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The M48 was designed with a stock similar to the 98k, but it has a shorter intermediate-length action and receiver, as does the similar M24 series Mauser. The M24 series Mausers were built from prewar Yugoslav Model 24 Mausers and then refurbished with newer Belgian parts, and usually have straight bolts, while the M48s have curved bolts.
The picture shows the Mauser K98k action on the M98/48 The picture shows the front sight ring, a feature that was mainly absent on the original Mauser K98k rifles. Soon after World War II, the new formed Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was trying to re-arm its military forces. The main problem that the Yugoslav government had to face ...
There have been at least five variants of the M48: The M-48 (B-1) has pneumatic tyres and a maximum towing speed of 60 km/h. It can also be towed by animals in tandem or disassembled into eight pack loads. The M-48 (B-1A1-I) has the pneumatic tyres and wheels as fitted to the M48 (B-1), plus some of the features of the suspension of the M48 (B ...
The next postwar production rifle was the 7.92×57mm Mauser Model 1948 based on the Model 24. The production of air rifles and sporting rifles on the basis of the M48 rifle started in 1953. In 1954, Zastava started the production of shotguns and small bore rifles, as well as the 7.9 mm M53 ¨Sarac¨ machine gun.
The FN Model 1924 series is a line of Mauser Gewehr 98 pattern bolt-action rifles produced by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale.They are similar to the Czech vz. 24 rifle, however have an intermediate length (215mm/ 8.46 in.) action, featuring open sights, 7.65×53mm, 7×57mm or 8×57mm IS chambering, Long rifle, Short Rifle and carbine-length barrels, hardwood stocks, and straight or curved bolt ...
M48 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa; M48 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa; M48 Mauser, a Yugoslavian version of the Mauser K98 rifle; 76 mm mountain gun M48, a Yugoslavian mountain gun; Zastava M48, a post World War II Yugoslavian version of the German Karabiner 98k
This is a list of World War II weapons of Yugoslavia, more specifically land weapons used by the Royal Yugoslav Army during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. Weapons used by the resistance groups the Yugoslav Partisans and Chetniks will not be included due to their scavenged and random nature. However, if you want to place a list put a title ...
After 2003, the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle (along with the Mosin–Nagant, the Lee–Enfield and the Yugoslavian M48 Mauser) was encountered in Iraq by US and Allied forces with Iraqi insurgents making use of the Karabiner 98k and other bolt-action rifles alongside more modern infantry weapons like the AK-47 series rifles and the SKS carbine. [62]