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Interesting facts about the Mosin rifle and its constructor
April 16, 1891 Emperor Alexander III approved the sample of the famous Russian vintovki- "trehlineyki." Order of the War Department dated May 11, announced the "introduction of the new reduced-caliber rifles burst».
Creator of this weapon was Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. The brainchild of Russian designer was loyal and reliable companion of our soldiers in five wars: Russian-Japanese, First World War, Civil, Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. Its release was started in 1891 and ended in 1944. More than half a century of enemy soldiers razili "trehlineyki"! Creator of this weapon was Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. The brainchild of Russian designer was loyal and reliable companion of our soldiers in five wars: Russian-Japanese, First World War, Civil, Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. Its release was started in 1891 and ended in 1944. More than half a century of enemy soldiers razili "trehlineyki»!
1. The first experience designer
Sergei Ivanovich was born on April 2nd (14th on new style) 1849 in Ramon (now a suburb of St. Petersburg Sestroretsk), the son of a retired lieutenant and a peasant woman. Future gunsmith graduated from the Voronezh military school, then - the Mikhailovsky Artillery School. He was released with the rank of captain, but with a gold medal. As it turned out, the highest award was the first but not the last in the life of the Mosin.
In 1875, Sergei was sent to Tula Arms Plant, where he headed the tool shop. For the first time their design ability he showed in 1878, taking part in the competition for the diagnosis of fidelity sighting rifle sample 1870. Does it succeed in the captain? Alas, it is not known - the results of the tests have not been preserved.
2. Five new variants
At the end of the XIX century the main small arms of the Russian army had a rifle of Hiram Berdan, in common - "Berdan rifle." In many virtues she had one drawback: it was a single-charge. Mosin took to correct this deficiency in the summer of 1883 and presented several samples of rifles equipped with rack-and-application stores eight rounds. The Commission commended the rifle, but the designer was given to a number of shortcomings.
Sergei continued his work and in 1885 revealed five (!) New options. Mosina projects were approved, after which the War Office commissioned the Tula arms factory rifles thousand samples for testing.
3 Million for store
The foreigners, having heard about the invention of the Mosin - rack-and-crafts store for rifles, decided to get it. Agents Paris weapons company "Richter" was offered to the constructor for a novelty at first 600 thousand francs, then completely million. The amount at the time the colossal! Designer rest of his life he could spend in a pleasant, carefree luxury ... But Mosin refused lucrative offers. He was Russian, and worked only for Russia.
4. Among the celebrities
By the end of the XIX century, the question of rearmament of the Russian Army was finally resolved. In 1889, the Russian Defense Ministry began receiving the works of famous European designers. The Commission departments, in addition to drawings Russian gunsmith Sergei Mosin, considered the work of notable foreigners Frenchman Nicolas Lebel, Ferdinand Mandihera Austrian, Belgian Leon Nagant.
... On the test site began to bring guns of various modifications. Soldiers team out on the firing line and began shooting. The weapon was tested not only on the rate and accuracy. Rifles intends clogged, then charged clean cartridges. Poured salt water, put in a damp cellar. Come up with other tests - at war because anything may happen.
All foreign models have appeared, as the Commission concluded, "unsatisfactory or store the device or the fragility of the gate and inconvenience." Only Mosin rifle did not blunder. It is a safety mechanism that eliminates the risk of delivery of two rounds was made in the form of a spring-cutoff butt understood without a screwdriver. The rifle has become much easier and more reliable rate. And increased range of defeat.
5. Mosin Nagant against
Strange, but the name in the title of the Mosin rifles are not affected. Officials found that the use of the ideas and the work of other designers, albeit minor, does not give such a right is that the constructor. Vavilov himself thought otherwise - all the main parts of the rifle and the mechanisms developed by himself, and they determine the overall system.
Little of. Emperor Alexander III personally crossed out the name the word "Russian." Mosin rifle and became simply "trilinear rifle model 1891».
Rifle adopted a Russian army, the author was awarded the prize of thirty thousand rubles. The amount of solid, but ... Not only is co-author of the inventor acknowledged Nagano, it also bestowed two hundred thousand rubles! For what?
