Main article: The armies of Brazil and Sweden were issued the Model 94. The similar was sold to Mexico, Chile, Uruguay,,, and the South African states of and the (). A safety feature offered by the was a low shoulder at the rear of the receiver, just behind the base of the bolt handle, which would contain the bolt in the unlikely event that the front locking lugs sheared off due to excessive pressure. South African Mausers were highly effective against the British during the; these proved deadly at long ranges, prompting the British to design their own Mauser-inspired high-velocity cartridge and rifle. These rare Mauser carbines and rifles—especially the Model 1895—can be easily identified by the letters 'OVS' (Oranje-Vrijstaat [Dutch for 'Orange Free State']) either marked on the weapons' receiver ring and the stock directly below, or otherwise carved into the right side of the buttstock. The British with a Mauser-style lug might have replaced the Lee–Enfield, but the exigencies of World War I prevented this from happening.

The Lee–Enfield continued to see service until it was replaced by a. The Germans had faced the during World War I, which was the Pattern 14 rifle adapted to fire the U.S..30-06 cartridge of the American M1903 Springfield rifle. Chilean Mauser Model 1895 [ ]. Swedish rifle Model 1896 On 3 November 1893, the adopted the cartridge. As a result, the Swedes chambered their new service weapons, the m/94 carbine and m/96 rifle, in this round. The rifle action was manufactured relatively unchanged from 1896 to 1944, and the m/94 Carbine, m/96 Rifle, m/38 Short Rifle, and m/41 Sharpshooter models are known by collectors as 'Swedish Mausers'.

They are still sought after by military service rifle shooters and hunters. Initial production of the weapons was in Germany by Waffenfabrik Mauser, with the remainder being manufactured under license by Sweden's state-operated factory. The m/38 short rifle was produced by; additional m/38s were converted from Model 96 rifles. 'Swedish steel' is a term for the steel used by the German Mauser, and later by Swedish manufacturing facilities, to make the m/96 rifles. Swedish iron ore contains the proper percentages of trace elements to make good alloy steel. Thus, though lacking the industrial base necessary for mass-producing steel and iron, the Swedish steel industry developed a niche market for specialty high-strength steel alloys containing,, and.

Swedish steels were noted for their strength and corrosion resistance and were especially suited for use in toolmaking, cutlery, and firearms. When Mauser was contracted to fabricate the initial production runs of Swedish Mausers in Germany due to production delays, Sweden required the use of Swedish steel in the manufacturing process. The Swedish Ordnance Office continued to specify the same Swedish steel alloy in Swedish-made Mausers until the last new-production m/38 barrelled actions were completed in 1944. Model 1898 [ ]. Main article: In 1898 the German Army purchased a Mauser design, the Model 98, which incorporated improvements introduced in earlier models.

Oct 25, 2011. The M1924b was a crossbreed or two very different weapons made into a clone of a third, the FN/Yugoslavian Mauser model1924. The Yugoslavs had acquired the gew98 and Mexican model 1912 in some numbers but, neither exactly suited their needs so they set up a conversion program run by FOMU.

The weapon was originally chambered for the M/88 iteration of the and officially entered German service as the Gew. 98 on April 5, 1898. This remains by far the most successful of the Mauser designs, helped by the onset of two world wars that demanded vast numbers of rifles. Noticeable changes from previous Mauser rifle models included better ruptured case gas venting, better receiver metallurgy, and a larger 35.8 mm (1.41 in) diameter receiver ring compared to previous Mauser 'small ring' bolt action designs that had 33 mm (1.30 in) diameter receiver rings for additional strength and safety.

Mauser incorporated a third 'safety' lug on the bolt body to protect the shooter in the event that one or more of the forward locking lugs failed. In 1903 the 7.92×57mm Mauser S Patrone 'spitzer' (pointed) round was introduced.

