Weapons of the Third Snow War

A variety of weapons were used by the infantry in the Third Snow War 1939-1940 by Wardie land and the Bolshevik Republic of Snow land, Wardie land mostly used Western weapons, whilst Snow land used Russian/Soviet weapons, since the USSR was supplying them. Snow Land used a weapon designation system based on the Russian system, but was slightly different, take for example M1891/30 Rifle and M1914/39 Rifle, the first designation is Snow Land's designation for the 1930 variant of the M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifle, whilst the second is the designation for captured Wardie land Pattern 1914 Enfields, 1914 being the year the P14 entered service, and "/39" bit being when the rifle first entered Snow Landian service (in this case, 1939)

Pistols
Webley revolver, the most common pistol in Wardie land service, Snow land used captured Webleys, they were designated M1887/39 Revolver

Enfield No. 2 revolver, another common pistol in Wardie land service, Snow land captured several, they were given designation M1932/39 Revolver

Smith and Wesson Model 3 Schofield, the S&W Model 3 Schofield has been a favourite side arm of Imperial Army officers since its introduction in the mid 1870s as the Smith and Wesson T1875 Revolver (US), Snow Land captured some and used them as the M1875/39 Revolver

Colt M1892, the M1892 entered service in 1893 as the Colt T1893 Revolver (US), captured revolvers were known as the M1892/39 Revolver

Nagant M1895, the Nagant revolver was the standard Snowlandian side-arm during the war, despite Snow Land beginning a replacement programme in 1930 to replace them with the TT-30/TT-33 pistol. The Nagant went on to become the standard side-arm of the Empire of Snow Land, Wardie land also used captured ones, these were known as the Nagant T1895 Revolver (R)

Colt M1911 pistol, one of the first semi-automatic pistols operated by Wardie land, captured M1911s were designated M1911/39 Pistol

Type 14 Nambu, Wardie land purchased a batch of Type 14 Nambu pistols in 1927 as the Nambu T1927 Pistol Mk I (J), these were followed in 1941 by the slightly improved Nambu T1927 Pistol Mk I* (J), Snow Land's captured Nambus were designated M1925/39 (Nambu) Pistol. Some Nambus were equipped with detachable shoulder-stocks.

TT-30/TT-33, in 1930 Snow Land began a programme to replace their aging Nagant revolvers with the new Tokarev TT-30 pistol, despite the programme having ran 9 years by the time of the outbreak of the Third Snow War the Nagant was still the most popular side-arm in Snow Land, and the Tokarev ended up being less common than the Nagant. Wardie land captured some and used them as the Tokarev T1930 Pistol (R) and Tokarev T1933 Pistol (R).
TT-30 pistol:

TT-33 pistol:

Browning Hi-Power, this pistol was quite rare to see, making them highly prized amongst Snow Landian soldiers, captured examples were designated M1935/39 Pistol

Model 1935A pistol, the M1935A was a French pistol chambered in 7.65mm Longue, which was the same round used by the MAS-38, 2,000 M1935A pistols were imported in 1938, primarily for the civilian market, though many were bought by serving officers (RIWA officers have to source their own side-arms), they were very popular. Captured examples were designated the M1935/38/39 Pistol by Snow Land, in Wardian service they were known as the T1935 Pistol (F).

Rifles
Spencer repeating rifle, the Spencer entered service in 1866, captured Spencers were known as M1866/39 rifle

Remington Rolling Block Rifle, this single shot rifle entered service in 1868 in .577 Snider, the rifle was well liked for its relative ease of use and reliability, following the introduction of 0.303 British as the standard Wardian cartridge in 1888, the .577 Snider variant was replaced with the 0.303 Rolling Block variant in Wardian military service, the Rolling Block served rear-guard units from 1888 up until the 1950s, a few may still be found amongst the Imperial Militia, the Rolling Block sniper was also used by Wardie land, captured examples were designated M1868/39 (Remington) Rifle by Snow Land.

