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Most production of the bayonet was done by facilities in the Solingen area of Germany. [6] Besides this other German producers were businesses such as Jos. Corts who made power tools, Adler AG, Dürkopp who made motor vehicles today sewing machine manufacturer Durkopp Adler, Mundlos AG who made sewing machines and major surgical instrument producer Jetter & Scherrer, Aesculap Werke, Tuttlingen ...
The Karabiner 98 kurz (German: [kaʁaˈbiːnɐ ˌʔaxtʔʊntˈnɔʏntsɪç ˈkʊɐ̯ts]; ' carbine 98 short '), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.
German Seitengewehr 98/05 bayonet used during World War I. The Gewehr 98 was designed to be used with a bayonet. [14] For this the rifle had a H-style top barrel-band with a 4.5 cm (1.8 in) long bayonet lug. The long bearing surface on the Gewehr 98 bayonet lug eliminated the addition of a muzzle ring.
Haenel later produced hunting weapons, bayonets and, during World War I, produced vast quantities of the Mauser Model 98 for the German Army. 1920s
Adaptation of Hungarian 35M rifle to fire 7.92×57mm Mauser ammunition and to mount German bayonets. 138,400 produced from 1941 to 1944. [20] Karabiner 98a: Mauser-Werke various others 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: Karabiner 98b: Mauser-Werke various others 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: Karabiner 98k: Mauser-Werke various others 7.92×57mm ...
Many such bayonets had their teeth ground down in response to negative Allied propaganda. [2] Some WW1 German bayonets had markings on the spine, on top a crown with a "W" under it and under that the last 2 digits of the year it was made in. [3] It is balanced right in front of the guard. This paraghragh was created by Matthew Polkosnik.
The K98k was first adopted by the Wehrmacht in 1935 to be their standard-issue rifle, with many older versions being converted and shortened as well as the design itself entering production. In the name K98k, the first "K" stands for karabiner (carbine) and the second "k" for kurz (short). The "98" is derived from the earlier rifle's year of ...
All variations used the same 7.65 mm round-nosed cartridge. Many parts were interchangeable, with the exception of the bayonets of the 89 and 90/91; the barrel shroud made the bayonet ring too wide. The 89 Mauser rejected by Germany in 1884 entered service in 1940 with the second-line units of Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark.