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Revision as of 07:07, 12 December 2020
The Mauser C96 (commonly called the "Broomhandle" or "Broomhandle Mauser" due to its distinctive grip), was a German semi-automatic pistol, developed in 1893-1895, and manufactured from 1896 to circa 1937. The C96 Mauser was one of the first semi-automatic pistols to see widespread use and was copied in Spain and China. In China, C96 and variants have the nickname "box cannon," with various explanations for this being either the weapon's weight (2 pounds heavier than the 9mm or 7.63mm variants), its boxy appearance, and / or its ability to be stowed inside its own stock.
One particular point of interest with the C96 is that the weapon is entirely held together through the fit of the parts: there are no pins and only one screw in the entire gun, the one that holds the grip panels on. One unfortunate aspect of this construction is that the barrel and the rest of the upper are a single forging: many vintage 7.63x25mm Mausers have "shot out" barrels that cannot easily be replaced, and so have been re-bored for 9mm rounds. It should also be noted that with the stock attached, it is more or less necessary to use an irregular hold (thumb of the strong hand not wrapped around the grip) to avoid the hammer slamming into the user's thumb.
The Mauser C96 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"
There are several major variants, though continual product improvement at the Mauser factory led to dozens or hundreds of individual variations arising over four decades of manufacture.
- The original C96 Military Model had full-sized long grips, a fixed ten-shot magazine (a version with the 20-round magazine also existed, but because of the inconvenience of reloading, this variant did not become popular), a 5.5-inch [140mm] barrel, adjustable tangent iron sights calibrated to 1000 meters, and was chambered in 7.63x25mm Mauser (aka .30 Mauser). It was made from 1896-1921. Collectors give four variants of this model: the earliest have a "cone hammer" or "large ring hammer" and a short-travel safety (with a difference between the two positions of only 0.18in) where down is the safe position, while the later "Pre-War Commercial" and "Persian Contract" models have a safety lever designed for the 1902 American trials, with longer travel and up as the safe position: this later safety can be recognised by having a hole through the knob at the end of the lever. Later versions with the "new safety" (wartime commercial, Prussian contract and postwar Bolo) do not have a hole either, while the M30 and M712, with the "universal safety," do.
- The C99 Regia Marina was dimensionally identical to the standard Military Model, but had a side without fuller relief and had generically a more economic finish. It was built specially by request of the Royal Navy of Italy in the late 19th century, and was the first semiautomatic pistol to be ever issued to an Italian armed force (even before the Glisenti 1910). It is chambered in 7.63x25mm, and only 5000 of these were made.
- The small-framed M1896 Compact Model (made from 1896-1899) had full-sized long grips, a short 4.75-inch [120mm] barrel, and a 6-shot fixed magazine. Collectors call them "Pre-War Bolos".
- The rare M1912 Export Model was designed for the South American market and was chambered in 9x25mm Mauser Export.
- The simplified M1930 Model had a 5.2-inch [132mm] (1930) or 5.5-inch [140mm] (later) long barrel, a solid one-piece grip frame and large wooden grips, and a lack of decorative milling on the frame and hammer. Collectors call this model the "M30". It was also erroneously called the "M711" by military surplus dealers to distinguish it from the similar selective-fire and magazine-fed M712.
