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Karabiner 98k
Specifications
(1935 – 1945)
- Type: Battle Rifle
- Caliber: 7.92 x 57mm Mauser
- Weight: 8.2 lbs (3.7 kg) - 9 lbs (4.1 kg)
- Length: 43.7 in (111 cm)
- Barrel length: 23.6 in (60 cm)
- Capacity: 5-round stripper clip
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
The Karabiner 98k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) | German soldiers | 1942 | ||
| Battleground | German soldiers | 1949 | ||
| Little Partisan (Malý partyzán) | German soldiers and partisans | 1950 | ||
| The Silent Barricade | German soldiers and Czech insurgents | 1949 | ||
| Action B (Akce B) | Czech insurgent | 1952 | ||
| To Hell and Back | German soldiers | 1955 | ||
| The Tank Brigade | German soldiers and Czech insurgents | 1955 | ||
| Canal (Kanal) | Polish insurgents | 1957 | ||
| The Young Lions | German soldiers | 1958 | ||
| Carve Her Name With Pride | German soldiers | 1958 | ||
| Hell Is for Heroes | Steve McQueen | Reese | 1962 | |
| The Longest Day | Gert Fröbe | Unteroffizier Kaffeekanne | 1962 | |
| The Longest Day | German soldiers | 1962 | ||
| From Russia with Love | SPECTRE guards, Gypsies, Bulgarian agents | 1963 | ||
| The Great Escape | James Garner | Lt. Hendley | 1963 | |
| The Great Escape | German Luftwaffe soldiers, Spanish tracker | 1963 | ||
| The Lark (Zhavoronok) | German soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Atentát | German soldiers | 1964 | ||
| At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) | German soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Goldfinger | Goldfinger's men | 1964 | ||
| Battle of the Bulge | German soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Operation Crossbow | German soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Zvony pre bosých | German soldiers | 1965 | ||
| OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117) | The Nazis | 1965 | ||
| The Dirty Dozen | German soldiers | Standart and sniper versions | 1967 | |
| Where Eagles Dare | German soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The Devil's Brigade | Luke Askew | Pvt. Hubert Hixon | 1968 | |
| The Devil's Brigade | German soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The Green Berets | NVA soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The Bridge at Remagen | German soldiers | 1969 | ||
| Kelly's Heroes | German soldiers | 1970 | ||
| Patton | German soldiers | 1970 | ||
| Officers (Ofitsery) | Spanish Nationalists | 1971 | ||
| Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) | German soldiers and Czech insurgents | 1974 | ||
| Zardoz | Exterminators | 1974 | ||
| Sokolovo | German soldiers | 1975 | ||
| The Eagle Has Landed | German soldiers | 1976 | ||
| Soldier of Orange | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| A Bridge Too Far | German soldiers | Standart and sniper version | 1977 | |
| Cross of Iron | Michael Nowka | Dietz | 1977 | |
| Cross of Iron | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| The Liberation of Prague | German soldiers and Czech insurgents | 1978 | ||
| Force 10 from Navarone | Robert Shaw | Maj. Keith Mallory | 1978 | |
| Force 10 from Navarone | Franco Nero | Capt. Lescovar | 1978 | |
| Force 10 from Navarone | German soldiers and partisans | 1978 | ||
| The Inglorious Bastards | German soldiers and French Resistance | 1978 | ||
| Escape to Athena | Telly Savalas | Zeno | Sniper version | 1979 |
| Escape to Athena | German sniper | Sniper version | 1979 | |
| Escape to Athena | German soldiers and Greek resistance fighters | 1979 | ||
| The Big Red One | German soldiers | 1980 | ||
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | German soldiers | 1981 | ||
| To Be or Not to Be (1983) | German soldiers | 1983 | ||
| The Keep | German soldiers | 1983 | ||
| Les Morfalous | German soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Top Secret! | East German soldiers | 1984 | ||
| The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | Ricco Ross | Arlen Dregors | With sniper scope and suppressor | 1985 |
| The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | German soldiers | 1985 | ||
| The Living Daylights | Mujahideen | 1987 | ||
| Escape from Sobibor | Rutger Hauer | Alexander Pechersky | 1987 | |
| The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Gary Graham | Joe Stern | 1987 | |
| The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | German soldiers | 1987 | ||
| The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | German soldiers | 1988 | ||
| Rambo III | Mujahideen fighters | 1988 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | German soldiers | 1989 | ||
| Stalingrad | German soldiers | 1993 | ||
| Schindler's List | Ralph Fiennes | Amon Goeth | 1993 | |
| Schindler's List | German soldiers | 1993 | ||
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Hank Cheyne | German guard | 1993 | |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Al Watson | German guard | 1993 | |
| Legends of the Fall | German soldiers | 1994 | ||
| Sahara (1995) | German soldiers | 1995 | ||
| Saving Private Ryan | German soldiers | Including a heavily-camouflaged sniper variant | 1998 | |
| When Trumpets Fade | German soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Three Kings | Shiite refugees | 1999 | ||
| X-Men | German soldiers | 2000 | ||
| Charlotte Gray | German soldiers and French resistance | 2001 | ||
| The Grey Zone | SS guards | 2001 | ||
| Enigma | German soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Enemy at the Gates | Ed Harris | Major Erwin König | Sniper variant | 2001 |
| Enemy at the Gates | German soldiers | 2001 | ||
| We Were Soldiers | Viet Cong and Viet Minh soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Deserter (2002) | FLN rebels | 2002 | ||
