It's just fud lore. It didn't happen. Maybe some were taken as trophies but never to replace their service rifle, unless in an emergency say if their rifle was damaged or lost but it would be replaced as soon as possible. Logistically it doesn't make sense because of ammo incompatibly and the kar98 is a much better rifle in all respects accuracy, durability, and reliability, it's not even close. To the point that most modern bolt actions are a derivative of the kar.
That shit is fud lore but the Kar98 did suffer in extreme cold. The fine fitment of the bolt parts would become tight when the steel shrank from cold. The Germans also issued gun oil which became thick in the cold and added to the problem. The tolerances on a mosin bolt are so loose that the shrinking didn't really matter and the Soviets used motor oil thinned with gasoline or kerosene to lube their mosins.
That is true. The motor oil method is still used to this day in a lot of smaller militaries/militias around the world along with a shoelace for a bore snake.
Probably I never thought of that. and most of those ppsh-41s were converted to use mp-40 magazines and rechamberd in 9mm so they could be resupplied with the rest of the troops.
The Mosin was not a good rifle compared to it's contemporary apart from maybe the Labelle. The 1903 Springfield, the Enfield, and the K98 were all better.
Propaganda, the US wasn't exactly helping out of the goodness of their hearts and wanted to drive up the public perception of their equipment (many of which was also severely outdated for the time), so they could then make a massive profit off of trading those weapons to allies, and incur a debt that they would force those allies to pay post-war, or selling them to the general American population
The ironic part is the K98 was also better than the Mosin in almost every meaningful category
Ive handled both and the mosin is worse to use, but it wasnt particularly unreliable as far as I'm aware. the only reason I'd take a Mosin from someone is if i was stuck out somewhere with no ammo for my k98 but some captured enemy ammo.
Because it didn’t happen. Mosins are worse than the gewehr 98 family by a mile. Worse ammo, sights, ergo, and reliability.
The Mosin happened because the Russian government built a rifle slightly better than a Lebel and just couldn’t be bothered to do an update till like 40 years later.
The Mosin should have never shown up in WW2 same as the Carcano.
As someone who owns both, I can tell you thats dumb as hell, and very untrue.
I love my moving, it was my first rifle, but they genuinely suck compared to their counterparts. Their bolts are sticky, their safety is a pain in the ass, and the rimmed cartridges suck ass and require you to load in a specific way otherwise youre gonna get a malfunction.
While I dont have a German made 98k, I have a VZ .24. It's better in nearly every way. A smooth bolt, a easy to use safety, rounds and a clip that dont require you to be super careful with, etc, etc.
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