Specifications
(1896-1937)
Type: Pistol, Pistol-Carbine
Caliber: 7.63x25mm Mauser, 9x19mm, 9x25mm Mauser Export (1912)
Capacity: 10-round fixed box magazine was standard. 6-round fixed box magazine (1896-1899) or 20-round fixed box magazine (1896) were used on experimental models
Fire Modes: Semi-Automatic (most variants)
Film
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
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Time Crisis | unusable | 1995 | ||
Fallout | "9mm Mauser" | 1997 | ||
Time Crisis II | unusable | 1997 | ||
Fallout 2 | 1998 | |||
Medal of Honor: Underground | Seen in Mission Art | 2000 | ||
Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | |||
Vietcong 2 | "Mauser C96 mod.1912" | 2005 | ||
Hitman: Blood Money | "WW1 Pistol" | 2006 | ||
Time Crisis IV | unusable | 2006 | ||
Medal of Honor: Airborne | Found during "Operation Varsity" level | 2007 | ||
Mafia II | 2010 | |||
Red Dead Redemption | "Mauser Pistol" | 2010 | ||
Time Crisis 5 | unusable | 2014 | ||
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Mauser C96 | Stock | Golden | 2014 |
Heroes & Generals | "Mauser C96" | 2016 | ||
Battlefield 1 | "C96" | 2016 | ||
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "C96 Mauser" | 2016 | ||
Screaming Steel: 1914-1918 | "C-96 Mauser" | 2018 | ||
Hunt: Showdown | "Dolch 96" | Can be fitted with a shoulder stock | 2018 | |
Red Dead Redemption II | "Mauser Pistol" | 2018 | ||
Tannenberg | "Mauser C96 Broomhandle" | 2019 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | various characters | 1964-1968 | ||
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | John Van Dreelen | Harold Bufferton | "The Giuoco Piano Affair" (S01E07) | 1964-1968 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Robert Vaughn | Napoleon Solo | 1964-1968 | |
Czterej pancerni i pies | Janusz Gajos | Cpl. Janek Kos | 1966-1970 | |
German officers | ||||
Operation Trust (Operatsiya "Trest") | Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | Artur Artuzov | C96 M1930 | 1967 |
Lyudmila Kasatkina | Maria Zakharchenko | |||
Donatas Banionis | Eduard Staunitz | |||
Viktor Shulgin | Col. Zhukovskiy | |||
OGPU agents | ||||
Heart of Bonivur (Serdtse Bonivura) | Yevgeni Burenkov | Toporkov | 1969 | |
The Adjutant of His Excellency (Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) | Anatoli Papanov | Ataman Angel | C96 | 1969 |
German Yushko | Timka | |||
Valentin Smirnitskiy | Capt. Rostovtsev | |||
Evgeniy Shutov | Semyon Krasilnikov | C96 M1930 | ||
A brigand | ||||
Shadows Disappear at Noon (Teni ischezayut v polden) | Sergey Polezhaev | Filipp Menshikov | 1972 | |
Boris Novikov | Taras | |||
Anatoli Sobolev | A brigand | |||
Aleksey Bakhar | A brigand | |||
Valeri Gatayev | Frol Kurganov | In holster | ||
Konstantin Berdikov | Red Commissar | |||
Mission Impossible | Barry Atwater | Matthew Royce | "The Western" (S07E21) | 1972-1973 |
Here Lies the Border (Zdes prokhodit granitsa) | Yakub Akhmedov | Talibkhan | Ep.1 | 1975 |
Razak Khamrayev | Dzhafarbek | C96 M1930, Ep.1 | ||
Basmachi, smugglers | C96 and C96 M1930, Ep.1 | |||
Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e) | A Soviet officer | Seen in documentary footage | 1976 | |
The Strogovs (Strogovy) | Aleksey Plavinskiy | Artyom Strogov | Mauser C96 | 1976 |
Adolf Ilyin | Evdokim Yutkin | |||
Valeri Smolyakov | A Red partisan | |||
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) | Vladlen Biryukov | Yakov Aleinikov | C96 and C96 M1930 | 1976 |
Nikolay Ivanov | Ivan Saveliev | C96 and C96 M1930 | ||
Nikolay Mikheev | Demyan Inyutin | C96 | ||
The Road to Calvary (Khozhdenie po mukam) | Mikhail Golubovich | Ivan Sorokin | Ep.6 | 1977 |
Aleksey Krychenkov | Nestor Makhno | M1930; Ep.7 | ||
Aleksandr Pavlov | Gymza | Ep.6 | ||
Nikolay Penkov | Lyova Zadov | Ep.11 | ||
