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===Current users=== <!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. Thank you.--> {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * {{flag|Angola}}: Acquired from the People's Republic of China.<ref name="MR">{{cite web |url=http://mosinnagant.net/global%20mosin%20nagants/Chinese-T53Carbine.asp |first=Brent |last=Snodgrass |title=The Chinese Type 53 Mosin Nagant Carbine |website=Mosin-Nagant.net |access-date=10 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219091309/http://mosinnagant.net/global%20mosin%20nagants/Chinese-T53Carbine.asp |archive-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> * {{flag|Bulgaria}}: The first M1891s were received from the Russian Empire in the 1890s.{{sfn|Lapin|2007|p=100}} Bulgaria received new rifles in the 1950s.{{sfn|Lapin|2007|p=101}} They are still in use by the 101st Alpine Regiment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/news/rigorous-training-creates-friendships/article_dc273646-5363-11ea-9a68-57c0d478943b.html |first=Stephen |last=Cumby |title=Rigorous training creates friendships |website=Fort Hood Sentinel |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221131730/http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/news/rigorous-training-creates-friendships/article_dc273646-5363-11ea-9a68-57c0d478943b.html |archive-date=21 February 2020}}</ref> * {{flag|Cambodia}}: Acquired from the People's Republic of China during the Cold War.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mosinnagant.net/global%20mosin%20nagants/Chinese-T53Carbine.asp |title=The Chinese Type 53 Carbine |website=Mosin-Nagant.net |access-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219091309/http://mosinnagant.net/global%20mosin%20nagants/Chinese-T53Carbine.asp |archive-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> * {{flag|Cuba}}: Acquired from the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China during the Cold War.<ref name="MR"/> * {{flag|Egypt}}: Acquired from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.<ref name="Variations">{{cite web |url=http://mosinnagant.net/USSR/variations_of_the_rifles_mosin.asp |title=Variations of the Rifles Mosin-Nagant |first=Karl-Heinz |last=Wrobel |website=Mosin-Nagant.net |access-date=10 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219085813/http://mosinnagant.net/USSR/variations_of_the_rifles_mosin.asp |archive-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> * {{flag|Finland}}: [[7.62 TKIV 85]] sniper rifles built on the Mosin-Nagant action.<ref name="palokangas"/>{{rp|114–117,189–190}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/equipment#/asset/view/id/227 |title=SNIPER RIFLE 7.62 TKIV 85 |website=puolustusvoimat.fi |publisher=[[Finnish Defence Forces]] |access-date=12 March 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240312210504/https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/equipment%23/asset/view/id/227 |archive-date=12 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Other variants have been removed from service as obsolete and sold off. * {{flag|Georgia}}: Inherited after [[1991 Georgian independence referendum|independence in 1991]]. It saw use as a sniper rifle in the Armed Forces since 1991 to 2004, replaced by more modern weapons, now used as a ceremonial weapon.<ref name ='SAS 2003'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112154702/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2003.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2010 |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2003/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2003-Chapter-06-EN.pdf |chapter=Dangerous Supply: Small Arms and Conflict in the Republic of Georgia |title=Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2003 |author=Small Arms Survey |page=197 |author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/12 |title=Mosin-Nagant Rifle Mod. 1891 |website=Small Arms and Light Weapons Guide}}</ref> * {{flag|Indonesia}}: Used by the [[Indonesian Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] for training.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rmol.id/read/2018/11/17/366719/Coba-Senapan-Tua-Rusia-|title=Coba Senapan Tua Rusia|website=rmol.id|date=17 November 2018|access-date=4 May 2021|language=id}}</ref> * {{flag|Iraq}}<ref name ='SAS 2012 10'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf |chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia |title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2012 |author=Small Arms Survey |pages=320–321 |isbn=978-0-521-19714-4 |author-link=Small Arms Survey |access-date=2018-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |archive-date=2018-08-31 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{flag|Kazakhstan}}: Inherited from the Soviet Union after [[Independence Day (Kazakhstan)|independence]].<ref name="Mosin Variants"/> * {{flag|Laos}}: Received from [[China]], [[North Vietnam]], and the [[Soviet Union]]. * {{flag|Mongolia}} * {{flag|Namibia}} * {{flag|Russia}}: Ceremonial use.{{sfn|Harriman|2016|p=76}} Minor use has been seen in the Russo-Ukrainian War.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21 |url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-21 |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Critical Threats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sofrep.com/news/russian-and-ukrainian-conscripts-from-donbas-fighting-ukraine-with-mosin-nagant-rifles-from-the-1800s/ | title=Russian and Ukrainian Conscripts from Donbas Fighting in Ukraine with Rifles from the 1800s | date=5 April 2022 }}</ref> * {{flag|Somalia}} * {{flag|Turkmenistan}} * {{flag|Ukraine}} (selected security detachments of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)|Ministry of Internal Affairs]]): Some were used by pro-government militias during the War in Donbas.<ref>{{lang|uk|italic=no|Наказ Міністерства внутрішніх справ України "Про організацію службової діяльності цивільної охорони Державної служби охорони при МВС України" No. 1430 від 25.11.2003}} [Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "On the organization of civil service activities of the State Protection Service at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine" No. 1430 of 25 November 2003].</ref>{{sfn|Galeotti|2019|page=53}} * {{flag|Uzbekistan}} * {{flag|Venezuela}}: Used by the [[National Bolivarian Militia of Venezuela]] as their standard-issue rifle. {{div col end}} ==== Non-state users ==== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *{{flag|Donetsk People's Republic}}: Seen being used during the [[War in Donbas]] and during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=donukrmosin>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230411170953/https://sofrep.com/news/russian-and-ukrainian-conscripts-from-donbas-fighting-ukraine-with-mosin-nagant-rifles-from-the-1800s/ Russian and Ukrainian Conscripts from Donbas Fighting in Ukraine with Rifles from the 1800s]</ref> *{{flagicon image|}} [[Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.calibreobscura.com/the-xhemati-alban-sniper-squad-and-weapons/ |title=The Albanian Sniper Squad in Syria and their Weapons |date=December 12, 2018 |website=Calibreobscura.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201064337/https://www.calibreobscura.com/the-xhemati-alban-sniper-squad-and-weapons/|archive-date=February 1, 2023}}</ref> * {{flag|Luhansk People's Republic}}: Seen being used during the [[War in Donbas]] and the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. Mosin–Nagants with [[PU scope]]s have also been seen used by snipers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sofrep.com/news/russian-and-ukrainian-conscripts-from-donbas-fighting-ukraine-with-mosin-nagant-rifles-from-the-1800s/ | title=Russian and Ukrainian Conscripts from Donbas Fighting in Ukraine with Rifles from the 1800s | date=5 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRkwU8YQy4 | title=Mosin nagant rifle in Donbass #Ukraine #war #2022 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=7 July 2022 }}</ref> * {{flagicon image|Flag of Sendero Luminoso.svg}} [[Shining Path]]: Acquired from the People's Republic of China.<ref name="MR"/> * {{flag|Syrian National Coalition}}{{sfn|Harriman|2016|p=77}} {{div col end}}
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