Winchester, the Winchester entered service in 1873, captured examples were known as the M1873/39 Rifle

Berdan II rifle, Berdan II rifles entered Snow Land service in 1883 and were captured in large numbers on the Eastern Front of the Third Snow War the Berdan at first used local Snow Landian Russian 10.75x58r ammo used in the Russian Berdans but the Berdans were soon re-chambered to take .303 British.

Berdan rifles were issued to Wardian frontline troops until about 1947, to rear-echelon troops into the late 1970s, with training units into the late 1990s, and still equips native troops in the colonies, Berdan rifles saw frontline service in both the Saqan Mercenary War of 1941 and in the Pacific War, Saqan Askaris equipped with Berdans have still been seen. Wardie land designated the original Russian ammo Berdans the Berdan T1939 Rifle Mk I (R), whilst the 0.303 British re-chambered rifles were designated the Berdan T1939 Rifle Mk I* (R).

Lebel Model 1886, some Lebels were given to Snow Land by the Soviet Union as military aid in the early 1920s, the Lebels almost immediatly went into rear-line service, Wardie land captured some on the Eastern Front of the Third Snow War, in the hands of Snow Land's Home Guard, the captured Lebels were designated Lebel T1886 Rifle Mk I(F)

Berthier rifle, as with the Lebel the USSR provided some Berthier rifles to the Bolshevik rebels during the 1922 Red Revolution, and much like the Lebel most went into real-line service, Wardie land also captured some, mostly on the Eastern Front, these were designated the Berthier T1907 Rifle Mk I (F), for the standard Mle. 1907, and Berthier T1907 Rifle Mk II (F) for the Mle. 1907/15 variant.
A Berthier T1907 Rifle Mk II (F)

Lee-Metford bolt-action rifle, saw limited service with Wardie land forces, mostly used by rear-guard units, however some were also seen on the frontlines, they were the Snow Landian Pro-Empire Front's main rifle, some were captured by Snow Land and designated M1888/39 Rifle

Mosin-Nagant, the Mosin was Snow Land's standard battle rifle from 1903, replacing the Berdan II single-shot bolt-action rifle, many hundreds of rifles were captured by Wardie land, who designated the rifle T1891 Rifle Mk I(R), Wardie land used a lot of the captured rifles to equip the Snow Landian Imperial Army, these examples remained chambered in the 7.62x54mmR round that was the Snowlandian standard round, the rifles which were kept by Wardie land to give to Wardian units were rechambered for the slightly longer 0.303 British cartridge, these rifles were designated T1891 Rifle Mk I* (R).

Dutch Mannlicher M1895 in 0.303, in 1896 Wardie land purchased some Mannlicher M.95 rifles from the Dutch, they were modified to take 0.303 British and had imperial units on the sights, they were issued as a second-line rifle.

Type 30 rifle, the Type 30 rifle was a Japanese rifle from 1899, and was originally chambered for the 6.5mm Arisaka round, before being converted to take the .303 British, the rifle entered service in 1900 as the Arisaka T1900 Rifle (J), the T1900 was used in frontline service until 1949, captured rifles were designated M1900/39 (Arisaka) Rifle

Type 38 rifle, the Type 38 rifle was an improvement of the Type 30, and entered service in 1907 as the Arisaka T1907 Rifle (J), the T1907 was originally chambered for 6.5mm Arisaka, but was converted to .303 British, the Type 38 was in frontline service until the 1950s, captured rifles were designated M1907/39 (Arisaka) Rifle, Type 38 rifles were also later captured during WW2. Wardie land purchased 300,000 Type 38 rifles from Japan during WWI, and largely followed British procedure of giving the Arisaka rifles to either training battalions or naval units, in order to free up Lee-Enfields for the frontline army troops, as such the Royal Imperial Wardian Marines were a big user of the Arisaka, due to this the Wardian Type 30 and Type 38s were most commonly seen during naval landings, most of the troops who served in the East Island Campaign were armed with Arisakas.

