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The Gewehr 98 or model 98 (M98) rifle is a manually operated, magazine-fed, controlled-feed bolt-action rifle, 1,250 mm (49 in) in length and 4.09 kg (9.0 lb) in weight. It has a 740 mm (29 in) long rifled barrel and carries 5 rounds of ammunition in an internal magazine.
The Mauser M 98 Magnum is a currently (2019) produced magnum variant of the modern M 98 line intended for big-game safari hunting. This Magnum variant exploits the fact that throughout the design's history, standard and enlarged versions of the Mauser M 98 system have been produced for the civil market.
Gewehr 98: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1898–1945 Mauser Model 1904: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1905–1950s Export variant. Karabiner 98AZ: Bolt-action carbine Germany: 1908–1945 Carbine variant of Gewehr 98. Mauser Model 1889: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1914–1918 Rechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser. Mauser Standardmodell: Bolt ...
The Mauser Model 1893 is a bolt-action rifle commonly referred to as the Spanish Mauser, though the model was adopted by other countries in other calibers, most notably the Ottoman Empire. The M1893 was based on the experimental M1892 rifle, which Paul Mauser developed for the Spanish Army as part of a program to correct deficiencies in the ...
The Zastava M98/48 (often called Mod.98/48, Model. 98/48, Yugo K98k) was a refurbished bolt-action rifle, chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser, a cartridge that was temporarily adopted in the years after World War II by the Yugoslav People's Army.
It was a derivative of the Gewehr 98 or Mauser Model 1898, produced in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. [1] It featured combined features of the Karabiner 98AZ and Gewehr 98 versions. The barrel was only 600 mm (23.6 in)-long, comparable to the barrel of the Karabiner 98AZ.
This was the first repeating rifle of the German armed forces although it was quickly replaced by the Gewehr 1888 made in response to the Lebel Model 1886 rifle, the first rifle to use smokeless powder. [5] The first pattern of S84/98 or M1884/98 bayonet was the 1871/1884 bayonet adapted so it could be used on the Gewehr 98. [3]
The Model 1905 carbine was produced between 1903 and 1906. [5] 30,000 M1908 carbines were delivered in 1908 and 1909. [4] The Model 1903 saw combat during the Italo-Turkish War, the Balkan Wars, World War I [5] and the Turkish War of Independence. [6] After World War I, most of these weapons were modified to fire the 7.92×57mm Mauser round. [7]