what is the oldest service rifle still in use? It's gotta be this or the Mosin(Russians)/Lee Enfield (Pajeets), with the SKS (Donbass/Charlie) and M1 Carbine/Garand/M3 Grease Gun (Flips)competing for 3rd place right?
what is the oldest service rifle still in use?
ah the springfield one hell of a lever action rifle. This thing was great in Resident Evil 4
lol
>up to 18-round capacity
lmao
of course. It's in .223 a pistol caliber cartridge. Assault Weapons like that are always high capacity
Talichads still using the Martini-Henry
true
They use musketoons still in the Central African Republic and bows and swords alongside firearms.
Would be more interested in seeing their powder
+ shot manufacturing prowess than the muskets themselves tbh
I mean someone must have taught them how to do it
they use shotgun powder and mining blasting cap
Mosin
Well you have maxims still kicking around and showing up in various conflicts. Also I could’ve sworn there were Martinis being found in Afghanistan still in use. As for uniformed forces, BOPE has Madsen LMGs that predate the M1917 by 15 years
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Somebody out there in africa or south armerica probably still fields Gewehr 88s or Mannlichers. Ethiopia has been dumping all sorts of weird surplus shit like Vetterlis on the market lately too.
Kırıkkale M38, Turkish copy of the Mauser Mod.1903 was still being used by various village militias in 1990s. These were phased out as licensed G3 production picked up in the state-owned MKE arsenal.
>Otomatik silah veremem öşşekçi!
Sorry OP you jumped the gun a litte; who, exactly, is using the M1917s? and if it's some park rangers or ceremonial bullshit that hardly counts
>Martini-Henry
My DIck
Doesn't Canada still use the Lee Enfield for arctic patrol? I know they're phasing them out just not sure if there's a date.
The Sirius Patrol of the danish army is still using the M1917 alongside a glock.
The M1917s being used by the Sirius Patrol in Greenland can't be newer than 1919; the M91/30PU rifles the Russians were handing out to Donbabweans are from 1943 or later.
there was that picture that surfaced some years ago of some brazilian cop with a fucking Madsen LMG, preparing to raid some favela.
That shocked me. I mean that thing was designed in the 19th century. it's old enough to be one of the first full auto smokeless guns that were also man-portable.
surely there has to be something else around, right? Like some stank ass AK or MP40 or anything?
>MP40
it’s Brazil, anon.
Cops in Brazil have more weapons available but the Madsen LMG provided a lot of firepower in a compact package.
Also who wouldn’t want to be the crazy badass taking on favela thugs with a freaking Madsen? There are some soldiers and operators out there in the wild who knowingly pick older and obsolete weapons and gear for the cool factor.
>There are some soldiers and operators out there in the wild who knowingly pick older and obsolete weapons and gear for the cool factor.
There was some American guy in Afganistan using a PPSh41 iirc
the oldest gun in service rn is probably the mosin, but also maxim showed up again and remember that m2 browning is pre ww2
>maxim showed up again
I haven't seen a single Maxim gun in service that's older than about mid-WW2. The snow cap appeared in Russian guns ca. 1942
NTA, but the design is still from before WW1. No M2 Brownings in current US service are from before 50's or 60's, but we still say the gun has been service since 1921. Same with the 1911
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Don't forget the M2, probably the most common and widespread of all ancient guns still in use. Other old guns are a "last ditch, only choice" scenario.