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Mauser Rifle Series
This page features Mauser Rifles used in media other than Mauser Gewehr 1898 and Karabiner 98k which are the two most popular models seen on screen.
Gewehr 1871
The single-shot bolt-action Model 1871 was Mauser's first commercial success, being adopted by the Prussian Army in March of 1872, and by 1877 the armies of all the other component states of the German Empire had followed suit. It replaced a mix of other infantry arms, including the Dreyse and the Werndl rifles. It fired an 11mm bullet weighing 386 grains at a muzzle velocity of 1440 feet-per-second, from a rimmed brass case 60mm long. It came in three variations: the infantry rifle with a 855mm barrel, the Jaeger model with 750mm barrel, and a carbine with a 500mm barrel. The infantry and Jaeger models can be differentiated by the number of barrel bands (three on the infantry rifle, two on the Jaeger) and by their sling arrangement; the infantry rifle has a sling between the triggerguard and second barrel band, the Jaeger's sling extends from the lower barrel band to a swivel on the buttstock. The Jaeger also features a brass finger rest on the underside of the wrist. The carbine features a turned-down bolt.
A variant was adopted by Serbia in 1880 and designated the Model 78/80, chambered for the slightly smaller 10.15x63mmR cartridge. Serbian Major Koka Milovanovich contributed to design modifications meant to make it more durable and reliable than the original M71 design, and as such the model is often referred to as the Mauser-Koka or Mauser-Milovanovich. It can be distinguished from the Model 1871 by the elongated receiver tang at the rear of the action, which rises prominently out of the wrist. This added stability to the bolt when it was in the open position. A carbine version designated Model 1884 was also adopted.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Mabuse The Gambler | German soldiers | Infantry rifle and Karabiner 71 | 1922 | |
| Verdun: Visions of History | Karabiner 71 | 1928 | ||
| Finances of the Grand Duke (Die Finanzen des Großherzogs) | Abacco conspirators, Russian sailors | Infantry rifle, Jaeger, and carbine | 1924 | |
| Hell on Earth | Ernst Busch | Emil Köhler | Infantry rifle | 1931 |
| Ryan's Daughter | Infantry rifle | 1970 | ||
| The Last Samurai | Japanese Imperial Army | Infantry rifle | 2003 |
Gewehr 1871/84
The M71/84 was a repeating bolt-action rifle developed from the earlier Gewehr M1871 single-shot rifle designed by Paul and Wilhelm Mauser, and was the last blackpowder Mauser. A tubular 8-round magazine, designed by Alfred von Kropatschek, was added below the barrel. Interestingly, it was loaded from the top of the receiver with the bolt open. The rifle would not last long in service, being replaced by the M1888 Commission rifle just 5 years later.
A variant of the M71/84, the M1887 chambered in 9.5x60mm was ordered by the Ottoman Empire, becoming the first in a long series of "Turkish" Mausers.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Tell the Spartans | James Hong | The Old Man | 1978 | |
| Phantasm | Gewehr 1871/84 | 1979 | ||
| The Last Samurai | Japanese Imperial Army | Gewehr 1871/84 | 2003 |
1889 Belgian Mauser
The 1889 Mauser rifle became the first bolt-action service rifle for the Belgian Army and was developed by Wilhelm and Paul Mauser. Initial prototypes were based on the Gewehr 1871/84 and the Turkish M1887, but the rifle as adopted shared very little with previous Mauser designs. The M89 was the first smokeless powder Mauser that outclassed the French Lebel 1886 and the German 1888 Commission Rifle. The most striking features of this rifle are the single-piece bolt body with dual opposing front locking lugs and the 5-round vertical box magazine; unlike previous Mauser rifles the M89 cocked on closing, rather than on opening. Like the Gewehr 1888 Commission Rifle it had a tubular steel barrel jacket on which the sights were mounted, which threaded onto the front of the receiver ring. This jacket was removed by the Turkish M90 and the Argentine M91, which used a different heavier barrel profile and a short wooden handguard. The M89 was initially manufactured by Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre a conglomeration of smaller gun-making firms in the city of Liege who collaborated to fulfill the Belgian contract, later the Belgian state arsenal MAE (Manufacture d'Armes de l'Etat) at Liege which had previously focused on making spare parts for and repair M89 rifles began to manufacture rifles in 1913 when war seemed imminent. During World War One the city of Liege was occupied by the Germans so the Belgian government contracted with the American firm of Hopkins & Allen to produce 140,000 M89 rifles and 10,000 carbines. Belgian Mausers were also refurbished by the British firm W. W. Greener and a Belgian arsenal-in-exile made up of equipment and personnel from MAE set up in Birmingham, England.
In 1936 a program began to rebuild worn-out M89 rifles to resemble the new Mauser 1898-based Belgian Model 1935 short rifle. The barrel jacket was removed and a new FN-made barrel fitted with the same style of sights as the M35: a Mauser-patent tangent-leaf rear sight and front blade with protective ears. The bolt was modified to a cock-on-open mechanism like the Mauser 98. During World War Two and later these M89/36 rifles were widely used by Belgian forces in Africa, notably the Force Publique of the Belgian Congo.
