Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:48:03 +0100, D wrote:

True. That reminds me of a finnish army guy who first fought the
russians in the finnish army, then joined the nazis, and fought russians
together with them, then joined the US and fought in the Vietnam war.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni#Career

That's quite a biography. I didn't know about him although I did knew
about Simo Häyhä. He was severely wounded during the Winter War and sat
out the Continuation War. I doubt he would have had a problem trading his
Mosin Nagant for a Karabiner 98k.

Häyhä preferred iron sights since scopes would fog up but I mounted a
scope on my 91/30 and it works a lot better for elderly eyes.

For what it's worth my wife came equipped with a Mosin Nagant M44. It kept
me honest.

https://www.huntinggearguy.com/rifle-reviews/mosin-nagant-m44-carbine/

The side folding bayonet is a nice touch. With the 91/30 first I have to
find it, and then fix it in place. I recently read Lyudmila Pavlichenko's
biography and found the rifle was referred to as a '3-line', a line being
0.10, hence .30 caliber. While she was an effective sniper her real
importance was as a propagandist trying to get Roosevelt to open the
second front to take the pressure off Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Lyudmila_Pavlichenko#Visits_to_Allied_countries

My ex had mentioned the novel 'The Diamond Eye' by Kate Quinn. Quinn
spices it up with a love story and other drama but it was interesting
enough that I wanted to read it in her own words. She was born in Kiev but
that was the Ukrainian SSR.