Mosin-Nagant Has Seen Every War

Mosin–Nagant M1891 Dragoon from the collections at the Swedish Army Museum Type Bolt action rifle Service rifle Sniper rifle (scoped rifles only) Place of origin Russian Empire Service history In service 1891–present Used by See Users Wars Philippine Revolution First Italo-Ethiopian War Russo–Japanese War First Balkan War World War I Finnish Civil War Russian Revolution Russian Civil War Polish–Soviet War Turkish War of Independence Northern Expedition Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War Second Sino–Japanese War Soviet–Japanese border conflicts Winter War World War II First Indochina War Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956[1] Yemeni Civil War Sino–Indian War Laotian Civil War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Thai–Laotian Border War Afghan Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Yugoslav Wars Georgian Civil War[2] First and Second Chechen Wars War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo–Georgian War[citation needed] Syrian Civil War Russo–Ukrainian War

A scrolling view of a Wikipedia-style entry for the Mosin–Nagant M1891 Dragoon shows its rifle type, Russian Empire origin, service beginning in 1891, and an extremely long list of wars extending into the present. The joke is that the rifle appears absurdly durable and ever-present, as if it has personally participated in nearly every major conflict for over a century. The escalating list is paired with John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra’s grand, military-sounding “Star Wars Main Title and Ambush on Coruscant,” making the weapon’s history feel comically epic and cinematic. EN: A scrolling view of a Wikipedia-style entry for the Mosin–Nagant M1891 Dragoon shows its rifle type, Russian Empire origin, service beginning in 1891, and an extremely long list of wars extending into the present. The joke is that the rifle appears absurdly durable and ever-present, as if it has personally participated in nearly every major conflict for over a century. The escalating list is paired with John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra’s grand, military-sounding “Star Wars Main Title and Ambush on Coruscant,” making the weapon’s history feel comically epic and cinematic.

♪ John Williams & Лондонский Симфонический Оркестр — Star Wars Main Title and Ambush on Coruscant

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