The answer to this question was given by himself Mosin in a letter to the War Minister Alexei Kuropatkin, "My rifle is the standard weapon, but 200,000 rubles issued competitor only for its holder to my store, and I was only 30 thousand rubles for the design and construction of all guns, which even is not given the name of its inventor ».
Surely himself Sergei guessed why he "pushed". Starring famous Nagano and the traditional "sycophancy" of Russia to the West
6. A long, long novel
Mosin, however, gained deserved fame: his chest crowned award - the Order of St. Vladimir the two degrees of St. Anne, Bukhara Gold Star. The designer was awarded the highest military-technical award Russian army - Mikhailovsky Prize. But most importantly, he finally became engaged to Varvara Nikolayevna Arsenyev. Their romance lasted for more than fifteen years ...
The woman Mosin met in 1875, was married to the Tula landowner Arsenyev and two children. Sergei fell in love with her, but the husband opposed divorce. Double Mosin called him to a duel, but he shied away from the fight. In the end, Arsenyev agreed to a divorce, sizable demanding compensation. However, such money Mosina was not. And only in 1891, sixteen years later after meeting Varvara Nikolaevna, and Sergei were married.
7. Next to the Kalashnikov
In 1894 Mosin appointed chief of the Sestroretsk arms factory, the city garrison commander and became a member of the Artillery Committee. A "trehlineyka" awarded Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris.
It seemed to live, but rejoice ... But, alas, Mosin, who was given the rank of colonel and later a general, in the beginning of 1902 fell ill and died shortly thereafter. On the coffin put the invention of the rifle. Glorious Russian gunsmith was only 42 years old ...
About Mosina long forgotten. They remembered only in 1930, when the modernized weapon finally got the name of its creator. Even in the Soviet Union pattern upgraded weapons called "three-linear rifle Mosin sample 1891/1930 years." In memory of the designer in 1960 in our country has established an award.
"The rifle model 1891" and after many decades, is considered one of the best types of small arms. And glory trehlineyki at no less than the machine invented by another Russian craftsmen - Mikhail Kalashnikov ...
Source: svpressa.ru
Creator of this weapon was Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. The brainchild of Russian designer was loyal and reliable companion of our soldiers in five wars: Russian-Japanese, First World War, Civil, Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. Its release was started in 1891 and ended in 1944. More than half a century of enemy soldiers razili "trehlineyki"! Creator of this weapon was Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. The brainchild of Russian designer was loyal and reliable companion of our soldiers in five wars: Russian-Japanese, First World War, Civil, Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. Its release was started in 1891 and ended in 1944. More than half a century of enemy soldiers razili "trehlineyki»!
1. The first experience designer
Sergei Ivanovich was born on April 2nd (14th on new style) 1849 in Ramon (now a suburb of St. Petersburg Sestroretsk), the son of a retired lieutenant and a peasant woman. Future gunsmith graduated from the Voronezh military school, then - the Mikhailovsky Artillery School. He was released with the rank of captain, but with a gold medal. As it turned out, the highest award was the first but not the last in the life of the Mosin.
In 1875, Sergei was sent to Tula Arms Plant, where he headed the tool shop. For the first time their design ability he showed in 1878, taking part in the competition for the diagnosis of fidelity sighting rifle sample 1870. Does it succeed in the captain? Alas, it is not known - the results of the tests have not been preserved.
2. Five new variants
At the end of the XIX century the main small arms of the Russian army had a rifle of Hiram Berdan, in common - "Berdan rifle." In many virtues she had one drawback: it was a single-charge. Mosin took to correct this deficiency in the summer of 1883 and presented several samples of rifles equipped with rack-and-application stores eight rounds. The Commission commended the rifle, but the designer was given to a number of shortcomings.
Sergei continued his work and in 1885 revealed five (!) New options. Mosina projects were approved, after which the War Office commissioned the Tula arms factory rifles thousand samples for testing.
