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{{Stub}}[[File:Mosin Obrez With Pistol Grip.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Mosin-Nagant M91|Mosin-Nagant M91/30]] "Obrez" with stock removed and pistol grip attached.]] |
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− | An '''Obrez''' (Russian for "Sawed-Off") is a name commonly associated with extensively modified bolt-action rifles, cut down to a much shorter length. This practice, which usually involves removing all but the last 4-8 inches of the barrel, as well as much of the furniture, the front sights and the buttstock, results in a significantly lighter and more concealable weapon at the cost of accuracy and range, to be used in lieu of a handgun or purpose-built carbine. While the sawing-off of service rifles into improvised close-quarters weapons was observed on most fronts during [[World War I]] as the tactic of trench raiding became more common, the so-called Obrez is today perhaps most commonly associated with the [[Russian Civil War]]. |
+ | An '''Obrez''' (Russian for "Sawed-Off") is a name commonly associated with extensively modified bolt-action rifles, cut down to a much shorter length. This practice, which usually involves removing all but the last 4-8 inches of the barrel, as well as much of the furniture's , the front sights and the buttstock, results in a significantly lighter and more concealable weapon at the cost of accuracy and range, to be used in lieu of a handgun or purpose-built carbine. While the sawing-off of service rifles into improvised close-quarters weapons was observed on most fronts during [[World War I]] as the tactic of trench raiding became more common, the so-called Obrez is today perhaps most commonly associated with the [[Russian Civil War]]. |
==Battlefield 1== |
==Battlefield 1== |