Mounted machine gun instrumental in the cavalry battles of the Civil War. The tachanka remained an important part of the Soviet arsenal until the Second World War, when it proved insufficient against German armored might. Found on http://soviethistory.msu.edu/glossary/
1) Russian invention 
Mounted machine gun instrumental in the cavalry battles of the Civil War. The tachanka remained an important part of the Soviet arsenal until the Second World War, when it proved insufficient against German armored might.