This was in response to the French adoption of a pointed and boat-tail bullet, which offered better ballistic performance. The bullet diameter was increased from 8.08 mm (0.318 in) to 8.2 mm (0.323 in). This improved cartridge copied the pointed tip design instead of the previous rounded nose profile. Pointed rounds give bullets a better ballistic coefficient, improving the effective range of the cartridge by decreasing aerodynamic drag. Most existing Model 98s and many Model 88s were modified to take the new round, designated '7,9mm' or ' S Patrone' by the German military. Modified Model 88s can be identified by an 'S' on the receiver.

Due to the possibility for overpressure from the undersize barrel, the spitzer round cannot safely be used in unmodified guns, particularly with Model 88 rifles. Paul Mauser died on 29 May 1914, before the start of World War I that August. The war caused a spike in demand for the company's rifles. The 98 carbines were sold, as well as an experimental version with a twenty-round, rather than five round, box magazine. The extended magazine was not well received, however. A number of carbine versions known as Karabiner 98s were introduced and used in World War I.

Some of these were even shorter than the later K.98k. These carbines were originally only distributed to cavalry troops, but later in the war to the special storm troop units as well. G98 derivatives [ ] Many military rifles derive from the M98 design. Some of these were German-made by various contractors other than Mauser: [ ] • M1902, M1912, M1924 & M1936 Mexican in 7×57mm • M1903 Turkish in 7.65x53mm • M1904 & M1912 Chilean in 7×57mm • M1912 Colombian in 7×57mm • in 6.5×58mm Vergueiro • M1906 Swedish in 6.5×55mm • M1908 Brazilian in 7x57mm • M1908 Uruguayan in 7x57mm produced by the • M1909 Argentine in • M1910 Serbian in 7×57mm • in 7.92×57mm • M1943 Spanish short (not to be confused with the M93 Spanish Mauser) in 7.92×57mm manufactured in the Spanish arsenals.

Will have 'La Coruna' or the Spanish Air Force Eagle stamped on the top of the receiver. Virtually identical to the K98k.

• Often made from G98 parts, rebuilt in the BRNO factory in Czechoslovakia. The was the world's first —the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets. The weapon, essentially an enlarged G98, fired 13×92mm (.525-caliber) TuF ( Tank und Flieger, 'tanks and aeroplanes') semi-rimmed cartridges. In May 1918, the Mauser Company began mass-producing the Mauser 13mm Tank Abwehr Gewehr Mod. 18 in Oberndorf am Neckar. Following the collapse of the German Empire after World War I, many countries that were using Mauser models chose to develop, assemble, or modify their own G98-action rifle designs. The most prolific of them were the Czechoslovak M1922 CZ 98 and M1924 CZ and the Belgian Fabrique Nationale and M1930, all in 8×57mm.

The Belgians and Czechs produced and widely exported their 'Mausers' in various calibers throughout the 1920s and 1930s, before their production facilities were absorbed by to make parts or whole rifles for the German Army. Strictly speaking, these were not 'Mauser' rifles, as they were not engineered or produced by the German company. To take advantage of the widespread and popular German single-shot 8.15×46mmR cartridge for use in a military firearm, a modified Gewehr 98 referred to as a ' Wehrmannsgewehr' was designed. These were made primarily as single shots; some only had a wood block in the magazine space. These became the 1936 Olympic team rifles for the Germans. Main article: The Karabiner 98k 'Mauser' (often abbreviated 'K98k' or 'Kar98k'), adopted in the mid- 1930s, became the most common infantry rifle in service in the German Army during World War II.

The design was developed from the Karabiner 98b, one of the carbines developed from the Model 1898. The K98k was first adopted by the in 1935 as their standard issue rifle, with many older versions being converted and shortened. Mauser M1916 [ ] The Mauser M1916, or Mauser selbstlade-karabiner (self-loading carbine), was a semi-automatic rifle that used a delayed mechanism and fed from 25-round detachable magazine. The process of developing a semi-automatic rifle cost Paul Mauser an eye when a prototype suffered an out-of-battery detonation. The mechanism was quite delicate, working reliably only when completely clean, which made the rifle unsuitable for infantry use. However, the adopted the rifle for its aircraft crews in 1915, and more generally in 1916.