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sean Patrick Flanery | Indiana Jones | 1992-1994 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | |||
| Verdun | "Mauser Model 89", "Mauser Karabiner 16" |
2015 |
1891 Mauser Rifle
The M1891 Argentine Contract rifle was developed from the earlier Belgian M1889, which was the first Mauser designed with a single-piece bolt body and firing a smokeless powder cartridge. The M91 did away with the M89's barrel shroud, but in other respects was virtually identical. It featured a 29.1" barrel, ladder-type rear sight, short handguard, and straight-gripped single-piece stock. A cock-on-closing design, it is easily identified by its single-column magazine, which projects down from the stock directly in front of the trigger guard. Chambered in 7.65x53mm Mauser.
The Ottoman Empire purchased 280,000 of the identical M1890 rifles also chambered in 7.65x53mm Mauser.
The M1892 Mauser rifles submitted to the US Army trials was based on this design; each incorporated a large external claw extractor (a feature used on all subsequent Mausers) and some were equipped with magazine cutoffs. The most advanced of these, Rifle No.5, featured a one-piece magazine and triggerguard. Rifles in 7.65x53mm and .30-40 Krag were tested, but the Krag-Jørgensen design was chosen instead.
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Riders | George Hamilton | William Randolph Hearst | 1997 |
1893 Spanish Mauser
The M1893 was the first Mauser rifle to incorporate both the non-rotating claw extractor and the staggered-column box magazine developed by Paul Mauser. Unlike other Mauser designs, the bottom of the M1893's bolt face was square, which was believed to be necessary for feeding staggered cartridges. This feature is present on all M1893 Mausers, but was found to be unnecessary and was eliminated from subsequent designs. It fired the high-velocity 7x57mm cartridge developed by Paul Mauser in 1892. Initial production was by Ludwig Loewe & Co. in Berlin; in 1896 the Spanish arsenal at Oviedo took over production. Production of the M1893 lasted until the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War, the rifle was widely used by both Republican and Nationalist forces.
This rifle's performance against United States troops during the Spanish-American war led directly to the development of the American M1903 Springfield.
The Ottoman Empire ordered 200,000 M1893 rifles chambered in 7.65x53 Belgian. Each rifle featured a magazine cutoff on the right side of the receiver. Many of these rifles were later converted to 7.9x57mm by the Turkish Republic and may be seen with straight or pistol-gripped stocks and with-or-without the magazine cutoff box. These are designated M1893/33.
Films
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bandera | Legionnaires | 1935 | ||
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | rebels | 1935 | ||
| Doctor Zhivago | Russian troops | 1965 | ||
| A Bullet for the General | Gian Maria Volonté | El Chuncho | 1966 | |
| A Bullet for the General | Lou Castel | Bill 'Niño' Tate | 1966 | |
| A Bullet for the General | Mexican governmental troops and guerrillas | 1966 | ||
| Kill Me Gently | Brigands and Turkish soldiers | M1893 Turkish | 1967 | |
| Companeros | Mexican governmental troops, US Army soldiers, guerrillas | 1970 | ||
| The Last Run | A Portuguese gendarme | 1971 | ||
| All the Pretty Horses | 2000 | |||
| The Devil's Backbone | Spanish soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Pan's Labyrinth | Spanish Guardia | 2006 | ||
| Pan's Labyrinth | Spanish Maquis | 2006 | ||
| There Be Dragons | Spanish Nationalist and Republican | 2011 | ||
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | Spanish Nationalist forces | 2012 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rat Patrol | Partisan | 1966 - 1968 | ||
| Rough Riders | Spanish troops | 1997 |
1894 Swedish Mauser Carbine
The Model 1894 (or more commonly known M94) was a precursor to the M1896 Carl Gustaf Mauser which went into production in 1895, with left over receivers used in the M1896 full sized rifle production. It is noteworthy for its metal endcap and the fact that some later models (like the M94/14) were designed to take either the standard M1914 army bayonet or the M95 Naval bayonet (a large bladed knife).
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wind and the Lion | German soldiers | 1975 | ||
| The Man on the Roof | Ingvar Hirdwall | Åke Eriksson | 1976 |
1895 Chilean Mauser
Also known as the Chilean Contract Mauser, or Modelo Mauser Chileno 1895, this rifle was developed from the Spanish M1893 design. A unique feature was a small steel shoulder on the tang of the receiver behind the bolt handle that served as a safety lug; the squared bolt-face of the M1893 was also eliminated. While M1895s were originally chambered in 7x57mm Mauser, in the 1950s-60s Chile re-chambered some in 7.62x51mm NATO when they adopted the H&K G3 rifle.
70,000 M1895 rifles were ordered by the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and used by Boer Commandos during the Second Boer War against the British Empire. These rifles were built using the earlier M93-pattern receiver, and as such lack the re-enforcing shoulder on the tang. Roughly 55,000 were delivered before the British began an embargo of Boer arms shipments. The remaining rifles were then sold to Chile.