Konstantin Grigorev | Chugai | Ep.10 | ||
Vitaliy Bezrukov | Latugin | M1930; Ep.12 | ||
Data Tutashkhia | Otar Megvinetukhutsesi | Data Tutashkhia | 1977 | |
Guram Pirtskhalava | Razha Sarchimelia | |||
Zurab Kapianidze | Bekar Jeiranishvili | |||
Leo Pilpani | Bodgo Kvaltava | |||
Zurab Laperadze | Mose Zamtaradze | |||
Karlo Sakandelidze | Nicandro Kilia | |||
Ruslan Mikaberidze | Shvangiradze | |||
The Professionals | assassin | "Everest was also Conquered" | 1977-1983 | |
It Was in Kokand (Eto bylo v Kokande) | Murad Radzhabov | Irgash | 1977 | |
Khamza Umarov | Dzhabbar Makhmud | |||
Turgun Azizov | Dalabai | |||
Vyacheslav Shalevich | Denis Makarovich Avvakumov | M1930 | ||
Basmachi | ||||
Fury (Yarost) | Vasiliy Bochkaryov | Viktor Gulyaev | 1979 | |
Igor Okhlupin | Stepan Spiridonovich Klych | |||
Aleksandr Martynov | Seleznyov | |||
Nodar Shashigoglu | Dolinskiy | |||
Vladlen Paulus | Porfiriy | |||
Grigori Abrikosov | Ataman Kikot | In holster | ||
Yuri Smirnov | Kostyura | |||
The State Border: Film 2 | Russian Border guards | 1980 | ||
Syndicate-2 (Sindikat-2) | Nikolay Olyalin | Pavlovskiy | 1981 | |
The Meeting at High Snows (Vstrecha u vysokikh snegov) | Les Serdyuk | Konstantin Zubov | 1981 | |
Avgust Baltrusaitis | Timokha "The Earring" | |||
Valeri Olshansky | Aleksandr Feofanov | |||
Bakhadyr Yuldashev | Mukhtarov | |||
Dzhanik Fayziev | Khudayberdy | |||
Peace to Your House (Mir vashemu domu) | Mukhamadali Makhmadov | Mirzo | 1982 | |
Takhir Sabirov | Rustam-bek | |||
Sharif Kabulov | Yusuf-bek | |||
Nikolay Kochegarov | Mikhail Kobrin | |||
Galib Islamov | Elmurad | |||
Red commanders and Basmachi | ||||
The State Border: Film 3 | Chinese police | 1982 | ||
20th of December (20-e dekabrya) | Yuri Kamornyj | Anatoliy Zheleznyak | "Flatside" | 1982 |
Vladimir Dyukov-Samarskiy | Pavel Dybenko | In holster | ||
Viktor Terekhov | A Chekist | M1920 "Rework" | ||
Chekists, counter-revolutionaries | ||||
Reilly: Ace of Spies | David Suchet | Inspector Tsientsin | . | 1983 |
Eternal Call (Vechnyy zov) - Season 2 | A Soviet officer | Seen in documentary footage | 1983 | |
Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) | Ulmas Alikhodzhayev | Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi | Ep.17 | 1983-1985 |
Bimbolat Vatayev | Sadiqjan-bai | Ep.13,15-17 | ||
Tariyel Qasimov | Mahmudali | Ep.17 | ||
Basmachi, Red Army commanders | Ep.13,15 | |||
The State Border: Film 4 | Various characters | 1984 | ||
Anzacs | Johnathon Sweet | Bill Sweet | . | 1985 |
Hunter | John Beck | Neil Jordan | "The Castro Connection" (3.04) | 1986 |
The Professionals | Customized with long barrel, skeleton stock, and telescopic sight | 1977-1983 | ||
Special Operations Squad (Otryad spetsyalnogo naznacheniya) | Yuri Grebenshchikov | Col. Dmitriy Medvedev | 1987 | |
Wounded Stones (Ranenyye kamni) | Bimbolat Vatayev | Osman | 1988 | |
Barasbi Mulayev | Soltanbek | |||
Incident at the Airport (Sluchay v aeroportu) | Makham Khadzhikulov | Ravshan | 1989 | |
Columbo | is seen in a showcase | with holster/stock combo/ "Columbo Cries Wolf" (S09E02) | 1990 | |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Daniel Craig | Captain Schiller | "Daredevils of the Desert"(S2E21) | 1992-1993 |
Rough Riders | Spanish and German officers | 1997 | ||
Brad Johnson | Henry Nash | |||
Dark Angel (TV Series) | bounty hunter | "Shorty's In Love"(S1E15) | 2000-2002 | |
Band of Brothers | Used by French soldier to execute German soldiers | 2001 | ||
Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Freikorp soldier | 2003 | ||
King Solomon's Mines | Nick Boraine | Ivan Fleekov | 2004 | |
CSI: NY | German SS Officer | "Yahrezit" (S05E22) | 2004-Present | |
Verdun: Descent into Hell | German lieutenant Werner Müller | 2006 | ||
