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Offline Chad1992

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Straight Pull rifles
« on: 21-02-2013, 01:02:06 »
I was wondering is any of these style guns were used in WW2?  I've found that Hungary and the Swiss made versions of this style rifle. Naturally we don't have Hungary in the mod (yet  ::)) and the swiss didn't fight in the war.  Did any nation other than these two use or have this type of rifle during the war and if so could we maybe someday see a model of it?  I just find them to be an interesting rifle with their own unique action.



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Re: Straight Pull rifles
« Reply #1 on: 21-02-2013, 05:02:11 »
I don't believe so, unfortunately. I'm a military rifles collector though and I have seen quite a few Steyr M95 carbines converted to 8mm and used by the Yugoslavs. However I doubt they'll ever get into the game.

Most of the straight pulls that were used - the Steyr M1895 and the Canadian Ross rifle - were used in WWI. The Schmidt-Rubin's were never really used in any war.

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Re: Straight Pull rifles
« Reply #2 on: 21-02-2013, 18:02:09 »
Aaah this is my area of expertise

Yes the Steyr-mannlicher M95 was used. This is an austrian-hungarian weapon btw. This rifle was used by many nations actually, not just Austria-hungary.When WW2 started Hungary used the M95 along with the Updated Huzagol 31M (basicly an M95/30 with sight protectors). Romania used large numbers of M95's aswel as Greece along with the mannlicher-schoenaur(not a straight pull). Bulgaria also was a large user of this rifle.

The M95 was supplanted by the Huzagol 35M tough. Its basicly a turn-bolt M95 for the hungarians.
We can see this rifle for the volksturm however. Nazi germany captured 3 million M95's by 1941 and produced Billions rounds of ammo.these rifles were given to allies but alot of M95's were used in the last days of WW2 by the volksturm

I have 3 steyrs. One M95/30 long infantry rifle, One M95/30 stutzen and one Huzagol 31M.

The Schmidt rubin and K31 were solely used by switzerland. As beautifull as these rifles are(I have a K31) they were fired only a handfull of times as warning shots between swiss-german borders. IMO the K31 is the best bolt action service rifle ever made. More accurate then a mauser, Faster bolt manipulation then an enfield, great sights, compact(for the K31 tough..) and very reliable. Also surprisingly easy to disassemble. Some people claim that the rifles are to complex to manufacture and repair, but that was the intention of switzerland.

The Ross rifle was not used in WW2 IIRC


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Re: Straight Pull rifles
« Reply #3 on: 21-02-2013, 18:02:40 »
Strait Pulls were popular in WW1 i know... :)

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« Reply #4 on: 21-02-2013, 18:02:32 »
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Re: Straight Pull rifles
« Reply #5 on: 21-02-2013, 18:02:46 »
That would be FREAKIN AWESOME to have in FH2, but I doubt it will happen.