Serbia also adopted the 7x57mm Model 1895 rifle as the Model 1899. Unlike the Model 1895 the Model 1899 had a partial thumb cut in the receiver wall to aid in the use of stripper clips. These were manufactured initially by Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf, and a later second contract –referred to as the Model 1899/07– by Waffenfabrik Steyr in Austria. A carbine version, the Model 1908, was also manufactured by Steyr.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blowing Wild | Gary Cooper | Jeff Dawson | Mexican M95 Carbine | 1953 |
| Ward Bond | Dutch Peterson | |||
| Ian MacDonald | Jackson | |||
| State of Siege (État de Siège) | Police and soldiers | 1972 | ||
| The Wind and the Lion | Sean Connery | Sheikh Rausili | . | 1975 |
| Breaker Morant | . | Boer Commandoes | . | 1980 |
| Matewan | Will Oldham | Danny Radnor | 1987 | |
| The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) | Aleksandr Lykov | Anwar-Efendi/captain Perepyolkin | Serbian Model 1899 mocked up as Remington-Keene with scope and fake tube magazine | 2005 |
Television:
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Riders | Spanish troops | 1997 | ||
| Rough Riders | Dale Dye | Colonel Leonard Wood | 1997 |
1896 Swedish Mauser
The last cock-on-closing Mauser action, the major changes included moving the bolt-guide-rib to the bolt body, and the addition of a knurled thumb tab on the cocking piece. The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway had developed the 6.5x55mm cartridge in 1891 for use in all potential new service rifles before the Mauser design was selected. Production at Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar was 1895-1900, and Swedish production at Gustafs stads Gevärsfaktori from 1898-1925. One of the production requirements was that all M96 rifles were made from the same Swedish nickel-copper-vanadium-steel alloy regardless of manufacturer.
Numerous M96 rifles were loaned to Finland for use in the Winter War/Continuation War against the Soviet Union.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man on the Roof | Suspect | 1976 | ||
| From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | Jordana Spiro | Cathrine Reece | 2000 | |
| Beyond the Border | Swedish troops | Some with sniper scopes | 2011 | |
| Land of Mine | Danish soldiers | 2015 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nestor Burma - Season 3 | Michel Fortin | Zavatter | M96/38; "Boulevard... ossements" (S3E2) | 1993 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 3 | A circus magician | M96/38; "Boulevard... ossements" (S3E2) | 1993 | |
| The Bridge | Daniel Axt | Jürgen Nehaus | with a telescopic sight | 2008 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sniper Elite 4 | Swedish Mauser | "Night Fighter Expansion Pack" DLC | 2017 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Legedonia Entente Alliance's regular infantry | 2017 |
Mauser 98 Sporter
The German-style purpose-built sporter has a ribbed barrel, express sights and a flat "butterknife" style bolt handle, and not a converted military rifle.
Film
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Five-O | James MacArthur | Danny "Danno" Williams | 1968-1979 | |
| The Sopranos | John Ventimiglia | Artie Bucco | S1.13 | 1999-2007 |
| The Sopranos | Steven R. Schirripa | Bobby Bacala | S3.11 | 1999-2007 |
| Father Brown - Season 5 | James Sutherland | "Panama Man" | "The Sins of Others" (S05E11) | 2017 |
Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine
The second carbine based on the Gewehr 98, the Karabiner 98a was adopted in 1908. Although referred to as a carbine, with its 23.6" barrel it is really more of a short rifle. Unlike the Gew. 98, it was built on a small-ring receiver (like the pre-98 actions), which saved weight. It features a turned-down bolt, full-length handguard, a guarded front sight, side-mounted sling, and a distinctive stacking hook just below the upper barrel band. It was widely issued to German artillery troops and saw extensive service in World War I and in the postwar Reichswehr. It was also manufactured in post-war Poland as Karabinek (KbK) Wz. 1898.
The rifle was replaced in the early 1920s by the misleadingly-named Karabiner 98b, which was actually a full-length rifle very similar to the Gew. 98, but with a turned-down bolt, tangent-leaf sight, and side-mount sling.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Sons | German soldier | 1928 | ||
| Tell England | Turkish soldiers | 1931 | ||
| Shock Troop | German soldiers | 1934 | ||
| Night Train to Munich | Basil Radford | Charters | 1940 | |
| Naunton Wayne | Caldicott | |||
| Aleksandr Parkhomenko | Imperial German soldiers | 1942 | ||
| Sahara | Frank Lackteen | Sheik Ali | 1943 | |
| In the Name of the Fatherland (Vo imya Rodiny) | A German soldier | With bayonet | 1943 | |
| The Battle of the Rails (La bataille du rail) | German soldier | 1946 | ||
| The Four Days of Naples | German soldiers, Italian Resistance fighters | 1962 | ||
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | An Italian soldier | 1964 | ||
| The Great Race | Russian soldier | 1965 | ||
| Westerplatte | Polish soldiers | Polish KbK wz. 1898 | 1967 | |
| A Bridge Too Far | German soldier | 1977 | ||
| Vabank II | Polish police | Polish KbK wz. 1898 | 1985 | |
| Downfall (Der Untergang) | German soldiers | 2004 | ||
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | Cillian Murphy | Damien | 2006 | |
| War Horse | German soldiers | 2011 | ||
| Stalingrad | German soldiers | 2013 | ||
| The Water Diviner | Turkish soldier | 2014 | ||
| Batalion | Imperial German soldiers | 2015 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Great War 1918 | 2013 | ||
| Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | G98Az | 2014 | |
| Verdun | Karabiner 98AZ | 2015 |
1903 Turkish Mauser
The Turkish M1903 rifle was developed from the Gewehr 98. Unlike the Gew. 98, it featured an intermediate-length action, with a bolt and magazine that were .2" shorter than that of the Gew. 98, due to the shorter 7.65x53mm Belgian cartridge. It also had a simple tangent-leaf rear sight, rather than the Lange Visier of the Gew. 98. The rifle retained the earlier M93-pattern bayonet lug on the upper barrel band, allowing it to use bayonets made for the M93 rifles previously purchased. 200,000 rifles were produced from 1903-1905 at Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. Chambered in 7.65x53mm Mauser.