Aerial combat provided the clean environment the rifle required and its semi-automatic capability was an advancement over bolt-action rifles. However, the rifle had another flaw; it was expensive to make. The air service turned to the Swiss-produced, which was tested by the army and though less accurate than Mauser's design, the rifle was approximately three times cheaper. The widespread adoption of machine guns then made all self-loading rifles obsolete in the air service. Gewehr 41 [ ]. Main article: The rifles, commonly known as the 'G41(W)' or 'G41(M)', were used by during.

By 1940 the Wehrmacht issued a specification to various manufacturers, and Mauser and submitted that were very similar. Both Gewehr 41 models used a mechanism known as the 'Bang' system (named after the designer of the ). In this system, gases from the bullet were trapped near the muzzle in a ring-shaped cone, which in turn pulled on a long piston rod that opened the breech and re-loaded the gun. Both models also included inbuilt 10-round magazines that were loaded using two of the stripper clips from the, utilizing rounds. This in turn made reloading relatively slow. The Mauser design, the G41(M), failed as it, along with its G41(W) counterpart, suffered from gas system fouling problems.

Only 6,673 G41(M) rifles were produced before production was halted, and of these, 1,673 were returned as unusable. Pistols [ ] C1896 Pistol [ ]. Main article: The Mauser HSc was a self-loading handgun introduced in the 1940s. It was a compact blowback design in.32 ACP.

Production ran from 1940 until the end of World War II, and in the 1960s and early 1970s. The post-war models were also available in. After 1940 [ ] In 1940 the Mauser Company was invited to take part in a competition to re-equip the with a, the. A number of impractical requirements were specified, including that the design should not use holes drilled into the barrel to take off gas for the operating mechanism, thereby requiring mechanisms that proved unreliable.

Camera 360 App For Android Free Download Apk more. Two designs were submitted, and the Mauser version, the G 41(M), failed miserably in testing. It was canceled after a short production run.

The resulting design did not see real success before it was switched to a simpler system in the. During World War II, the Mauser factory in Oberndorf was strategically bombed by the Allies, resulting in the deaths of 26 workers and the destruction of the company's power plant. French forces entered Oberndorf (which they subsequently occupied for some time) on 20 April 1945 when the town's and surrendered without any resistance; no blood was shed there on that day. Mauser K98K with 8×57mm rounds. After the war in Europe, the factory was briefly put back in order to produce weapons for the now under-equipped and exhausted French military. The plant was dismantled by the occupying forces for the purpose of, most factory buildings (approximately 60% in total) were demolished and the records destroyed on orders of the local French Army commander.

For a number of years, Mauser Werke manufactured precision measurement instruments and tools, such as.,, and, former Mauser engineers, saved what they could and founded, which has since become Germany's main small-arms manufacturer. Mauser continued to make hunting and sporting rifles. In 1994, it became a subsidiary of Rheinmetall, a manufacturer of such as the and other munitions until 2004, when it was merged into Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH. In 1999 the civilian manufacture of hunting, defense, and sporting rifles were split off from Rheinmetall. Mauser firearms after the Second World War [ ] Mauser was formally re-established in the 1950s. 1960s [ ] A rifle design by was purchased, and went into production in 1965 as the model 66. Some self-loading pistols were also offered, such as the.

• Model 66 • Model 66 S • Model 66 P 1970s–1990 [ ].

An early C96 prototype Within a year of its introduction in 1896, the C96 had been sold to governments and commercially to civilians and individual military officers. The Mauser C96 pistol was extremely popular with British officers at the time and many purchased it privately. Mauser supplied the C96 to in the UK for resale. By the onset of World War I, the C96's popularity with the British military had waned.

As a military sidearm, the pistols saw service in various colonial wars, as well as,, the, the, the and. The C96 also became a staple of Bolshevik commissars and various warlords and gang leaders in the, known simply as 'the Mauser'. And used Mausers to the Russian imperial family in July 1918. Was fond of the Mauser C96 and used one at the 1898 and during the; carried a Mauser C96 for a period, during his time in the Middle East. Sda Standard Compliant Sd Host Controller Driver Download Vista.

