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    MN 91 PU sniper

    Were there any Finn captured MN 91 snipers
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    M91 snipers, no. M91/30, yes.
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    PE, PEM, and PU Sniper rifles were captured by the Finns. As stated above, these were on the M91/30 platform.

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    If I'm not mistaken only the PE and PEM would have been captured in the Winter War itself. The PU would have been fielded later in the Continuation War from 1941 - 44

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    There weren't any M91 sniper rifles for the Finnishicon to capture since the Russianicon's never made any but it appears they did convert some M91's into sniper rifles themselves. There is one picture out of the Finnish Army's archives that show Finnish snipers on a firing line and at least 2 of the rifles and possibly a third are scoped M91's. Unfortunately there is no information other than this picture that details Finnish use of the M91 in a sniper role that I'm aware of anyways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SSG_Lord View Post
    There weren't any M91 sniper rifles for the Finnishicon to capture since the Russianicon's never made any but it appears they did convert some M91's into sniper rifles themselves. There is one picture out of the Finnish Army's archives that show Finnish snipers on a firing line and at least 2 of the rifles and possibly a third are scoped M91's. Unfortunately there is no information other than this picture that details Finnish use of the M91 in a sniper role that I'm aware of anyways.
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    I see as many as five and that's some extreme eye-relief too - very often is in these staged photos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Surpmil View Post
    I see as many as five and that's some extreme eye-relief too - very often is in these staged photos.
    The third rifle back looks to be a M39, the 4th is probably a M91 although its hard to tell exactly due to the distance from the camera. The 5th rifle back may also be a M39 but the picture gets to fuzzy at that point to be certain.

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