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Vostok Arms Factory, Chelyabinsk • 1943
VK-43
Vostok Karabin, Model 1943
Developed at the Tula Arms Plant between 1941 and 1943, the VK-43 was a last-generation bolt-action rifle produced alongside emerging semi-automatic designs. Fewer than 8,000 examples were manufactured before the programme was superseded. Today, no more than twelve verified specimens are known to survive.