the Qing Dynasty engaged Russians near Khabarovsk.

...in 1905. In 1906, the US bought the production license from Gleinich. The Russians adopted their "Lyohkaya Pulya" in 1908. Britain officially adopted the Mark

...with up to 74). Although America used stick magazines in the Thompson, and Russians carried only a few drum magazines (usually one drum, if any, and the rest a

...com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_9_54/ai_n27963829/ The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Or maybe the Polish by Holt Bodinson, Guns Magazine / Sept, 200

The Russians saw no reason to make a rifle that shot beyond a rifleman's ability to aim, ... mm ammunition, and the prominent argument by 7.62 mm proponents that "the Russians got it right with a .30 cal (7.62 mm)" cartridge, was stirred significantly

...mean War (1854 - 1856), Colt weapons were used in supplying and aiding the Russians fighting in the Crimea.