The Gewehr 98, was introduced into German military service in 1898, replacing the Gewehr 1888. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and Nationalist Spain. It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I. The Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888 as the main German service rifle. The Gewehr 98 action, using a stripper clip loaded with the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, successfully combined and improved several bolt-action engineering concepts which were soon adopted by many other countries, including the UK, Japan, and the US. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, a shorter weapon using the same basic design. The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt-action rifle made by Mauser firing cartridges from a 5-round internal clip-loaded magazine. Imperial Arsenals of Amberg, Danzig, Erfurt, Leipzig, and SpandauĤ.09 kg (9.0 lb) with empty magazine Gewehr 98 3.50 kg (7.7 lb) Karabiner 98aġ,250 mm (49.2 in) Gewehr 98 1,090 mm (42.9 in) Karabiner 98aħ40 mm (29.1 in) Gewehr 98 590 mm (23.2 in) Karabiner 98aĦ39 m/s (2,096 ft/s) with M/88 878 m/s (2,881 ft/s) with 1903 pattern 9.9 g (154 gr) ball ammunitionĥ00 m (550 yd) (with iron sights) ≥800 m (870 yd) (with optics)ĥ round stripper clips in an internal box magazine.From the collections of the Swedish Army Museum Waffenwerke Oberspree Kornbusch & Co.Gewehr 98 made in 1898. Haenel, Suhl: 1915 - 1918 (1919 dated receivers exist)Ĭommercial wartime producers of the Gew98 based in Berlin: Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf A/N.: 1898 - 1918ĭeutsche Waffen-Munitionsfabriken, Berlin: 1899 - 1909, 1914 - 1918 (Gap between 19)Ĭommercial wartime producers of the Gew98 based in Suhl: For instance Spandau/1918 dated receivers exist in significant number, but none were assembled by Spandau, further the below list doesn't include rifles made by depots (Hannover, Dresden etc.) This list ( including the one on page 24 in the book) takes into consideration acceptance patterns and who "assembled" the rifle. Here it is again according to my research into known (observed) production. 18-38), it lists the makers and the years they made rifles on page 24.
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