Type 44 Carbine, the Type 44 was developed from the Type 38, and entered service in 1912 as the Arisaka T1912 Carbine (J), as with the Type 38 the T1912 was originally chambered in 6.5mm Arisaka, before being converted to .303 British, Wardie land later captured some Type 44s during the Pacific War. Captured Type 44s were designated M1912/39 (Arisaka) Rifle. Aside from army use, T1912s were stockpiled on some Wardie land ships, for use against naval mines and boarders, the Marines also used the T1912s, as the did the Parachute Regiment, for a time, since carbines were more suitable for parachutists than full-sized rifles. Some Type 44s have been seen in active service with the Wardie land Imperial Army in the present day.

Lee-Enfield bolt action rifle, the standard rifle of the Royal Imperial Wardie land Army, captured models were designated M1907/39 Rifle

Pattern 1914 Enfield, this variant of the Enfield used a modified Mauser action instead of the Enfield action, and could only carry 5 rounds instead of the 10 like the Lee-Enfield, captured P14s were designated M1914/39 Rifle.

Approximately 200 Vz.98/22 rifles were bought in 1922 for use by second-line and reserve units. A few rifles saw service in the Third Snow War, several managed to be captured, the captured rifles were designated M1922/39 Rifle.

Type 99, the Type 99 began to enter service in 1939 as the Arisaka T1939 Rifle (J), and was chambered for 7.7mm Arisaka (a calibre nearly identical to .303 British), before being re-chambered to take .303 British, Type 99s served in frontline units until the 1960s, before being given to second-line units and training battalions.

Submachine Guns
Suomi KP/-31, Finnish SMG of 1931, 200 were bought by Wardie land and were used through-out the colonies, the order was doubled to 400 in 1934, after satisfactory reports, 300 saw service in the Third Snow War, where they served with distinction, along with the Thompson, a few were captured by Snow Land and used as the M1931/39 Submachine Gun

MP 18, German SMG of 1918, about 300 entered service during the 1920s, between 50-100 were used in the Third Snow War, captured models were designated M1918/39 Submachine Gun

Machine Guns

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun, in 1896 Wardie land purchased a batch of M1895 Colt-Browning "Potato Digger" machine guns in 0.303 British calibre, the unusual operating mechanism led to the gun being nicknamed the "Potato Digger", there were reports of action stoppages, which could often be fixed by manually cycling the action, the M1895 wasn't in main service for long, and was largely superseded by the Madsen on 6 years after entering service, M1895s were sold to ally nations, given to second-line units, used as trainers and sent to serve in the colonies. A few "Potato Digger" guns managed to see action in the Third Snow War, but they were rare, Snow Land managed to capture only a few, which were designated M1895/39 (Colt-Browning) Machine Gun.

Madsen machine gun, in 1902 a Wardian military attaché in Denmark observed the entrance of the Madsen into Danish service, interested in the then futuristic gun he sent a report of the gun back to Wardie land, the Royal Imperial Wardie land Army was very interested in the design, and asked the Imperial Parliament to place an order with Madsen for the Madsen machine gun in 0.303 British, Madsen fulfilled the order and the RIWA was highly impressed with the gun, the Madsen has been seen through-out the four corners of the Empire of Wardie land, and has served in colonial wars, WW1, Saqan Rebellion, Third Snow War, Saqan Mercenary War, WW2, Korea and subsequent war, and remains in service to this day. Snow Land designated their captured Madsens M1902/39 (Madsen) Light Machine Gun.

Lewis Gun, this WWI-era machine gun entered Wardie land service in 1915, they were a favourite LMG of Wardie land soldiers, and continue to serve as Wardie land's standard LMG, captured examples were used as the M1915/39 (Lewis) Light Machine Gun

Type 11 LMG, this early 1920s Japanese LMG entered service in 1924, and was designated Nambu T1924 Light Machine Gun (J), the T1924 was in frontline service through the 1920s to the 1950s, when they were relegated to secondary duties, such as training and rear-guard services, the Type 11 fired the 6.5mm Arisaka round, which was also used in the earlier Type 30 and Type 38 rifles, as well as the later Type 96 LMG. The Type 11 served in all theatres, from the Qaran Rebellion to the Saqan Mercenary War, however the gun had as bad a reputation with Wardie land soldiers as it did with Japanese ones, since the open magazine easily clogged up with sand, dirt, snow, especially in tough colonial environments, and the gun became effectively unusable. Snowland captured a few as the M1924/39 (Nambu) Light Machine Gun, but also found the magazine easily got clogged with snow, especially during blizzards.