Beginning in 1930 the Turkish Republic converted these rifles to fire 7.92x57mm JS Mauser, along with M1893s and M1888 Commission rifles. A notch was cut in the receiver ring so the longer cartridge could fit in the magazine. M1903 rifles converted to 7.9x57mm were referred to as M1903/30.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Thousand Horsemen | Turkish soldiers | 1940 | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | German soldiers | Impersonating Gewehr 98 | 1979 | |
| Gallipoli | Turkish Soldiers | with M1874 Sword bayonets | 1981 | |
| Fort Saganne | Arabic fighter | 1984 | ||
| The Lighthorsemen | Turkish Soldiers and Bedouins | 1987 | ||
| The Mummy | Arabs | 1999 | ||
| Passchendaele | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| The Water Diviner | Turkish soldier | 2014 | ||
| Wonder Woman | German and Turkish soldiers | 2017 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All The King Men | Turkish Soldiers | 1999 | ||
| 14 - Diaries of the Great War | Austrian, English, French, German, Italian and Russian soldiers | 2014 | ||
| Gallipoli | Turkish soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Deadline Gallipoli | Turkish soldiers | 2015 |
1907 Chinese Mauser
The Chinese Model 1907 was a development of the Mauser Model 1904, a commercial military model in turn developed from the Gewehr 98. It features a 29.1" barrel, tangent-leaf rear sight, half-length handguard, and narrow upper barrel band. It was originally chambered in a proprietary 6.8x58mm Chinese cartridge, but some in 7x57mm were also purchased. The M1907 was manufactured at Waffenfabrik Mauser in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany, and Kung Hsien arsenal in Henan Province, China. When WW1 broke out the Germans seized all M1907 rifles still in the country and re-barrelled them for 7.9x57mm.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | German soldiers | 2010 |
1908 Brazilian Mauser
The Brazilian M1908 rifle was developed from the Gewehr 98. It featured a simplified tangent-leaf rear sight, and elongated handguard extending from the receiver to the lower barrel band. The bolt, receiver and bayonet lug were left in the white. The M1908 was manufactured by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken in Berlin and Waffenfabrik Mauser in Orberndorf am Neckar from 1908 until the outbreak of World War I. Chambered for 7x57mm Mauser.
In late 1960s numerous M1908 rifles were modified in so-called Mosquefal M968, a version in 7.62x51mm caliber.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of God | Gangsters | 2002 | ||
| Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) | BOPE recruits | Mosquefal M968 | 2007 | |
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Byung-hun Lee | The Bad | 2008 | |
| The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Various henchmen | 2008 |
1909 Argentine Mauser
A development of the Gewehr 98, the M1909 Argentine contract featured a tangent-leaf rear sight rather than the Lange Visier, and a longer handguard that extended from the receiver to the lower barrel band. It also features an auxiliary bayonet lug fastened over the standard Gew. 98 lug. This allowed the use of the M1891 rifle's bayonet on the new rifle. Rifles, short rifles, and cavalry carbines were produced at Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Berlin, and carbines under license in Argentina at Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles (F.M.A.P.) division of the Direccion General de Fabricaciones Militares (D.G.F.M.). Chambered in 7.65x53mm Mauser.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evita | Argentine soldiers | 1996 | ||
| The Aura | Ricardo Darín | Esteban Espinosa | Sporterized version | 2005 |
| The Aura | Alejandro Awada | Sontag | Sporterized version | 2005 |
| There Be Dragons | Wes Bentley | Manolo Torres | M1909 Cavalry Carbine | 2011 |
| There Be Dragons | Olga Kurylenko | Ildiko | M1909 Cavalry Carbine | 2011 |
1916 Spanish Mauser
The M1916 Spanish Mauser was a short rifle developed from the M1893 Spanish Mauser rifle. It shares the same action, but features a shorter 21 3/4" barrel and bent bolt handle. The rear sight was a Lange Visier-type on the Pattern 1 rifles, and a simple tangent-leaf on the Pattern 2 rifles. Interestingly, the M1916 short rifle and M1893 long rifle were produced concurrently at Oviedo. It was originally chambered in 7x57mm Mauser, however, after development of the CETME rifle, numerous M1916s were re-chambered for 7.62x51mm CETME for use by the Guardia Civil.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bandera | Robert Le Vigan | Fernando Lucas | 1935 | |
| Lost Command | French paratroops, Viet Minh troops, Algerians | 1966 | ||
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Tony Musante | Paco Roman | 1968 | |
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Mexican soldiers, rebels | 1968 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Kevork Malikyan | Kazim | 1989 | |
| Libertarias | Ana Belén | Pilar | 1996 | |
| Victoria Abril | Floren | |||
| Blanca Apilánez | Aura | |||
| Laura Mañá | Concha | |||
| Joan Crosas | Boina | |||
| Jorge Sanz | Worker Son | |||
| José Sancho | Worker Father | |||
| Anarchists |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bors | Spanish Repusblicans | Ep.11 | 1968 | |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sean Patrick Flanery | Indiana Jones | 1992-1994 |
VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser
