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The ‘Elephant Gun’ from Finland: The 20mm Lahti L-39

by Ben Philippi

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20mm anti-tank rifle from WWII. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult.

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Gun Review: The Finnish Model M28/30 ‘Mosin-Nagant’ rifle

by Francis Borek

The M28/30 is a thoroughbred of a battle rifle that distilled the finer aspects of a target rifle into something truly exceptional on the battlefield.

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Simo Hayha: The world’s deadliest sniper?

by Chris Eger

In the annuals of renowned military sniperdom, many names stand out. Carlos Hathcock, Chris Kyle, John Plaster, Vasily Zaytsev, Simo Hayha, and so forth. Wait, Simo who? Well, pull up a chair and lets talk about that.

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