The Berdan rifle (винтовка Бердана/vintovka Berdana in Russian) is a Russian rifle created by famous American firearms expert and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. Standard issue in the Russian army from 1870 to 1891 the Berdan was replaced by the Mosin–Nagant rifle.
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length (km)
1.3
weight (kg)
4200.0
origin
Russian Empire, United States
type
Service rifle
used in war
Balkan Wars, Finnish Civil War, Russian Revolution, Winter War, Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), World War I
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