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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:50:46 +0100
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:

> 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.

Sounds like a dangerous wife! I hope you never had any disagreements! 
;)

> 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.

Very interesting, thank you for sharing!
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