The Czech Vz.98/22 rifle was the first Mauser design produced by the then-new Czechoslovak State Armaments Works in Brno. After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles had prohibited Imperial Germany from producing military arms, so the newly established nation of Czechoslovakia purchased an entire Gewehr 98 production line from Mauser Werke, complete with tooling and all available spare parts. 40,000 of these rifles were made and issued to the Czechoslovak Army in 1923. In 1927 the Republic of Turkey ordered 10,000 new Vz.98/22s. When the Vz.24 short rifle replaced the 98/22s in Czech service, those Vz.98/22s were sold to Turkey and China. Chambered in 7.92x57mm JS Mauser.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eagle Has Landed | German soldiers | 1976 | ||
| Never Say Never Again | African bandits | 1983 | ||
| The Lost Battalion | German troops | 2001 | ||
| Joyeux Noel | German soldiers | 2005 |
VZ-24 Czech Mauser
Based on the M98 action, the Vz.24 rifle was designed to replace the Vz.98/22 in Czechoslovakian service. It featured a 600mm (23.5") barrel, tangent-leaf rear sight, and full-length handguard. It was produced at several factories in Czechoslovakia from 1924-1941, and exported to dozens of countries worldwide. After the German annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, the rifle was adopted alongside the Kar98k and production continued for the Wehrmacht under the designation Gewehr 24(t). It was chambered in 7x57mm, 7.65x53mm, and 7.92x57mm depending on the production contract. The shortened, lightened version is called carbine VZ-33.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Path (Oqros biliki) | Kote Daushvili | Schetman | 1945 | |
| Germans | ||||
| The Battle of the Rails (La bataille du rail) | German soldiers | 1946 | ||
| The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice) | Karel Effa | The sergeant | VZ 33 | 1947 |
| Ladislav H. Struna | Srbek | |||
| Czechoslovak gendarmes, soldiers and German ordners | ||||
| The Silent Barricade | Jaroslav Prucha | Hosek | 1949 | |
| Czech soldiers and insurgents | ||||
| Wolves' Lairs (Vlcie diery) | Slovak soldiers and partisans | 1948 | ||
| Outpost in the Mountains (Zastava v gorakh) | Radner Muratov | Ahmed | 1953 | |
| The Unconquered (Neporazení) | Gutav Heverle | Cpl. Ríha | 1958 | |
| Jaroslav Mareš | PVT. Pepík | |||
| Jirí Sovák | Pvt. Jarda | |||
| Martin Tapák | Pvt. Janko | |||
| Josef Vinklár | Pvt. Mirek | |||
| Vladimír Krska | Pvt. Tonek | |||
| Czechoslovakian soldiers | ||||
| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Vynález zkázy) | Pirates | Vz.24 | 1958 | |
| Captain Dabac | Slovak soldiers | 1959 | ||
| Smugglers of Death | Radovan Lukavský | CWO. SNB Václav Kot | 1959 | |
| Smugglers of Death | Jirí Vala | WO. SNB Karel Zeman | 1959 | |
| Smrt sa volá Engelchen | Partisans | 1960 | ||
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | Raffaele Pisu | Libero Gabrielli | Vz.33, visually modified to resemble Carcano rifle | 1964 |
| Riccardo Cucciolla | Giuseppe Sanna | |||
| Lev Prygunov | Loris Bazzocchi | |||
| Gino Pernice | Collodi | |||
| Nino Vingelli | Sgt. Manfredonia | |||
| Italian soldiers | ||||
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Haganah troops | 1966 | ||
| Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) | The Colonel's henchmen | Vz. 16/33 | 1966 | |
| Mr. Freedom | Freedom agent | 1969 | ||
| The Brain | Seen in Frankie's weapon case | 1969 | ||
| Penicka & Paraplícko | The Prague police | 1970 | ||
| Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých) | German soldiers and partisans | 1971 | ||
| Hot Winter (Horká zima) | Alexej Gsöllhofer | Slávek | 1973 | |
| Slovak insurgents | ||||
| A Police Commissioner Accuses (Un comisar acuza) | Prison guards | 1974 | ||
| The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) | Vladimir Gostyukhin | Rybak | Standing for 98k | 1977 |
| The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) | Hilfspolizei personnel | Standing for 98k | 1977 | |
| Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) | African tribesmen | 1977 | ||
| Revenge (Revansa) | Iron Guard legionnaires, Romanian soldiers | 1978 | ||
| Rebellious "Orion" (Myatezhnyy "Orion") | German sailors | 1978 | ||
| Go and Don't Say Goodbye (Chod a nelúc sa) | Eva Jakoubková | Júlia Cafíková | 1979 | |
| Slovak gendarmes and insurgents | ||||
| The Duel (Duelul) | Romanian police | 1981 | ||
| Under Fire | Nicaraguan Rebel | 1983 | ||
| Shades of Fern (Stín kapradiny) | Petr Skarke | Gendarme | 1984 | |
| Shades of Fern (Stín kapradiny) | Vítezslav Jandák | Gendarme | 1984 | |
| The World Knows Nothing (Svet nic neví) | Czechoslovak troops | 1987 | ||
| The Tenth Man | German troops | 1988 | ||
| Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself | Viliam Polónyi | Zboncák | VZ-33 | 1989 |
| Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself | Czechoslovak soldiers | 1989 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Cultist | 1989 | ||
| River of Death | Germnan soldiers | 1989 | ||
| Sahara | German soldiers | VZ-33 | 1995 | |
| Life Is Beautiful | German soldier | 1997 | ||
| Zelary | Jan Tríska | Old Gorcík | VZ-33 | 2003 |
| Zelary | Juraj Hrcka | Vojta Juriga | VZ-33 | 2003 |
| Zelary | Gendarmes | 2003 | ||
| Stalingrad | German soldier | VZ-33 | 2013 | |
| City 44 | Anna Próchniak | Kama | Charges a guns | 2014 |
| Antoni Królikowski | "Beksa" | |||
| Michal Meyer | "Pajak" | |||
| Jan Kowalewski | Adam | |||
| SS soldiers, Polish insurgents | ||||
| Batalion | Imperial German soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Panfilov's 28 (28 panfilovtsev) | A German soldier | Vz. 16/33 | 2016 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sinful People of Prague | Jaroslav Satoranský | Gendarme Tumpach | "Otisky prstu" | 1968-1970 |
| Otto Šimánek | Gendarme Kostroun | "Černé rukavice" | ||
| Vlastimil Hašek | Gendarme Kozel | "Černé rukavice" | ||