Indian Revolutionary and his partymen used these Mauser pistols in the historic in August 1925. Chinese Communist General carried a Mauser C96 during his and later conflicts; his gun (with his name printed on it) can be viewed in the Beijing war museum. Imported and domestic copies of the C96 were used extensively by the Chinese in the and the, as well as by the Spanish during the and the Germans in World War II. Besides the standard 7.63×25 mm chambering, C96 pistols were also commonly chambered for with a small number also being produced in. Lastly, there was a Chinese-manufactured model chambered for. Despite the pistol's worldwide popularity and fame, China was the only nation to use the C96 as the primary of its military and police. Contract variants [ ] 1897 Turkish Army Mauser [ ] Mauser's first military contract was with the Turkish government in 1897.

They ordered 1,000 pistols; they had their own serial number range, running from 1 to 1000. They differ in that they use a non-Arabic number system on the tangent sight and the weapon is designated in this number system in the year '1314' rather than the year '1896 / 1897'.

Markings include a six-pointed star on both sides of the chamber and of Sultan (a trophy of crossed Turkish flags, various polearms, and a collection of his royal awards and honors) and the Muslim year 1314 on the square left rear frame panel. 1899 Italian Navy Mauser [ ] In 1899, the Italian government ordered Mauser's first major military contract; an order for 5,000 C96 pistols for the. They differ in that their receivers were 'slab-sided' (i.e., lacked the milling on the sides found on commercial Mausers). They also have a 'ring hammer' (spurless hammer with a hole through its head) instead of the early 'cone hammer' (spurless hammer with ribbed cone-like projections on the sides of its head). These guns had their own serial number range, running from 1 to 5000. 1910 Persian contract Mauser [ ] The Persian government ordered 1,000 pistols. They have the Persian government's ' insignia on the rectangular milled panel on the left side of the receiver and the serial numbers range from 154000 to 154999.

It is often confused with the Turkish contract Mauser. M1916 Austrian contract [ ] ordered 50,000 Mausers in the standard 7.63×25mm.

A small number were rebarreled to (8.11×27mm) for an unknown reason. M1916 Prussian 'red 9' [ ]. Mauser 'Red 9' C96 with During, the contracted with Mauser for 150,000 C96 pistols chambered in to offset the slow production of the standard-issue pistol. This variant of the C96 was named the 'red 9', after a large number 9 burned and painted in red into the grip panels, to warn the pistols' users not to incorrectly load them with 7.63 mm ammunition. Of the 150,000 pistols commissioned, approximately 137,000 were delivered before the war ended.

Because the army delegated the branding to unit armourers, not all 9 mm pistols carry the nine. M1920 French police contract [ ] The French government set up an order for 1,000 pistols with 99 millimetres (3.9 in) barrels for the.

The pistol had black grips rather than wooden ones. WW2 Luftwaffe contract [ ] The German government purchased 7,800 commercial M30 pistols in 1940 for use by the. They have proof marks and the Mauser serial numbers come from the early- to mid-1930s. The weapon had ceased production in 1937 but the order was filled from remaining stocks. Major variants [ ] There were many variants of the C96 besides the standard commercial model; the most common are detailed below.

M1896 Kavallerie Karabiner [ ] One of the experimental ideas was the creation of a pistol-carbine for use by light cavalry. They had a 'slab-sided' receiver, standard 10-round magazine, a permanently affixed wooden stock and forend, and a lengthened 300 millimetres (12 in) (early production) or 370 millimetres (15 in) (late production) barrel. They were dropped from production after 1899 due to poor sales and little military interest. There was limited sporting interest in the carbine version and due to small production numbers it is a highly prized collectible priced at about twice the value of the pistol version. Recently, importers like Navy Arms imported late-model Mauser carbines with 16-inch or longer barrels for sale in the US. M1896 compact Mauser [ ] A version of the Mauser pistol with a full-sized grip, six-shot internal magazine, and a 120-millimetre (4.7 in) barrel. Production was phased out by 1899.