| The Pianist | German soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Deathwatch | Jamie Bell | Pvt. Charlie Shakespeare | 2002 | |
| Deathwatch | Matthew Rhys | Cpl. 'Doc' Fairweather | 2002 | |
| Deathwatch | Torben Liebrecht | Friedrich | 2002 | |
| Tears of the Sun | Militia fighters | 2003 | ||
| Coronado | Members of the government firing squad | 2003 | ||
| Downfall aka "Der Untergang" | German soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Flight of the Phoenix | Nomads | 2004 | ||
| Hellboy | German soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Lord of War | Afghan Mujahideen | 2005 | ||
| Black Book | German soldier | 2006 | ||
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | RIC and IRA members | 2006 | ||
| Attack on Leningrad | German soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Hot Fuzz | Seen in barn | 2007 | ||
| Hannibal Rising | German soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Grindhouse: Werewolf Women of the SS | German soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Female Agents | German soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Valkyrie | German soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Defiance | German soldiers and partisans | 2008 | ||
| Che Part Two: Guerrilla | Guerrillas | 2008 | ||
| Outpost | Germans | 2008 | ||
| Miracle at St. Anna | German soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Brother's War | Hugh Daly | Maj. Andrew Pearman | 2009 | |
| Brother's War | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Inglourious Basterds | Brad Pitt | Lt. Aldo Raine | 2009 | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Gedeon Burkhard | Wilhelm Wicki | 2009 | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Samm Levine | PFC Gerold Hirschberg | 2009 | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Daniel Brühl | Fredrick Zoller | 2009 | |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| New Kids Turbo | Wesley van Gaalen | Rikkert | 2010 | |
| The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) | German soldiers | 2010 | ||
| The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) | Red Army soldiers | 2010 | ||
| The Diary of Anne Frank | German soldiers | |||
| The Hiding Place | German soldiers |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Twilight Zone | Dana Andrews | Paul Driscoll | Ep. "No Time Like the Past" | 1962 |
| Rat Patrol | German soldiers | 1966-1968 | ||
| Bors | Spanish Nationalist soldiers | 1968 | ||
| Legenda o živých mrtvých | German soldiers | 1971 | ||
| The Professionals | Ep. "Fall Girl" and "Blind Run" | 1977-1981 | ||
| The State Border: Film 2 | Polish border guards | 1980 | ||
| Archiv des Todes | German soldiers | 1980 | ||
| Archiv des Todes | Leon Niemczyk | Janek | 1980 | |
| The State Border: Film 4 | Basmachi fighters | 1984 | ||
| The State Border: Film 5 | German soldiers | 1986 | ||
| The State Border: Film 6 | Ukrainian Insurgents | 1987 | ||
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | German soldiers | 1992-1994 | ||
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Viet Cong | Ep. "Never on Sunday" | 1993-1997 | |
| Band of Brothers | German solders | Standard and sniper variants | 2001 | |
| Tremors: The Series | Michael Gross | Burt | Sporterized 98k; Ep. "Blast from the Past" (S01E04) | 2003 |
| Tremors: The Series | Harrison Page | Mead | Sporterized 98k; Ep. "Blast from the Past" (S01E04) | 2003 |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | German soldiers | Ep. "Storm Front" Pt. 1 & 2 | 2001-2005 | |
| Doctor Who (New Series) | German soldiers | Ep. "Let's Kill Hitler" | 2005-Present | |
| Sanctuary | German soldiers | Ep. "Normandy" | 2011 | |
| Falling Skies - Season 1 | Blair Brown | Sonya | 2011-present |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden & Dangerous | with Zeiss ZF42 scope | 1999 | |
| WWII G.I. | normal and scoped version | 1999 | |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | normal rifle and K98k sniper (with scoped) | 2001 | |
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | normal and scoped version | 2001 | |
| Battlefield: 1942 | with and without Zeiss ZF42 scope | 2002 | |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | normal rifle and K98k sniper (with scoped | 2002 | |
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | non-playable, used by German soldiers | 2002 | |
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | 2003 | ||
| Silent Storm | scoped and scope & silencer versions | 2003 | |
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | with and without Zeiss ZF42 scope | 2004 | |
| Shellshock Nam '67 | with and without scope | 2004 | |
| Call of Duty: Finest Hour | 2004 | ||
| Call of Duty: Big Red One | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 2 | 2005 | ||
| Day of Defeat: Source | normal rifle with grenade launcher and K98k sniper | 2005 | |
| Medal of Honor: European Assault | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 3 | 2006 | ||
| UberSoldier | 2006 | ||
| Commandos: Strike Force | "Mauser" | 2006 | |
| Medal of Honor: Heroes | 2006 | ||
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | As the "KAR98K" | With Zeiss ZF42 scope and hooded front sight | 2007 |
| Medal of Honor: Vanguard | 2007 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts | with and without Zeiss ZF42 scope | 2008 | |
| The Royal Marines Commando | normal and scoped version | 2008 | |
| Mafia II | 2010 | ||
| Karma Online | 2011 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Anarchists | 1998 | |
| Hellsing | Nazi vampires | 2001-2002 | |
| Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World | The king | Ep.7 | 2003 |
| Eureka Seven | Charles Beams | 2005 | |
| Black Lagoon | German soldier | 2006 | |
| Sounds of the Skies | Kanata | 2010 | |
| Sounds of the Skies | Kureha | 2010 |