| Cestmír Randa | Gendarme Vodsedálek | "Špion přijede v sedm" | ||
| Gendarmes and soldiers | ||||
| On Wings of Eagles | Revolutionaries | 1986 | ||
| Hearts of Three (Serdtsa tryokh) | Brigands | 1992 | ||
| Lenin...The Train | German soldiers | 1988 | ||
| Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) | Polish insurgents | 2014 |
M24 Serbian Mauser
The Model 1924 Mauser Rifle was created to unify a military in disarray after WWI. In Kragujevac in 1927 production had begun and by the beginning of WWII near one million had been produced. Model 1924 Mauser rifle is intermediate action Mauser with a large receiver ring and a short action. Otherwise it is mechanically identical to nearly any other Model 1898 Mauser derivative.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viva Maria! | Mexican soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) | Yugoslavian soldiers | 1965 | ||
| The Wind and the Lion | Brian Keith | President "Teddy" Roosevelt | 1975 | |
| Force 10 from Navarone | Robert Shaw | Mallory | 1978 | |
| Force 10 from Navarone | Petar Buntic | Marko | 1978 | |
| High Road To China | The warlord's troops and the villagers | 1983 |
VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser
A variant of the Vz.24 chosen for the Iranian armed forces of Shah Reza Palavi in 1929, it was manufactured at Brno. The rifle features a 29" barrel, a handguard that extends from the receiver to the lower barrel band, and a tangent-leaf rear sight. The front sight also has distinctive "ears" on either side of the blade to protect it from damage. This rifle served until 1960, when it was replaced in Iranian service by the US M1 Garand. It is chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari) | Jacques Perrin | Lt. Drogo | 1976 | |
| Battle of Warsaw 1920 | Borys Szyc | Jan Krynicki | 2011 | |
| Polish troops |
WZ29 Polish Mauser
Polish repeating rifle, based on Mauser G98 system, and the very similar Czechoslovak vz 24. Production of new weapons was starting in 1930 at the National Arms Factory in Radom continued until September 1939. Rifle was manufactured in two versions, the lock handle infantry and cavalry of the simple lock with handle folded down. Produced a total of approximately 264 000 kbk wz.29 (including a large part for export to Spain and Afghanistan). After the September Campaign , they were used by the guerrillas of the Polish Underground. Acquired copies wz.29 rifle were also used by the Wehrmacht as the Gewehr 298 (p).
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Murderers are Coming (Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu) | bayonet attached, seen during the intertitles and on the ground | 1942 | ||
| A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy) | Nikolay Bogolyubov | Ivan Doronin | With bayonets | 1943 |
| Soviet partisans | ||||
| How I Unleashed World War II | Marian Kociniak | Pvt Franek Dolas | 1970 | |
| How I Unleashed World War II | Polish soldiers | 1970 | ||
| City 44 | Polish insurgents, SS soldiers | 2014 |
Television:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) | Polish insurgents | 2014 |
Video Games:
| Title | Appears As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope | 2003 |
1935 Peruvian Mauser
A variant of the FN M1924 short rifle adopted by the Peruvian Army in 1935. These rifles featured a tangent-leaf rear sight and a front sight with sheet-metal "ears" on either side of the post. The handguard extending from the receiver to the lower barrel band. These rifles were originally chambered in 7.65x53mm Mauser, however, after World War II Peru acquired surplus M1 Garand rifles from the US, and decided to standardize all their rifles in US .30-'06 Springfield. M1935 rifles had their chambers reamed out to take the longer cartridge.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncommon Valor | Seen among other rifles | 1983 | ||
| Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon | Brazilian soldiers | 1993 |
1936 Mexican Mauser
The M1936 Mexican Mauser short rifle was manufactured at Fábrica Nacional de Armas (National Arms Factory) in Mexico City from 1936 to 1954. It used a unique intermediate-length small-ring M98 action with a turned-down bolt handle. It also incorporated some elements of the US Springfield M1903 in its design; a knurled knob on the cocking piece allowed the bolt to be cocked without the manipulation of the bolt, and the upper and lower barrel bands. In 1954 the design was altered to .30-'06, and an adjustable aperture sight copied from the US M1903A3 was added to the receiver bridge. This variant is designated M1954.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blowing Wild | Juan Garcia | El Gavilan | 1953 | |
| El Gavilan's bandits, policemen | ||||
| Gary Cooper | Jeff Dawson | Only on promotion still | ||
| Fever Mounts at El Pao | Ojeda's Military police | 1959 | ||
| The Guns of Juana Gallo | Luis Aguilar | Arturo Ceballos Rico | 1961 | |
| The Guns of Juana Gallo | Ignacio López Tarso | Pioquinto | 1961 | |
| The Guns of Juana Gallo | Mexican soldiers and rebels | 1961 | ||
| Firewalker | A guerilla fighter | 1986 |
M43 Spanish Mauser
The Spanish M43 rifle was based on the Kar98k and produced at the La Coruna arsenal from 1944-1957. Unlike the Kar98k, it featured a straight bolt handle and a handguard that extended from the receiver almost to the upper barrel band. Like the M1909 Argentine Contract, the M43 featured an auxiliary bayonet lug attached to the convention Gew. 98-style lug. This allowed the rifle to mount the older bayonets designed for the M1893 and M1916 rifles. Rifles manufactured for the Spanish Air Force did not have the auxiliary lug. It is chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser.