M1896 officer's model [ ] This is the unofficial term for a variant compact Mauser with a curved wooden or hard-rubber grip, like that of a. The name comes from the US Army designation of the Mauser pistol sent to participate in their self-loading pistol trials.

M1898 pistol carbine [ ] This is the first model to come cut for a combination wooden stock-holster. The stock doubled as a case or holster and attached to a slot cut in the grip frame. M1912 Mauser export model [ ] This model was the first to chamber the export cartridge. It was designed to capitalize on the arms market in South America and China. Mauser C96 pistols in this caliber usually have an indentation milled into the upper surface of the magazine's follower to facilitate feeding of the straight-cased 9×25mm cartridge cases.

The rifling in the barrel has a unique 13:8 twist. In addition, the flat surfaces extending around the chamber are longer to accommodate the higher pressures of the 9×25mm cartridge.

Examples of Mauser C96s in this caliber are rare, but are still occasionally found on the private collector's market. The 9×25mm Mauser export caliber receded from the market as the armaments industry reoriented itself towards military manufacture during World War I, but the round enjoyed a resurgence in popularity as a submachine gun caliber in the 1930s. M1920 Mauser rework [ ] The (signed in 1919) imposed a number of restrictions on pistol barrel lengths and calibres on German arms manufacturers. Pistols for German government issue or domestic market sales could not have a barrel longer than 4 inches and could not be chambered for 9 mm cartridges. The banned the private ownership of military-issue or military-style weapons in an attempt to recover valuable arms from returning soldiers. The confiscated weapons were then used to arm government forces, leaving them with a hodge-podge of military and civilian arms. To meet the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, a major reworking project was begun that set about converting these weapons.

To be compliant, pre-war C.96 models belonging to the Weimar government had to have their barrels cut down to 99 millimetres (3.9 in). This meant that their tangent sights had to be replaced with fixed sights. They also had to be converted to the standard 7.63×25mm Mauser round, though a few hybrid Mausers were made with salvaged Luger barrels that were chambered for. Compliant confiscated government-issue guns were marked M1920. This practice was continued on German service pistols even after the ban was ignored and the conversions had stopped. M1921 'bolo' Mauser [ ] Mauser began manufacturing a compliant version of the C96 for commercial sale from 1920 to 1921.

It featured smaller grips, a shorter 99-millimetre (3.9 in) barrel, and was chambered for the standard 7.63×25mm Mauser. An experimental 8.15×25.2mm Mauser cartridge was used to replace the banned 9×19mm Parabellum and 9×25mm Mauser Export cartridges for domestic sales but it never caught on. Mass-production of the weapon was from 1921 to 1930. It was sold in quantity to armies in the contested Baltic region and was carried by the Poles, Lithuanians, German and. The government (and later the new ) of the embryonic Soviet Union, purchased large numbers of this model in the 1920s or appropriated them from their defeated enemies. The distinctive pistol became associated with the Bolsheviks and was thus nicknamed the 'bolo'.

The 'Bolo' model was also popular elsewhere, as the shorter barrel and smaller overall size made the gun easier to conceal. There was also a transitional version in 1930 that used the 'Bolo' frame but with a longer 132-millimetre (5.2 in) barrel. M1930 Mauser [ ] Also known as the M30 by collectors, it was a simplification and improvement of the M1921 Mauser. It simplified production by removing several fine-machining details and reverted to the large grip and long barrel. The early model M30s had a 132 millimetres (5.2 in) barrel, but later models had the traditional 140 millimetres (5.5 in) barrel. It was made from 1930 until 1937.

Joseph Nickl designed a selective-fire conversion in 1930. It tended to 'cook off' (fire by spontaneous ignition of the propellant when overheated) when fired in long bursts. Only 4,000 of this model were made between 1930 and 1931. Since the M1932 / M712 variant was full-auto, the semi-auto M1930 it was derived from was sometimes called the M711 by war surplus dealers and collectors. M1932/M712 Schnellfeuer [ ]. Main article: The Spanish gunmaker began producing a copy of the Mauser C.96 in 1927 that was externally similar to the C96 (including the presence of a detachable shoulder stock/holster) but with non-interlocking internal parts. It was produced until 1941, with a production hiatus in 1937 and 1938, and a final batch assembled from spare parts in 1951.