3 Million for store
The foreigners, having heard about the invention of the Mosin - rack-and-crafts store for rifles, decided to get it. Agents Paris weapons company "Richter" was offered to the constructor for a novelty at first 600 thousand francs, then completely million. The amount at the time the colossal! Designer rest of his life he could spend in a pleasant, carefree luxury ... But Mosin refused lucrative offers. He was Russian, and worked only for Russia.
4. Among the celebrities
By the end of the XIX century, the question of rearmament of the Russian Army was finally resolved. In 1889, the Russian Defense Ministry began receiving the works of famous European designers. The Commission departments, in addition to drawings Russian gunsmith Sergei Mosin, considered the work of notable foreigners Frenchman Nicolas Lebel, Ferdinand Mandihera Austrian, Belgian Leon Nagant.
... On the test site began to bring guns of various modifications. Soldiers team out on the firing line and began shooting. The weapon was tested not only on the rate and accuracy. Rifles intends clogged, then charged clean cartridges. Poured salt water, put in a damp cellar. Come up with other tests - at war because anything may happen.
All foreign models have appeared, as the Commission concluded, "unsatisfactory or store the device or the fragility of the gate and inconvenience." Only Mosin rifle did not blunder. It is a safety mechanism that eliminates the risk of delivery of two rounds was made in the form of a spring-cutoff butt understood without a screwdriver. The rifle has become much easier and more reliable rate. And increased range of defeat.
5. Mosin Nagant against
Strange, but the name in the title of the Mosin rifles are not affected. Officials found that the use of the ideas and the work of other designers, albeit minor, does not give such a right is that the constructor. Vavilov himself thought otherwise - all the main parts of the rifle and the mechanisms developed by himself, and they determine the overall system.
Little of. Emperor Alexander III personally crossed out the name the word "Russian." Mosin rifle and became simply "trilinear rifle model 1891».
Rifle adopted a Russian army, the author was awarded the prize of thirty thousand rubles. The amount of solid, but ... Not only is co-author of the inventor acknowledged Nagano, it also bestowed two hundred thousand rubles! For what?
The answer to this question was given by himself Mosin in a letter to the War Minister Alexei Kuropatkin, "My rifle is the standard weapon, but 200,000 rubles issued competitor only for its holder to my store, and I was only 30 thousand rubles for the design and construction of all guns, which even is not given the name of its inventor ».
Surely himself Sergei guessed why he "pushed". Starring famous Nagano and the traditional "sycophancy" of Russia to the West
6. A long, long novel
Mosin, however, gained deserved fame: his chest crowned award - the Order of St. Vladimir the two degrees of St. Anne, Bukhara Gold Star. The designer was awarded the highest military-technical award Russian army - Mikhailovsky Prize. But most importantly, he finally became engaged to Varvara Nikolayevna Arsenyev. Their romance lasted for more than fifteen years ...
The woman Mosin met in 1875, was married to the Tula landowner Arsenyev and two children. Sergei fell in love with her, but the husband opposed divorce. Double Mosin called him to a duel, but he shied away from the fight. In the end, Arsenyev agreed to a divorce, sizable demanding compensation. However, such money Mosina was not. And only in 1891, sixteen years later after meeting Varvara Nikolaevna, and Sergei were married.
7. Next to the Kalashnikov
In 1894 Mosin appointed chief of the Sestroretsk arms factory, the city garrison commander and became a member of the Artillery Committee. A "trehlineyka" awarded Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris.
It seemed to live, but rejoice ... But, alas, Mosin, who was given the rank of colonel and later a general, in the beginning of 1902 fell ill and died shortly thereafter. On the coffin put the invention of the rifle. Glorious Russian gunsmith was only 42 years old ...
About Mosina long forgotten. They remembered only in 1930, when the modernized weapon finally got the name of its creator. Even in the Soviet Union pattern upgraded weapons called "three-linear rifle Mosin sample 1891/1930 years." In memory of the designer in 1960 in our country has established an award.
"The rifle model 1891" and after many decades, is considered one of the best types of small arms. And glory trehlineyki at no less than the machine invented by another Russian craftsmen - Mikhail Kalashnikov ...
Source: svpressa.ru