Type 96 LMG, an improvement over the Type 11, though it used the same 6.5mm Arisaka round, which was considered underpowered compared to the .303 British and .30-06 rounds. The Type 96 entered Wardie land service in 1937 as the Nambu T1937 Light Machine Gun (J), the closed box magazine was far more reliable than the open magazine hopper design found on the Type 11, the 96, and the following Type 99, were far more preferred machine guns to the Type 11. Snowland used captured T1937s as the M1937/39 (Nambu) Light Machine Gun.

Type 99 LMG, the Type 99 was a follow-on to the Type 96, and used the more powerful 7.7mm Arisaka round (considered effectively a copy of the .303 British round), the Type 99 was seen in very limited numbers in the Third Snow War, due to the fact the Type 99 only started entering service in early January 1940, which near the end of the war, the Type 99 was designated Nambu T1940 Light Machine Gun (J) by Wardie land, whilst the very few that were captured by Snowland were re-designated M1940/40 (Nambu) Light Machine Gun. Because the Type 96 and Type 99 looked very similar to the Vickers-Berthier and Bren machine guns, the Type 96s and 99s sometimes had a large red band painted on their magazines, to avoid confusion between the similar looking guns.

Vickers-Berthier, this LMG was introduced in 1934, the Snow Landian designation for captured Vickers-Berthiers was M1934/39 (Vickers) Light Machine Gun

Maxim Gun, successor to the Gatling Gun, this HMG entered service in 1890 and frequently saw service in colonial wars, such as the 1914 Tuvali Rice Rebellion and the 1933 Saqan Rebellion, captured Maxims were designated M1890/39 (Maxim) Heavy Machine Gun, Snow Land also used the PM 1910, a Russian version of the Maxim

Vickers Machine Gun, the famous British machine gun based on the Maxim gun, entering service in 1913, the Vickers was commonly nicknamed the "Maxim Mk II" and like the Maxim saw a lot of service in the colonies, the Vickers is the standard Wardie land HMG, captured examples were designated M1913/39 (Vickers) Heavy Machine Gun

Schwarzlose 0.303 variant, Kynoch produced a 0.303 British variant of the Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose machine gun, Wardie adopted this machine gun in 1907, captured guns were designated M1907/39 (Kynoch) Heavy Machine Gun by Snow Land.

Shotguns

M1897 Trench Gun, the RIWA was interested in the Winchester 1897 due to being a magazine-fed shotgun, nearly every shotgun then used by Wardie land had been of the double-barrel variety, Wardie land purchased M1897s and issued them started in 1898, the gun proved its deadly effect during WW1 and in colonial wars around that time, Snow Land used trenches during the Third Snow War, and the Trench Gun was massively effective in these conditions, especially when equipped with a bayonet, to the point the M1897 was one of the most sought after weapons by Snow Land, Snow Land managed to captured a couple, which were designated M1897/39 (Winchester) Shot Gun.

Artillery guns

BL 2.75-inch Mountain Gun, the successor to the 10-pounder Mountain Gun, the 2.75-inch entered service in 1914, serving in WWI, the wars of the 1920s-1930s, and WW2, 2.75-inch guns were supplied to the Ice Folk during the Ice Folk Uprising of 1922-1927 against the Bolshevik Republic of Snow Land.

QF 2.95-inch Mountain Gun, entering service in 1899 the 2.95-inch saw action in the 1914 Tuvalian Rice Rebellion, WWI, the 1933 Saqan Uprising, the 1937-1939 Qaran Rebellion, the Third Snow War of 1939-1940, the Saqan mercenary War of 1941 and WW2.