The Spanish copies of the C96 were generally intended for export to China, but after the commencement of the (which blocked supply of guns to Chinese forces) the remaining Astra 900s were used in the, and numbers were also sold to Germany in the period 1940–1943. ETAI / Royal MM31 (Model 1) [ ] Produced by Beistegui Hermanos in, Spain, this was the first pseudo-Mauser on the market, a relatively crude semi-auto appearing in 1926 and full-auto variants appearing in 1927.

Mechanically, it was laid out approximately like the Mauser original, but without the removable lock frame. Internal parts (trigger, hammer, safety lever, etc.) pivoted on pins and screws extending through the frame. The screws also held the frame together. The bolt was of round cross-section, unlike the square Mauser bolt. The weapon was stamped with either 'Royal' or 'ETAI'.

Royal MM31 (Model 2) [ ] This was a much closer copy of the Mauser original than the ETAI/Royal model and variants, with the full separate lock frame and all. It was of much better quality than the earlier gun, though still not at Mauser level.

The MM31 was manufactured until 1934. A total of about 10,000 were made, in perhaps four successive variants.

These models came in semi-auto and semi-auto/full auto selective fire variants. Royal MM34 [ ] This model was much like the MM31, but added a mechanical rate reducer inside the grip area, a three-position lever to select the firing rate. It also had a ribbed barrel to help prevent the barrel from overheating during sustained full auto fire.

Only a few hundred of these weapons were made and are very rare today. Azul and Super Azul [ ] The Azul and Super Azul pistols were also manufactured by Beistegui Hermanos in Eibar, Spain, but sold by Eulogio Arostegui. The Azul was a copy of the standard C96 while the Super Azul was a semi auto/full auto select fire variant.

Each accepted detachable box magazines instead of having an internal box magazine. Federal Ordnance M713 and M714 [ ] In the late 1980s to the early 1990s, the Federal Ordnance firearms company in South El Monte, U.S.A. Made reproductions of the Mauser 1917 Trench Carbine and C96 pistol, named the M713 and M714 respectively. The M713 came in a standard variant with a fixed stock and magazine, as well as a 'Deluxe' variant which had a detachable stock and detachable box magazines.

The M714 supported detachable box magazines, unlike the original C96, and a 'Bolo' variant, with the 'Bolo' model having a shorter barrel and grip. All variants of the M713 and M714 were available in 7.62x25mm and 9x19mm ammunition. Users [ ] • • •: Used in the and in the. •: Army issued 137,000 of the 'Red 9' variant during World War I. •: 5,000 bought from Germany in 1899 for the navy. •: 8,000 of the Schnellfeuer variant was issued to the during World War II.

Also bought thousands of the Spanish-made and 903 variants. • •: 1,000 ordered from Germany in 1896. •: Hundreds of thousands were used by,, and forces. • •: 'Bolo' variant bought from Germany during the 1920s. •: Many were privately bought by British officers in the period before World War I. Non-state actors [ ] • • • Many were privately bought by British officers in the period before World War I.

Cultural significance [ ] The Broomhandle is a popular collector's gun. It was popularized in Soviet films as the iconic weapon of the Russian revolution and civil war. The C96 frequently appears as a 'foreign' or 'exotic' pistol in a number of films (such as, where 's use of the C96 intentionally contrasts with the revolvers used by the other characters in the film) and TV shows, owing to its distinctive and instantly recognisable shape. Author outfitted agents of in the series with Mausers on the advice of firearms expert. The C96 was the inspiration for the Buck Rogers Atomic Pistol in the movie serial and the comic, and a popular toy version was produced in 1934 by the Daisy Manufacturing Company. A C96 was modified to form 's prop pistol for the films. Reproductions of the blaster became so popular in the community that gun collectors became aware that fans were buying and altering increasingly rare original Mausers to make blaster replicas.

A.45 ACP C/96 was also 's main weapon. See also [ ] • – a similar German designed semi-automatic pistol produced under license in Belgium.