His Majesty's Secret Service (Sekretnaya sluzhba Ego Velichestva) | Valeriy Kukhareshin | Gustav Schlegel | 2006 | |
Andrey Rodimov | "Pyatnitsa" | |||
The Unit | Used by an attempted assassin | "Gone Missing" (S3E10) | 2006-2009 | |
Guns | Gun show customer | 2008 | ||
CSI Andel (Kriminálka Andel) - Season 1 | "Baba na zabití" (S1E09) | 2008 | ||
Deadliest Warrior | Nazi Waffen SS Leader | 2009-??? | ||
"Narkomovskiy" Train (Narkomovskiy oboz) | Red Commissair | 2011 | ||
Birdsong | German soldier | 2012 | ||
Elementary | Masked Home Invader | "One Way to Get Off" (Episode 1.07) | 2012-???? | |
The White Guard (Belaya gvardiya) | Mikhail Porechenkov | Viktor Myshlaevskiy | 2012 | |
The White Guard (Belaya gvardiya) | Sergey Garmash | Col. Kozyr-Leshko | 2012 | |
Red Mountains (Krasnye gory) | Hanged on the wall | 2013 | ||
Peaky Blinders | Billy Kimber's bodyguards | with the stocks attached | 2013 | |
Spies (Razvedchitsy) | Svetlana Ivanova | Arina Prozorovskaya | Denix non-firing replica | 2013 |
Svetlana Ustinova | Zoya Velichko | |||
Penny Dreadful | Timothy Dalton | Malcolm Murray | The C96 is described as a 'prototype', yet the first prototype of the C96 was not built until 1895, and was certainly not sold to the public. However, a genuine early 'conehammer' pistol is used for the prop, and is accurately depicted in use. | 2014-??? |
The Tunnel | Clémence Poésy | Capt. Wassermann | 2013-Present | |
The Tunnel | Stephen Dillane | DCI Reebuck | 2013-Present | |
Bitch War (Suchya voyna) | A MUR detective | May be Denix replica | 2014 | |
And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) | Evgeniy Tkachuk | Grigoriy Melekhov | In Stechkin APS holster | 2015 |
The Son - Season 1 | J. Quinton Johnson | Neptune | 2017 | |
Trotsky | A revolutionary; a Red sailor | 2017 | ||
Babylon Berlin - Season 1 | 2017 | |||
Babylon Berlin - Season 2 | Henchmen | with stock and suppresser | 2017 | |
The Orville | Modified. Season 1 Episode 4 "If the Stars Should Appear" | 2019 |
Anime
Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
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Porco Rosso | A Pirate | 1992 | |
Gunsmith Cats | it is seen the shop and at Rally's house | 1995-1996 | |
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Fuse | 1998 | |
Kerberos member | with stock attachment | ||
FLCL | Giant robot | Massively scaled-up | 2000 - 2001 |
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa | Dietlinde Eckhart | 2005 | |
Rudolph Heß | |||
Police officer Hughes | |||
Thule Society members | |||
Hellsing Ultimate | "The Captain" | C96 pistols with Carbine-length barrels | 2006-ongoing |
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage | Rotton the Wizard | . | 2006 |
Baccano! | Daily Days Reporter | Stocked | 2007 |
Eden of the East | . | Seen with stock in Takizawa's closet | 2009 |
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Captain Buccaneer | 2009 - 2010 | |
C³ | Peavey | 2011 | |
Suisei no Gargantia | sailor, Amy | 2013 | |
Fate/Apocrypha | Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia | Ep. "Hundreds of Flames and Hundreds of Flowers" | 2017 |
Princess Principal | Kingdom Agents and Todo Jubei's men | Ep. 01 and 05 | 2017 |
Sirius the Jaeger | Dorothea | Ep. 05 | 2018 |
Golden Kamuy - Season 1 | Ep. "Race" | 2018 | |
Golden Kamuy - Season 2 | Toni Anji | Ep. "Blue Eyes" | 2018 |
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie | Tanya von Degurechaff | M1930 | 2019 |
Animation
Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Atlantis, The Lost Empire | Helga Sinclair | . | 2001 |
Astra 900
The Astra 900 was a Spanish copy of the C96 produced by Unceta & Cia. The Astra 900 can be distinguished from the Mauser pistols by the appearances of their frames; the right side of an Astra 900 is flat and blank save for a series of pins that are found on none of the Mauser models, while the left side of an Astra 900 is also flat and blank save for some Astra markings.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mandate | Mikhail Vasilyev | Dubok | 1964 | |