Many of these rifles were converted to the FR-8 model after the adoption of the CETME rifle in 1957.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi for Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk) | Lino Ventura | Theo Dumas | 1961 | |
| Taxi for Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk) | Maurice Biraud | François Gensac | 1961 | |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Turkish soldiers and Arab irregulars | 1962 | ||
| Lost Command | French paratroops, Viet Minh troops, Algerians | 1966 | ||
| Bananas | Woody Allen | Fielding Mellish | 1971 | |
| The Assassination of Trotsky | Salazar's men | 1972 | ||
| Man in the Trunk (La Valise) | Tunisian soldiers | 1973 | ||
| Breakout | Mexican prison guards | 1975 | ||
| From Hell to Victory | French, German and American soldiers | 1979 | ||
| Cuba | Cuban government troops and guerillas | 1979 | ||
| Che Part Two: Guerrilla | Bolivian Guerrilla | 2008 | ||
| Stalingrad | German soldiers | 2013 |
M48 Yugoslavian Mauser
The M48 Mauser is a post World War II intermediate-length M98 action, designed in Yugoslavia. Although similar in general appearance to the German Kar98K rifle, it is not a copy but is based on the earlier Serbian M24 rifle. The main difference between the M48 and the Kar98K is that the M48 receiver is 1/4" shorter than the standard-length Kar98K. They are usually easily identified by the top handguard which extends behind the rear sight, and ends just in front of the receiver ring. The model number is stamped under the crest: M48 or M48A. Rifles without crest or model number are M48BO models meant for export. M48's are regarded as a military surplus firearm and can be collected in the US at a generally cheap price due to the numbers recently imported from Europe.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) | Tonko Lonza | Blago | 1981 | |
| The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) | The partisans | 1981 | ||
| A Youth Orchestra (Orkestar jedne mladosti) | Ljubisa Samardzic | Dragiša Kojić | Mocked as Karabiner 98k. | 1985 |
| A Youth Orchestra (Orkestar jedne mladosti) | Yugoslavian and German soldiers | Mocked as Karabiner 98k. | 1985 | |
| No Man's Land | Bosnian guide | 2001 |
Television:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Skies | Blair Brown | Sonya | 2011 | |
| Our Mothers, Our Fathers | Tom Schilling | Friedhelm Winter | 2013 |
CETME FR-8
After Spain adopted the CETME Rifle in 1957, many M1916 and M43 Mauser rifles were converted to 7.62x51mm NATO to serve as training rifles for new recruits. M43 rifles so converted were designated CETME FR-8. Each rifle was fitted with an 18.5" barrel in 7.62x51mm NATO, equipped with a birdcage flash hider and CETME-style front sight. Beneath the barrel was a fake gas tube, which contained the cleaning rod and kit. At the front of the tube was a bayonet lug for mounting the new CETME rifle's bayonet. An adjustable aperture sight was installed on the receiver bridge, to provide a similar sight picture to the actual CETME rifle.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rundown | Henchman | 2003 |
Westley Richards Mauser Magazine Rifle
Westley Richards is one of the grand old English gunmaking firms and as famous as Holland & Holland. For many decades Westley Richards has manufactured made to order (known as bespoke in the "Trade") bolt action rifles in addition to their famous double barrel rifles and shotguns. Though Westley Richards will happily make a magazine rifle based on any action that the customer desires the vast majority of the rifles are based on the Mauser action. The rifles are of the highest quality and typically begin somewhere in the high 30's and go from there. The options (calibers, barrel lengths, single or set triggers, furniture, takedown or not takedown, round or octagonal barrels, square or round bridge etc,) that are available to the customer are almost endless.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out of Africa | Meryl Streep | Karen Blixen | . | 1985 |
Oberndorf Mauser Sporter
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Red House | Rory Calhoun | Teller | 1947 | |
| The Sugarland Express | 1974 | |||
| The Smile of the Fox | Steve Bond | Martinez | With a scope, suppressed | 1992 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Avengers | James Villiers | Simon Trent | "Small Game for Big Hunters"(S4E16) | 1961-1969 |
Type Zhongzheng Rifle
The Type Zhongzheng rifle, also known as the Type-24 is a licensed, Chinese copy of the Mauser Standard Model rifle, and was used extensively by both Nationalist and Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese war, the Chinese Civil War and finally during the Korean War by the People's volunteer army. Production began in 1935 at the Gongxian Arsenal, and would eventually spread to three other rifle factories across China.
Film:
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7554 | 2011 |
Other Models
Sometimes bolt action rifles are used in films to impersonate Mauser rifles, usually in large period films. This section is specifically for bolt action rifles which are not common enough to merit their own page but are technically not Mauser rifles.
