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WWII German Rifles

Mauser 98K


One of several German rifles used in World War II is the Mauser 98 K. It has an internal box magazine that holds five rounds of 8 mm Mauser ammo. Caliber 7.92 mm with a range of 437 yards. This is the most frequent rifle used by the Germans on the television show Combat!

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Kar 43 (Gew 43)

Another German rifle, the Kar 43 (Gew 43) semi-automatic, also appears often in Combat! GIs called this weapon "Hitler's Garand."

In some episodes of Combat!, German extras also carried American M1 carbines.

Mauser Schnellfeuer-Pistole

These odd-looking pistols (see picture below) were based on the Mauser C96. These were more "flashy" than effective. Wasteful of ammunition and difficult to aim. The weapon has a protruding 20-round magazine and detachable wooden stock/holster. Could fire 900 rounds per minute (15 rounds per second). But because of extreme lightweight was nearly impossible to aim with any accuracy.

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Mauser Military Rifles of the World
by Robert W.D. Ball
Hardcover: 304 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.85 x 11.29 x 8.84
Publisher: Krause Publications; ISBN: 0896892964;

Mauser military rifles offer collectors almost unlimited variations, and author Bob Ball continues to find rare and interesting specimens. The second edition of this popular book brings more than 100 new photos of these historic rifles and the wars in which they were carried. Every detail is presented, from the length and weight of the rifle to the manufacturers markings. This book shows collectors precisely how to identify every model from 1871 to 1945 and provides production figures and the relative rarity of each model. Because Mauser rifles were produced under contract in so many different nations, the book is organized alphabetically by country and the year of production.
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Mauser Military Rifle Markings, 2nd Edition
Revised and expanded second edition contains almost 30 new pages of additional illustrations and data on the world's most popular bolt-action military rifles. With its hundreds of illustrations and text entries, this book not only provides drawings of rifle markings but explains their meanings as well. The many factory, subcontractor, police, and military codes found on German military Mauser rifles are also given here in great detail.
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Author Richard Law provides an incredibly informative book about the Kar 98K Mauser.   Crammed with illustrations and pictures. An invaluable reference source for the collector or serious researcher.

 

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