3-l rifle Mosin. The history of the creation and adoption of the Russian army

In the book "3-LN, the Mosin Rifle: the history of the creation and adoption of the Russian Army" considered the process of the formation of a domestic school of designing weapons from the mid-19th century, as a result of which the prerequisites for the creation of 3? 1891 and cartridge to her.
The course of the work of Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Leon Nagan and other designers to create store rifles in the 1880s was set out in detail.
Much attention is paid to the description of the progress of the artillery committee of the GAU decision on the adoption of 3-LN of the Mosin rifle and the presentation of the reasons that served as the basis for this act.
For the first time, original texts and images of archival documents describing the details of this process are given in full.
In detail and on a documentary basis, the copyright issues of Mosin and Nagan on the rifles they developed are considered.
The book describes in detail the entire course of the process of developing a small-caliber (3-ln) rifle cartridge and the evolution of its elements.
For the first time, the images and drawings of the experienced small -caliber cartridges and their elements, as well as cartridge clips developed in Russia were given in Russia from 1885 to 1891. The essence and degree of influence of the rifle arr. 1891 for the development of domestic weapons thought in subsequent years, including the creation of automatic weapons.
The book contains a description of the designs and images of rifles developed by S. I. Mosin from 1884 to 1891, all models of the rifles of L. Nagan and other guardians who worked in Russia on the creation of small-caliber rifles, as well as images of rifles Foreign models, modern studied period.
The book also contains images of a significant number of experimental and serial rifles and carbines developed in Russia and the USSR on the basis of 3-ln rifles of the arr. 1891 from 1891 to 1948
The book was illustrated by a large number of circuits and drawings of the device of rifles of different models, unique original drawings and other graphic materials.
The novelty used in the design of the book is the inclusion of special "long" in the format of 652x290 mm format in it, which shows general images, cuts, "explosive schemes" as well as the appearance of parts and mechanisms of one of the experimental store rifles Mosin and a three -dimensional image of its mechanisms