Gewehr 1888
The Model 1888 Commission Rifle was the German Empire's response to the French adoption of the Lebel 1886. It was designed by the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission, and combined elements of Mauser and Mannlicher rifle design. It fed from a Mannlicher-type 5-round single-column magazine loaded with an en-bloc clip. The bolt featured two opposing lugs on the front of the bolt body, with the bolt handle forming a safety lug. The barrel was covered with a tubular steel jacket that threaded onto the receiver ring, with a ladder-type rear sight. The cartridge designed for the rifle was the Gewehrpatrone-1888 7.9x57mmI, predecessor to the 7.9x57mmIS Mauser. It featured a 225gr round-nose bullet .318" in diameter.
In 1905 the German Army adopted the Gewehrpatrone-1905 with a 154gr-spitzer bullet .323" in diameter. To supplement the Gewehr 98, many Gew.88 rifles were converted to safely fire the P.05 cartridge. The magazine was modified to feed from Mauser stripper clips. These rifles were referred to as Gew.88/05.
Turkey purchased large numbers of Gew.88 rifles during the First World War. These rifles remained in service with the Turkish Republic, and many were modified during the 1930's update program. The barrel jackets were removed, and a tangent-leaf sight and wooden handguard fitted. The straight-grip stock was replaced with a pistol-gripped stock, and an M93-type bayonet lug to mount the standard Turkish bayonet. These conversions are designated Gew.88/05/35, 1935 being the first year of conversion.
An unlicensed copy of the Gew.88 was adopted by the Qing Dynasty for their Newly Created Army in 1895. This rifle was produced at the Hanyang Arsenal as Type-88 rifle, and would serve Imperial, Nationalist, and Communist forces all the way through to the end of the Chinese Civil War. In 1904 the design was modified, and the Gew.88's tubular barrel shroud and ladder-type rear sight were eliminated and a Mauser-style tangent-leaf sight and half-length handguard were substituted.
Film:
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First Platoon (Pervyy vzvod) | German soldiers | 1933 | ||
| La Bandera | Jean Gabin | Pierre Gilieth | 1935 | |
| Raymond Aimos | Marcel Mulot | |||
| Legionnaires | ||||
| Forty Thousand Horsemen | German and Turkish soldiers | G88/05 | 1940 | |
| The Red Detachment of Women (Hong se niang zi jun) | Xijuan Zhu | Wu Qionghua | Hanyang 88 | 1961 |
| Mei Xiang | Fu Honglian | Hanyang 88 | ||
| Shugui Shi | Dan Zhu | Hanyang 88 | ||
| The local militia, Chinese Red Army | Hanyang 88 | |||
| Last Emperor | Kuomintang troops | Hanyang 88 | 1987 | |
| Bavarian Outlaw | Bavarian policemen | Gew.88/05 | 2008 | |
| City of Life and Death | Nationalist Chinese soldiers | Hanyang 88 | 2009 | |
| Let the Bullets Fly | Wen Jiang | Pocky Zhang | Hanyang 88 carbine | 2010 |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | Jude Law | Dr. Watson | Gew.88 | 2011 |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Sherlock Holmes | Gew.88 | ||
| Paul Anderson | Colonel Sebastian Moran | Gew.88 | ||
| Alexandre Carril | Twin | Gew.88 | ||
| Victor Carril | Twin | Gew.88 | ||
| Noomi Rapace | Madam Simza Heron | Gew.88 | ||
| Meinhard guards | Gew.88 | |||
| Cold Steel (Bian di lang yan) | Peter Ho | Mu Liangfeng | Hanyang 88 | 2011 |
| Song Jia | Liu Yan | Hanyang 88 | ||
| Emden Men | German Sailors | Gew.88/05 | 2012 | |
| Gallipoli: End of the Road | Turkish soldiers | 2013 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Robert Vaughn | Napoleon Solo | 1964-1968 | |
| Deadline Gallipoli | Turkish civilian | Gew.88/05, Episode 2 | 2015 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | Carbine | 2003 | |
| The Great War 1918 | Carbine | 2013 | |
| Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | G88 | 2014 | |
| Verdun | "G.P.K. Gewehr 88 Kommissionsgewehr" | Rifle and Carbine | 2015 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa | Police officer Hughes | 2005 |
G.98/40
The Gewehr 98/40 was the last in a line of Mannlicher turn-bolt rifles manufactured at Fegyver És Gépgyár of Budapest. It was based on the earlier Puska 35M in 8x56mmR, the standard service rifle of the Hungarian Army. A shortage of Kar98k rifles in the Wehrmacht resulted in modification of the 35M as a substitute-standard. The rifle was re-chambered to 7.92x57mm Mauser, a Mauser-type staggered-column box magazine fed by stripper-clips replaced the en-bloc Mannlicher system, the bolt handle was bent, a M98-pattern bayonet lug was fitted, and the sights altered to resemble those of the Kar98k. It was adopted into German service as the G.98/40, and in Hungarian service the rifle was designated Puska 43M.
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission: Impossible | Steven Hill | Dan Briggs | "Wheels" (S01E07) | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | various guards | 1966-196777 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | various guards | 1967-1968 | ||
| Mission: Impossible | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "Trial by Fury" (S02E24) | 1968 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Mark Deakins | Hirogen SS Officer | "The Killing Game" (Season 4, Ep.18,19) | 1998 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | German Soldiers | "The Killing Game" (Season 4, Ep.18,19) | 1998 |