The Soviet rifles and water rifles used by the Red Army in World War II have their origins in China.

Russia’s military strength is well known. Before the Soviet Union disintegrated, the Soviet Union’s military strength was one of the two strongest countries in the world. The other was the United States. The Soviet Union developed and manufactured Various advanced weapons and equipment.

This Mosin Nagant rifle is a rifle developed and manufactured by Russia in the 19th century. This rifle was adopted by the Russian government in 1891. The barrel length of this rifle is 1308 mm. , at that time, this rifle was also equipped with a bayonet on the front end. The total length of the gun with the bayonet was 1738 mm, of which the length of the barrel was 800 mm. Without loading bullets, the weight of the gun body was 4.22 kilogram.

In the 1920s, this rifle underwent a very significant improvement. The main improvement was the addition of a new sighting device to the original rifle. It was renamed the M1981/30 Mosin Nagant rifle. This improved version was officially equipped to the Soviet Red Army in 1930.

After the improvement of this Mosin Nagant rifle, its effective range can reach 400 meters. After adding a scope, its effective range is directly doubled to 800 meters. And this is one of the fundamental reasons why this rifle performed so well on various battlefields in the early 20th century.

This rifle has a close relationship with China. In China, many people call this rifle the water rifle, mainly because when this rifle is fired, the barrel sounds very crisp. And when it is fired continuously, the sound of the bullets is the same as the sound of water drops falling on the water, so it is called Water Lianzhu.

At the beginning of the 20th century, China obtained many Shuilianzhu rifles through various channels. However, due to certain political factors, the bullets and parts of this rifle could not be purchased from the Soviet Union, so this This rifle was rarely used at the time.

Then in World War II, in order to deal with Japan, China began to request assistance from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union provided this water rifle for use by the Chinese army, and this rifle was used by Chinese soldiers. In the hand, it played a great role. This rifle played a very important and positive role in various battlefields such as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan.

However, during the Second World War, various advanced rifles emerged in endlessly, and this Mosin Nagant rifle seemed a bit weak. In 1948 after the end of World War II, this Mosin Nagant rifle was in the Soviet Union It has been discontinued, and now, this rifle can only be seen among some gun collectors!