Friday, December 14, 2018

Russian Small Arms of WW1

For people who are interested in the weapons of World War 1, one of the best pop culture sources I've found is C&Rsenal's YouTube channel, where they discuss the history of the weapon and test it on range. Watching through the series has led me to stat up the weapons they've discussed, along with a few that get mentioned as being relevant but that haven't had episodes shot yet. Below the break are the Russian weapons of the First World War. Please note that these use Fire, Fusion & Steel calculations for Pen, rather than my revised penetration calculations.






Type Name Caliber Wt. Mag ROF Dam Pen Blk SS Brst Rng
Automatic Rifle Federov Avtomat 6.5x50mm Arisaka 4.4 kg 25c(5) 5 3 2-Nil 7 3 6 68
Handgun S&W Model 3 Russian .44 Russian 1.30 kg 6R SAR 1 Nil 2 2 N/A 7
Handgun Nagant M1895 7.62x38mmR Nagant 0.875 kg 7R DAR 1 Nil 2 4 N/A 17
Machinegun PM M1910 7.62x54mmR 20 kg (+44.3 kg sled) 250B 5 4 2-3-Nil 7 2 5 (2 on tripod) 111
Machinegun Colt 1895-14 7.62x54mmR 16 kg (+25.4 kg tripod) 250B 5 4 2-3-Nil 7 3 6 (2 on tripod) 109
Rifle Winchester M1895 7.62x54mmR 4.20 kg 5c(5) LA 4 2-3-Nil 8 4 N/A 109
Rifle M1891 Mosin-Nagant 7.62x54mmR 4.00 kg 5c(5) BA 4 2-3-Nil 8 4 N/A 124
Rifle Mosin-Nagant Dragoon/Cossack 7.62x54mmR 4.00 kg 5c(5) BA 4 2-3-Nil 8 4 N/A 124
Rifle M1907 Mosin-Nagant Carbine 7.62x54mmR 3.28 kg 5c(5) BA 4 2-3-Nil 7 5 N/A 84

Only around 100 Avtomat were produced before the fall of the Russian Empire. It has a box magazine, but in practice only one magazine was issued to each gunner and they weren't interchangeable between guns. Their assistant was armed with an Arisaka rifle (see here) and the Arisaka clips were used with the Avtomat. An alternate war might see interchangeable magazines produced, in which case Mag would be 25 instead of 25c(5).


The PM M1910 and Colt 1895-14 both have double range on a tripod.

All of the clip-fed rifles use stripper clips.

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