>Finns still used bolt actions as their standard issue rifles until the 1960's
Is there any instance of a first world nation using bolt action rifles as the standard issue longer than Finland did?
Finns still used bolt actions as their standard issue rifles until the 1960's
Anthony Barnes
Christian Bennett
>Finland
>first world nation
Lucas Hill
India with the ishapore 2a1. They built them until 1975
Christian Rodriguez
> first world nation
Isaiah Stewart
Krag-Jorgensens were still distributed amongst Norwegian soldiers as take-home weapons until the early '80s IIRC
Ryan Reyes
Technically Finland is a third world country since they were neutral in the Cold War.
To answer your question, some reserve and logistical units in the Swedish army were still issued homebrew Mausers until the 80s.
Brandon Garcia
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Isaiah Jenkins
Fuck, I forgot Sweden is technically third world too.
Blake Smith
The Swiss kept issuing K31s as their standard issue rifle until the late 50s; the Spanish also trucked along with their Mausers (both the older M1916s and M1943s, as well as the 7.62 FR-7 and FR-8 conversions) until the late 50s.
Even then the old bolt guns still served on for quite some time. "Standard issue" is hard to pin down, if only because it takes years for a military to fully reequip troops with a new rifle.
Nicholas Hernandez
Colton Foster
Nordicucks are always behind the curb
Angel Johnson
My grandfather carried a Brazilian Mauser during the Dominican Civil War in 1965
Tyler Diaz
Finnish wood sure is aesthetic
Jayden Torres
Sweden is both technically and literally a third world shithole.
Jason Flores
I'm not sure but Finland's military equipment is based as fuck, especially the stuff that's domestically designed and manufactured. It's the perfect blend of West and East in their design philosophies. And that arctic birch is fucking aesthetic. Once I've got to money I'd like to start collecting Finnish WWII small arms
Nicholas Rogers
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David Mitchell
Albania manufactured and used Mosin-Nagants up until 1961, and probably issued them for a while after as marksman's rifles or something. Not really a first world nation, but then again neither is Finland.
Parker Powell
The Canadian Rangers have continued to use the Lee Enfield 303. up until a couple years ago.
Liam Foster
I was wondering when someone would post this
Austin Price
I think they only started phasing them out last year.
Christian Barnes
Denmark still uses the M1917 Enfield for their patrols in Greenland.
Landon Smith
Finland adopted a Kalashnikov in 1960.