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Watching an old U.S. "Why WE Fight" #5 The battle of Russia, at 12+. min. into it a scene of a Siberian shooting a semi auto. At a Polar bear. Looks like an SVT-40 mag., a SKS bolt, and an M-44 stock. This was in the pre-war footage.

steelbuttplate wrote:Watching an old U.S. "Why WE Fight" #5 The battle of Russia, at 12+. min. into it a scene of a Siberian shooting a semi auto. At a Polar bear. Looks like an SVT-40 mag., a SKS bolt, and an M-44 stock. This was in the pre-war footage.

Would help seeing the footage or screen shot.

Just a guess an AVS-36?

I don't have a link for it, but I got it streaming on Netflix.

steelbuttplate wrote:I don't have a link for it, but I got it streaming on Netflix.

I cancelled Netflix because of their politics.

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Lots of footage thru WW2 showing SVT-40, new replacement troops w/ PPS'41 , M-38's, M-44's. I even saw one soldier carrying some kind of hand held airplane bomb thing. or not. It is on You tube. Search the whole movie description I gave.

I have that series on VHS tape, it's locked in an ammo can stashed in the barn under hundreds of box's full of crap. I ain't digging it out even if I had a functional VHS player. Screen shot needed. Remember that some stuff in that series were studio depictions, reenactments using whatever and whoever was available. There was a war on, the Soviets tolerated dealing with us for the duration but not much sharing of films was going on.

On You tube, 11:42 into the movie. Why we fight #5. I think the Capt. nailed it, an AVS 36. Can't see the muzzle, but pretty sure it's not a SVT-38.

Oh, that has to be the famous SKS 40/44.

whatever it was the soviets invented it. God Bless America. Pro Libertate Patria

SA1911a1 wrote:Oh, that has to be the famous SKS 40/44.

You surely mean a .44-40. Dudes getting old Me too