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Wänzel Rifle

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Wänzl 1862/67 Infantry Rifle with detached bayonet - 14x33R Wänzl
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Wänzl 1854/67 Short Rifle - 14x33R Wänzl

The Wänzl Rifle is a breech loading conversion of the M1854 and M1862 Lorenz Rifle. Approximately 70,000 rifles (of all variants including Infantry, Jager, Extra Corps and wall rifle lengths) were converted and were used by the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a stopgap solution until enough Werndl Rifles could be produced. Despite being woefully obsolete by the time of the First World War, severe equipment shortages led to the Wänzl being pulled out of storage and issued to rear echelon troops.

Specifications

(1867 – 1918)

  • Type: Single shot trapdoor rifle
  • Country of Origin: Austro-Hungary
  • Caliber: 14x33R Wänzl
  • Length: Infantry Rifle: 41.4 in (105.2 cm) , Short Rifle: 52.6 in (133.6 cm)
  • Fire Mode: Single shot


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

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský Radoslav Brzobohatý Václav Babinský 1st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský Rudolf Jelínek Josef Slavík 1st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský Jan Schánilec Wolf 1st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský Soldiers, Prison guards 1st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Schinderhannes Miroslav Vladyka Schinderhannes 4st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Schinderhannes Otakar Brousek Corporal 4st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Schinderhannes Milos Kopecký Jew Pereles 4st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Schinderhannes Soldiers 4st episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Róza Sándor Veronika Freimanová Katarína 5th episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Róza Sándor Jirí Schwarz István 5th episode 1986
Famous Brigands Stories: Róza Sándor Marcel Vasinka The gendarme 5th episode 1986