QF 3.7-inch Mountain Gun, the most common type of mountain gun used by Wardie land, the 3.7 inch entered Wardian service in 1918, and remain in service in the present day.

Bofors 75 mm Model 1934, 100 of these mountain howitzers were purchased in a 1937 arms trade mission to Sweden, they were designated QF 15-pounder Mountain Gun (SE), and used Imperial measurements. The guns served primarily in the mountainous regions of Snow Land, a few models were captured and were designated M1934/39 75 mm Mountain Howitzer.

Type 38 10 cm Cannon, the "Type 38 10 cm Cannon" was a Japanese field gun of 1911 that entered Wardie land service in 1912 as the QF 40-pounder Field Gun (J), these guns served in all of Wardie land's wars from 1912 to the late 1940s, and some even served as coastal artillery guns in the 1910s and 1920s, although obsolete by 1939, the T1912 took part in the Third Snow War, notably during the shelling of Fort Kuishev, Snow land captured a few, these were designated M1911/39 105mm (Osaka) Howitzer. The 40-pounder (J) also served in the 1941 Saqan Mercenary War, by which point they were heavily obsolete.

BL 60-pounder gun, the BL 60-pounder entered Wardie land service in 1907 as the BL 60-pounder Heavy Field Gun, the 60-pounder was one of Wardie land's standard heavy guns up until the 1940s, 60-pounders saw service in the 1933 Saqan Uprising, 1937-1939 Qaran Rebellion, 1939 Third Snow War and 1941 Saqan Mercenary War, captured examples were designated M1907/39 127mm (Elswick) Howitzer.

15 cm sIG 33, the schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33 was a heavy infantry gun which entered service with the RIWARA in 1936 after 200 were purchased from Germany, the guns received the designation QF 84-pounder Gun (G), that designation coming from the weight of the standard HE shell. Snow land managed to capture a few guns, which were designated M1936/39 150mm (Rheinmetall) Regimental Gun, as with all captured weapons the guns either re-entered Wardie land service, or were passed to the Imperial Army of the Empire of Snow Land after the war.
A QF 84-pounder Gun (G)

122mm howitzer M1909/37, a field howitzer which entered service in the 1910s, they were used during the 1915 Huyyushu Massacre, 1920 revolution and during the 1922-1927 Ice Folk Uprising, in which they bombarded Ice Folk camps, as well as villages as means to demoralise the Ice Folk, and as retribution for rebellion. Following the Third Snow War many captured examples entered service with the imperial forces, as the BL 48-pounder Gun (R)

76mm regimental gun M1927, an infantry support gun which entered service with Snow Land's Red Army in 1927, though these guns were in the process of being replaced during 1939, they were still a fairly common sight during the war, captured guns were designated QF 14-pounder Gun (R)
A QF 14-pounder Gun (R) in a style of Home Islands camo

142 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20), entering service with Snow Land's Red Army in 1937, the ML-20 was Snow Land's largest artillery piece during the Third Snow War, ML-20s served in several roles, aside as serving as both heavy field guns and howitzers, the ML-20 also served as a coastal artillery gun. Captured ML-20s were designated QF 96-pounder Heavy Field Gun (R), this designation came from the weight of the ML-20's standard HE shell, ML-20s served in Saqa during 1941, and some are still in service with Wardie land's Royal Artillery today.

Anti-tank guns

37mm anti-tank gun M1930, the 37mm anti-tank gun M1930 was the first anti-tank gun of Snow Land, they began to enter service in 1932, the mod. 1930 AT gun was also the basis of the B-3 tank gun used on Snow Land's T-18 and BT-2 tanks, by 1939 the mod.1930 AT gun was still viable, but was quickly becoming obsolete, whilst the M1930 could have some effect on most of Wardie land's tanks, the gun was unable to penetrate the armour of the Matilda Mk II, despite their increasing obsolensence, Wardie land/SLPEF operated captured ones as the QF 2-pounder Gun (R)