The Chief of Chukotka (Nachalnik Chukotki) | Mikhail Kononov | Alexei | 1966 | |
Aleksei Gribov | Khramov | |||
The Seventh Companion (Sedmoy sputnik) | Pyotr Chernov | Mikhail Zykov | Astra 900 | 1968 |
Lyubov Yarovaya | Kirill Lavrov | Fyodor Shvandya | Astra 900 | 1970 |
Boris Novikov | Konstantin Grozny |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Strogovs (Strogovy) | Aleksey Plavinskiy | Artyom Strogov | Astra 900 | 1976 |
Aleksandr Susnin | Sanya | Astra 900 | ||
Makar the Pathfinder (Makar-sledopyt) | Oleg Borisov | Staff Capt. Chyorniy | Astra 900 | 1984 |
Valeri Mironov | White Army Poruchik | |||
The Life of Klim Samgin (Zhizn Klima Samgina) | Vadim Yakovlev | Yakov | Ep.10; Astra 900 | 1988 |
Astra 901/902/903/Model F
The Astra 901 was a select-fire variant of the Astra 900. Appearing in 1928, it was the first factory select-fire version of C96. The Astra 901 did not last long in production, due having a very low capacity (10-round fixed magazine) for a full-auto pistol. The Astra 902 was an updated model of the Astra 901, featuring a 20-round fixed magazine and 180mm-long barrel.
The Astra 903 was an update to the Astra 902, featuring detachable box magazines instead of fixed magazines. It is effectively Unceta's equivalent of the M1932 Schnellfeuer, though unlike Beistegui's later versions the 903 was not compatible with Schnellfeuer magazines. The Astra Model F was a version of the Astra 903 chambered in 9mm Largo.
Beistegui Hermanos made copies of the Astra 900 line. Later production examples were, unlike the Astra line, compatible with Mauser-produced Schnellfeuer magazines.
Specifications
Type: Machine Pistol
Caliber: 7.63x25mm Mauser, 9×23mm Largo (Astra Model F)
Capacity: 10-round fixed box magazine (Astra 901), 20-round fixed box magazine (Astra 902), 10, 20-round detachable box magazine (Astra 903, Astra Model F)
Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
That Man in Istanbul (Estanbul 65) | Taiwanese agents | Astra 902 | 1965 | |
The Spy Who Loved Me | Richard Kiel | Jaws | Astra 902 | 1977 |
Mauser C96 Carbine
Mauser produced produced about 1100 full-stocked C96 Carbines during the early production period. However, it is estimated that most C96 Carbines existing today are reproductions or replicas.
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battlefield 1 | "C96 Carbine" | Flatside, with aperture rear sight | 2016 | |
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | "Escargot" | C96 Carbine; improperly depicted with full-auto fire and drum magazine | 2018 |
Anime
Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG | Dejima refugee | C96 Carbine | 2004-2005 |
Mauser C96 "Red 9"
The M1916 "Red 9" was a 9x19mm model produced to fill a contract for the Prussian army during the First World War. As it was externally identical to the concurrently produced 7.63mm version, its caliber was burned on each side of the grip and prominently marked in red or black paint. Some collectors refer to the 'Red 9' version as the 1916 Prussian Contract.
The M1920 "Rework" Models were Weimar Republic government and military issue Pre-War Mausers modified to meet the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles (1919). They had cut-down 3.9-inch [99mm] barrels and reworked and simplified fixed sights. Pistols chambered in non-standard chamberings like 9x19mm Parabellum were converted to chamber standard 7.63x25mm Mauser rounds. Converted models were stamped "M1920" to show they were compliant; this practice continued on government-issue weapons even after the ban was no longer in effect.
