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Mauser Rifle Series
This pages has Mauser Rifles used on film other than Mauser Gewehr 1898 and Karabiner 98k which are the two most popular model seen on screen.
Gewehr 1871/84
Film:
- Japanese Imperial Army in The Last Samurai (2003)
1891 Mauser Rifle
Film:
- German Imperial Army in All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Television:
- George Hamilton as William Randolph Hearst in Rough Riders (1997)
1893 Spanish Mauser
Film
- Spanish Forces in Rough Riders
- Spanish Nationalist forces in Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
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
- German soldiers in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
1895 Chilean Mauser
Also known as the Chilean Contract Mauser, or Modelo Mauser Chileno 1895.
Film
- Spanish soldiers use the 1895 Mauser in Rough Riders
- Dale Dye as Colonel Leonard Wood in Rough Riders
- Boer Commandoes in Breaker Morant (1980)
1896 Swedish Mauser
Film
- Suspect in The Man on the Roof (1976)
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
- Bruce Cabot as Bert Saxby in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Texas Ranger in The Sugarland Express (1974)
- Clint Eastwood as John Wilson in White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis in Public Enemies (2009)
Television
- James MacArthur as Danny "Danno" Williams in Hawaii Five-O (1968-1979)
Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine
Film
- Bedouin scout carrying in Sahara (1943)
- Cillian Murphy as Damien in The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006)
1903 Turkish Mauser
Film
- German soldiers in Passchendaele (2009)
- Turkish Soldiers in All The King Men (1999)
- Turkish Soldiers in Gallipoli (1981)
- Turkish Soldiers and Bedouins in Lighthorsemen, The (1987)
- Arabs in The Mummy (1999)
- German soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (impersonating Gewehr 98 Mauser)
1908 Brazilian Mauser
The Mauser 1908 is a Brazilian made rifle based on the Mauser design and chambered for 7.92x57mm Mauser.
Film
- Lil' Ze's (Leandro Firmino) gang in City Of God
- The Bad (Byung-hun Lee) and various actors in The Good, the Bad, the Weird.
1909 Argentine Mauser
The Argentinian mausers were chambered for the 7.65x53mm Argentine (AKA 7.65x53mm Belgian) cartridge.
Film:
- Argentine soldiers in Evita (1996)
- Esteban Espinosa (Ricardo Darín) and Sontag (Alejandro Awada) in The Aura (2005)
1916 Spanish Mauser
The 1916 (known also as the M1916) Spanish Mauser was a short rifle developed from the M1893 Spanish Mauser Rifle. It was originally chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser Mauser, however later versions (after WW2) were re-chambered for 7.62x51mm NATO (not .308 Winchester as those would not fit) for use by guard (Guardia Civil) forces in Spain. It is noteworthy that only light 7.62mm NATO loads can be safely fired in these rifles. Heavy loads or modification to take the .308 Winchester would result in an exploding receiver.
Film
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1984)
- Sean Patrick Flanery as Indian Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV
VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser
VZ-24 Czech Mauser
Film
Cultist in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
M24/47 Yugoslavian Mauser
Film
- The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- Brian Keith as President Roosevelt in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- Partisan fighters in Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
1935 Peruvian Mauser
Film
M48 Yugoslavian Mauser
The M48 Mauser is a post World War II Yugoslavian version of the German Mauser K98k. Although similar in general appearance to that of the German rifle, many of the parts of these two rifles are not interchangeable, such as the bolt. The main difference between the M48 and the K98k is that the M48 uses an intermediate-length receiver. They are usually easily identified by the top handguard which extends behind the rear sight, and ends just in front of the receiver ring although this feature exists on other models as well. 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
- Bosnian guide in No Man's Land
M43 Spanish Mauser
Film
- Turkish soldiers and Arab irregulars in Lawrence of Arabia
Oberndorf Mauser Sporter
Film
- The Red House (1947)
Type Zhongzheng Rifle
The Type Zhongzheng rifle is a licenced, Chinese copy of the Mauser Standard Model rifle, the forerunner to the Mauser Karabiner 98k 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.
Film
- Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The (2008)
- Gu Zidi (Zhang Hangyu), Communist and Nationalist Chinese soldiers in Assembly (Ji jie hao) (2007)
- The Founding of a Republic (Jian guo da ye) seen throughout the movie (2009)
Video Game
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
Also known as the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, this rifle was issued to front line German Troops in World War 1 until the Gewehr 98s caught up with production and fully replaced it in 1915. It was issued to troops serving the Ottoman Empire and was maintained by Turkish soldiers well into the 1930s. Though it can be seen outfitting German Troops in any World War 1 film, the rifle was surprisingly not a Mauser, but a Commission designed weapon that was built by various other manufacturers. The Rifle was based on Mannlicher, French Lebel and Mauser elements. When the Germans used it during the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Chinese made an unlicensed copy, the Hanyang 88 (Type 88).
- German Askari in The African Queen (1951)
- Jude Law as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (2011)