View Full Version : Enemy at the gate: Sniper rifles
Caught about the last 45 minutes of Enemy at the Gate (Jude Law and Ed Harris). Anyone know what kind of sniper rifles the Soviet and German were using?
kalashnikovluvr
11-07-2005, 15:50
Soveit: Most likely a Mosin-Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle
German: Most like a Mauser K98 sniper rifle
The only difference between the Soveit M91/30 sniper rifle and the regular M91/30 that I know of is that the sniper variation of the rifle had a bent down bolt that allowed the bolt to be operated(if it had the regular bolt that was in the infantry rifle(straight bolt) it would've hit the scope), a small cut in the stock which allowed for the scope mount, and the scope, other than that I believe the sniper M91/30 and the reg. M91/30 are the same rifle.
Don't know much about the German K98. I'm into Soveit/Russian weapons, but someone else on the site will have plenty of info.
thisaway
11-07-2005, 19:15
Ed Harris uses a Mauser K98k with some type of Hensoldt 'scope, IIRC.
Jude Law uses a sniper-version Mosin-Nagant M91/30 with Soviet 3.5-power PU 'scope.
cjlandry
11-09-2005, 18:23
Damn good movie! ^c
I was paying more attention to the software (Rachel Weisz) than I was to the hardware. She's at the top of my list these days.
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