Specifications
Type: Pistol
Caliber: 9x19mm
Capacity: 10-round fixed box magazine
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Siege of Sidney Street | Kieron Moore | Tosca | 1960 | |
Officers (Ofitsery) | . | Basmachi (Middle Asian Muslim rebel) | 1971 | |
Black Caesar | Fred Williamson | Tommy Gibbs | 1973 | |
Friday Foster | Carl Weathers | Yarbo | 1975 | |
The Razor's Edge | German officers | 1984 | ||
There Be Dragons | Wes Bentley | Manolo Torres | 2011 | |
The Water Diviner | Greek and Turkish soldiers | 2014 | ||
Operation Chromite | Lee Beom-soo | Commander Lim Gye-Jin | Black grips | 2016 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Strogovs (Strogovy) | Leonid Nevedomsky | Markel Golovanov | 1976 | |
Mikhail Mitin | Tikhon Chyorny |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fallout Tactics | "HSI Mauser" | 2001 | ||
Resident Evil 4 | Red 9 | . | with an optional stock and fitted with an underbarrel laser pointer | 2005 |
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D | 2011 |
Anime
Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|
New Dream Hunter Rem: Massacre in the Phantasmic Labyrinth | is seen in the Geppetto base | 1992 |
Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer
The "Schnellfeuer" ("fast fire") was introduced in the early 1930s in response to the select-fire Astra copies of C96, produced in Spain in the late 1920s. It used ten- or twenty-round detachable magazines and a select-fire mechanism designed by Joseph Nickl (1930-1932), later improved by Karl Westinger (1932-1936), the latter the most commonly seen. With a rate of fire of 900-1,000 rpm, the ten-round magazine lasts around two-thirds of a second: recoil and muzzle climb is ferocious. Despite this, the model was highly successful: production began in 1932 and ended in 1936 after a run of around 98,000 guns.
The Schnellfeuer is popularly known as the "M712", its Wehrmacht designation during World War 2, and some collectors also refer to it as the "M1932." Semi-auto only variants were imported into the US following the introduction of the National Firearms Act, since the $200 "machine gun" transfer tax was originally significantly higher than the cost of the Schnellfeuer itself.
An interesting variant of the M712 is the PASAM (Pistolas Automaticas e Semi-Automaticas Mauser, "Mauser Automatic and Semi-Automatic Pistols"), a series of 7.63x25mm Mauser M712s purchased in the 30s by Brazilian police forces. The name is usually used to refer to two distinctive modifications from the 70s, attempting to make the 900rpm machine pistol a little more controllable. 295 PASAMs are just regular M712s, but 101 "Modification One" guns were modified with an extension welded to the magazine housing which mounted a metal foregrip, and 89 "Modification Two" guns received a more comprehensive upgrade with a foregrip with wooden grip panels and a lengthened rear grip with a 12.6 in (32 cm) fixed tubular stock permanently attached to it. Oddly, Brazil only ever purchased 10-round magazines for these weapons.
Specifications
Type: Machine Pistol
Caliber: 7.63x25mm Mauser
Capacity: 10 or 20-round detachable box magazine
Film
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
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Mob City | Richard Brake | Terry Mandel | 2013 | |
Tyrant | seen in Jamal's arsenal/ Episode 5 | 2014 | ||
Hetaeras of Major Sokolov (Getery mayora Sokolova) | A Finnish serviceman | May be a replica | 2014 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
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Kochikame | A Gangster | 1996-2005 | |
Strike Witches | Yoshika Miyafuji | 2008 | |
The Skull Man | The Skull Man | 10 round magazine | 2009 |
Animation
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Archer - Season 1 | Manfred | 2009 | |
Archer - Season 2 | Malory | Flashback | 2011 |
Archer - Season 2 | Le Chuffre | 2011 | |
Archer - Season 4 | Krieger | Fires blanks | 2013 |
Archer - Season 5 | Charles and Rudy | Fires blanks | 2014 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
BloodRayne | Mauz 9mm | 20-round magazine | 2002 | |
Time Crisis 3 | unusable, 20-round magazine | 2003 | ||
Day of Defeat: Source | 2005 | |||
You Are Empty | 2006 | |||
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | With Broomhandle stock | 2006 | ||
Medal of Honor: Airborne | Third & final weapon upgrade (after improved rate of fire and 20-round magazine) | 2007 | ||
7.62 High Calibre | Mauser M712 and M712 Carbine | Carbine version has a longer barrel and fixed stock | 10, 20 and 30-round magazines | 2008 |
The Saboteur | "Raum Pistol" | 10 and 20-round magazines | 2009 | |
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | "C96" | 2010 | ||
Red Dead Redemption | "Mauser Pistol" | Appears as a standard Mauser C96 | 2010 | |
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad | "Mauser C96" | Fully uprgraded C96 pistol | 2011 | |
Deadfall Adventures | C-96 | 20 round detachable magazine | 2013 | |
Far Cry 4 | "M-712" | 10 round magazine | 2014 | |
Counter-Strike Online | "Mauser C96" | 10 round magazine | 2014 | |
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "Mauser M712" | 2016 | ||
"Mauser Assault Carbine" | PASAM conversion with Vz. 61 stock and Thompson style foregrip | |||
Sniper Elite 4 | Mauser M712 | "Lock and Load Weapons Pack" DLC | 2017 | |
Call of Duty: WWII | "Machine Pistol" | 2017 | ||
Survarium | 2017 |
Shansi Type 17
The Type 17 was a .45 ACP version produced in Shanxi, China under the orders of ruling warlord Yan Xishan in order to maintain ammunition compatibility with the Thompson M1921 clones his Taiyuan Arsenal already produced. C96 copies of varying quality were also produced by Chinese arsenals at Hanyang, Taku, and several other locations.
