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Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Karabiner 98b - 7.92x57mm Mauser. The only visual difference between the 98b and 98k is the 98b has a 29.1" barrel and correspondingly longer stock.
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Post WW1 Weimar reissue Scharfschutzengewehr98 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Note tangent-leaf rear sight, indicative of Reichswehr service.

The Gewehr 98 rifle was the final development in Mauser's line of turn-bolt rifles. First patented by Paul Mauser in 1896, it was adopted by the Imperial German Army in 1898. The Gew.98 action featured cock-on-opening, meaning that the cocking piece was forced back (and thus the mainspring compressed) by camming with an inclined-plane cut into the circular wall of the bolt body. Furthermore, the diameter of the receiver ring was increased by 1/8" (3.18mm), allowing the receiver to withstand greater chamber pressures.

The Gew. 98 incorporated several new safety features designed to cope with a burst cartridge. First, the receiver incorporated a ring of metal that would surround the bolt head between the locking lugs and the chamber face when the bolt was fully locked. This was to prevent the gasses from a burst cartridge from forcing the bolt head apart and traveling down the bolt raceway. The bolt body also had two large holes in the wall of the bolt, which allowed gasses from a breached primer to vent laterally out of the side of the bolt, rather than compressing and deforming the mainspring. In case the primary locking lugs gave way, a third locking lug was placed on the rear of the bolt body, which was designed to engage a recess in the bottom of the receiver and prevent the bolt from moving backward. In the event that burst gasses did escape into the bolt raceway, a large flange was designed into the front of the bolt shroud, which would deflect the gasses away from the shooter's face.

The design retained the 29.1" barrel of previous Mauser long rifles, but featured a new rear v-notch quadrant sight now known as the Lange-Visier. A very short handguard extended from the sight base to the lower barrel band, and the buttstock featured a pistol grip for more comfortable shooting. The Gew. 98 also featured a new bayonet lug projecting forward from the forend of the stock, which allowed the bayonet to be mounted closer to the centreline of the bore.

After World War 1, the Weimar Republic adopted the Gew. 98 for the 100,000-man Reichswehr allowed them under the Treaty of Versailles. The Lange sight was replaced with a conventional v-notch tangent-leaf sight, which would be retained on the later Kar98b, Mauser Standard-Modell, and the Kar98k. Other variants based on the Gew. 98 can be found on the Mauser Rifle Series page.

Specifications

(1898 - 1918)

Type: Battle Rifle

Weight: Gewehr 98: 9 lbs (4.1 kg), Karabiner 98a: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg)

Length: Gewehr 98: 49.2 in (125 cm), Karabiner 98a: 42.9 in (109 cm)

Barrel length: Gewehr 98: 29.1 in (74 cm), Karabiner 98a: 23.2 in (59 cm)

Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser

Capacity: 5 round internal magazine fed with 5-round stripper clips

Fire modes: Bolt action

The Mauser Gewehr 1898 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Anaconda Old broken rifle on the moorage 1997
Hans Kloss. Stawka wieksza niz smierc WWII German mariner patrolman 2012
Beneath Hill 60 WWI German Soldiers 2010
X-Men Origins: Wolverine WWI German soldier 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Liev Schreiber Victor Creed During melee fight in WW1 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hugh Jackman James Howlett During melee fight in WW1 2009
Mutant Chronicles Thomas Jane Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter Modified into Sci-Fi rifle 2009
Mutant Chronicles Devon Aoki Cpl. Valerie Duval Modified into Sci-Fi rifle 2009
The Bridge François Goeske Albert Mutz 2008
The Bridge Lars Steinhöfel Walter Forst 2008
The Bridge Alexander Becht Ernst Scholten 2008
The Bridge Florian Heppert Siegi Lindner 2008
The Bridge German soldiers 2008
The Bridge Daniel Axt Juergen Neuhaus with scope 2008
Flyboys WWI German soldiers 2006
The Wind That Shakes The Barley IRA Members 2006
King Kong SS Venture Crew 2005
A Very Long Engagement WWI German soldiers 2004
The Lost Battalion WWI German Sniper Fitted with telescopic sight 2001
Three Kings Shiite Refugees 1999
Bataan WWII Japanese Soldiers Impersonating Arisakas 1998
Legionnaire Rif/Berber Horsemen 1998
Legionnaire Kamel Krifa Abd-El Krim 1998
Michael Collins Jonathan Rhys Meyers IRA Sniper 1996
Nemesis 2: Nebula Sue Price Alex Sinclair 1995
Legends of the Fall WWI German soldiers 1994
Biggles: Adventures in Time WWI German soldiers 1986
Never Say Never Again North African Bandits 1986
The Jewel Of The Nile Arab Tribesmen 1985
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Chinese Soldier at Airport 1984
The Big Red One Seen on ground 1980
The Stuntman WWI German soldiers 1980
The Passage Malcolm McDowell Capt. von Berkow 1979
Marcel Bozzuffi Perea
German soldiers
All Quiet on the Western Front WWI German soldiers 1979
Go Tell the Spartans James Hong The Old Man 1978
The Eagle Has Landed WWII German soldiers 1976
The Land That Time Forgot WWI German Sailors 1975
The Wind and the Lion Sean Connery Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli 1975
The Old Gun (Le vieux fusil) WWII German soldiers 1975
The Odessa File WWII German soldiers Flashback Scenes 1974
Zeppelin WWI German soldiers 1971
The Battle of Neretva Ustasha patrol and partisans 1969
The Green Berets Mike Force soldier 1968
The Last Adventure Found in the old arsenal 1967
Behold A Pale Horse Guardia Civil 1964
Behold A Pale Horse Gregory Peck Manuel Artiguez Fitted with a scope and suppressor 1964
The Train German soldiers & French resistance 1964
55 Days at Peking German soldiers, Chinese troops and "Boxers" 1963
Lawrence of Arabia Turkish Soldiers 1962
Styridsatstyri Juraj Sarvas Viktor Kolibec 1959
Styridsatstyri Dusan Blaskovic Tono Mikles 1959
Styridsatstyri Austria Hungarian Soldiers 1959
Carve Her Name With Pride French Resistance Fighter 1958
Desert Rats, The German soldiers in one scene shown with bolt pulled back 1953
Action B (Akce B) Czech insurgent 1952
Go for Broke! German soldier 1951
Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery) German sniper 1948
Dead Reckoning Seen propped against couch 1947
The Story of G.I. Joe WWII German Soldier 1945
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) Italian soldier 1944
Sahara WWII German soldiers 1943
Sergeant York WWI German soldiers 1941
The Fighting 69th WWI German soldiers 1940
All Quiet on the Western Front WWI German soldiers 1930
Hell's Angels WWI German soldiers 1930

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Reilly: Ace of Spies John Castle Count Massino 1983
Anzacs German & Turkish troops 1985
Rebel Heart IRA fighter 2001

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Medal of Honor: Underground 2000
Silent Storm 2003
Peter Jacksons King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie 2005
The Saboteur Steiner Rifle 2009

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Outside Legend 2002
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 2004-2005


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