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Simo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Obviously, he is just posing for the photo with a different gun than his own.

According to his Wikipedia article:

He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle (a variant of Mosin–Nagant)

M28-30

Finnish 7.62 mm rifle M/28-30 with M/28-30 bayonet.

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[–] JenTheWyvern@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The M28/30 was indeed his main rifle, but he had a Swede too. There's a picture of him after he retired where they're all in a rack behind him in his house.