Specifications
Type: Pistol
Caliber: .45 ACP
Capacity: 10-round fixed box magazine
Movies
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tiger on the Beat | Norman Chu | Poison Snake Ping | 1988 | |
Tiger on the Beat | Chia Hui Liu or also name as Gordon Liu | Fai | 1988 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | . | . | . | 2004 |
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Type 17 | . | Incorrectly shown as select-fire, with an M712 Schnellfeuer fire selector | 2008 |
Fallout 3 | Chinese Pistol | Fires 10mm Auto | 2008 | |
Zhu Rong v418 Chinese Pistol | Bullets set target on fire |
Mauser C96 "Bolo"
The M1921 "Bolo" model had small grips, a 10-round magazine, and a short 3.9-inch [99mm] barrel. It was first produced as a variant model for domestic sales from 1920 to 1921, going into full production from 1921 to 1930.The name "Bolo" is short for Bolshevik. Reportedly the Russian Communists or Bolsheviks favored the Broomhandle and in particular the Model 1921. The model was also popular with Poles, Lithuanians, German Freikorps, and White Russians. Among collectors the Bolo model is one of the most popular.
Specifications
Type: Pistol
Caliber: 7.63x25mm Mauser, 9x25mm Mauser Export (rare)
Capacity: 6 (early), 10 (normal production) or 20 (very early) round fixed box magazine
Film
Television
Hanyang C96
The Hanyang C96 was another Chinese copy of the Mauser C96, produced by Hanyang Arsenal from 1923 to the 1930's. Around 13,000 guns were manufactured.
Specifications
Type: Pistol
Caliber: 7.63x25mm Mauser
Capacity: 10-round fixed box magazine (normal production)
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fist of Legend | Cheung-Yan Yuen | Captain Jie | Hanyang C96 | 1994 |
Fist of Legend | Paul Chun | Uncle Noh | Hanyang C96 | 1994 |
Fist of Legend | Shanghai cops | Hanyang C96 | 1994 | |
John Rabe | Chinese Officer | 2009 | ||
Let the Bullets Fly | Wen Jiang | Pocky Zhang | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Chow Yun-Fat | Master Huang | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | You Ge | Ma Bangde | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Bing Shao | Two | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Fan Liao | Three | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | John Do | Four | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Li Jing | Five | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Mo Zhang | Six | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Xiao Wei | Seven | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Lu Yao | Hu Qian | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | Yun Zhou | Flora | 2010 | |
Let the Bullets Fly | soldiers | 2010 | ||
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | resistance fighters | 2010 | ||
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | Huang Bo | Inspector Huang Haolong | 2010 |
M1917 Trench Carbine
The M1917 "Trench Carbine" was a rare 9.5-inch barrel fixed-stock carbine variant of the 9x19mm M1916 modified to use a massive 40-round detachable box magazine (10 and 20-round magazines were also developed; the 10-shot being incompatible with later M1917s, because of different receivers), intended to compete with the Trommelmagazin-equipped Luger as a trench raiding weapon. It was rejected on cost grounds with prototype serial numbers not exceeding double digits, and most of the prototypes were destroyed due to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, with just four examples surviving to the present day.
Specifications
Type: Pistol-Carbine
Caliber: 9x19mm
Capacity: 10, 20, 40-round detachable box magazine
Fire Modes: Semi-Automatic
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battlefield 1 | 2016 | |||
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | Incorrectly chambered in 7.63x25mm Mauser and has long barrel | 2016 |
See Also
- Mauser - A list of all firearms manufactured by Mauser.