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Mauser Gewehr 1898
The Gewehr 98 rifle was the final development in Mauser's line of turn-bolt rifles. First patented by Paul Mauser in 1896, it was adopted by the Imperial German Army in 1898. The Gew.98 action featured cock-on-opening, meaning that the cocking piece was forced back (and thus the mainspring compressed) by camming with an inclined-plane cut into the circular wall of the bolt body. Furthermore, the diameter of the receiver ring was increased by 1/8" (3.18mm), allowing the receiver to withstand greater chamber pressures.
The Gew. 98 incorporated several new safety features designed to cope with a burst cartridge. First, the receiver incorporated a ring of metal that would surround the bolt head between the locking lugs and the chamber face when the bolt was fully locked. This was to prevent the gasses from a burst cartridge from forcing the bolt head apart and traveling down the bolt raceway. The bolt body also had two large holes in the wall of the bolt, which allowed gasses from a breached primer to vent laterally out of the side of the bolt, rather than compressing and deforming the mainspring. In case the primary locking lugs gave way, a third locking lug was placed on the rear of the bolt body, which was designed to engage a recess in the bottom of the receiver and prevent the bolt from moving backward. In the event that burst gasses did escape into the bolt raceway, a large flange was designed into the front of the bolt shroud, which would deflect the gasses away from the shooter's face.
The design retained the 29.1" barrel of previous Mauser long rifles, but featured a new rear v-notch quadrant sight now known as the Lange-Visier. A very short handguard extended from the sight base to the lower barrel band, and the buttstock featured a pistol grip for more comfortable shooting. The Gew. 98 also featured a new bayonet lug projecting forward from the forend of the stock, which allowed the bayonet to be mounted closer to the centreline of the bore.
After World War 1, the Weimar Republic adopted the Gew. 98 for the 100,000-man Reichswehr allowed them under the Treaty of Versailles. The Lange sight was replaced with a conventional v-notch tangent-leaf sight, which would be retained on the later Kar98b, Mauser Standard-Modell, and the Kar98k. Other variants based on the Gew. 98 can be found on the Mauser Rifle Series page.
Specifications
(1898 - 1918)
Type: Battle Rifle
Weight: Gewehr 98: 9 lbs (4.1 kg), Karabiner 98a: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg)
Length: Gewehr 98: 49.2 in (125 cm), Karabiner 98a: 42.9 in (109 cm)
Barrel length: Gewehr 98: 29.1 in (74 cm), Karabiner 98a: 23.2 in (59 cm)
Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
Capacity: 5 round internal magazine fed with 5-round stripper clips
Fire modes: Bolt action
The Mauser Gewehr 1898 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneath Hill 60 | WWI German Soldiers | 2010 | ||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | WWI German soldier | 2009 | ||
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Liev Schreiber | Victor Creed | During melee fight in WW1 | 2009 |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Hugh Jackman | James Howlett | During melee fight in WW1 | 2009 |
| Mutant Chronicles | Thomas Jane | Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter | Modified into Sci-Fi rifle | 2009 |
| Mutant Chronicles | Devon Aoki | Cpl. Valerie Duval | Modified into Sci-Fi rifle | 2009 |
| Flyboys | WWI German soldiers | 2006 | ||
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | IRA Members | 2006 | ||
| King Kong | SS Venture Crew | 2005 | ||
| A Very Long Engagement | WWI German soldiers | 2004 | ||
| The Lost Battalion | WWI German Sniper | Fitted with telescopic sight | 2001 | |
| Three Kings | Shiite Refugees | 1999 | ||
| Bataan | WWII Japanese Soldiers | Impersonating Arisakas | 1998 | |
| Legionnaire | Rif/Berber Horsemen | 1998 | ||
| Legionnaire | Kamel Krifa | Abd-El Krim | 1998 | |
| Michael Collins | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | IRA Sniper | 1996 | |
| Nemesis 2: Nebula | Sue Price | Alex Sinclair | 1995 | |
| Legends of the Fall | WWI German soldiers | 1994 | ||
| Biggles: Adventures in Time | WWI German soldiers | 1986 | ||
| Never Say Never Again | North African Bandits | 1986 | ||
| The Jewel Of The Nile | Arab Tribesmen | 1985 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Chinese Soldier at Airport | 1984 | ||
| The Big Red One | Seen on ground | 1980 | ||
| The Stuntman | WWI German soldiers | 1980 | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | WWI German soldiers | 1979 | ||
| The Eagle Has Landed | WWII German soldiers | 1976 | ||
| The Land That Time Forgot | WWI German Sailors | 1975 | ||
| The Wind and the Lion | Sean Connery | Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli | 1975 | |
| The Odessa File | WWII German soldiers | Flashback Scenes | 1974 | |
| Zeppelin | WWI German soldiers | 1971 | ||
| The Green Berets | Mike Force soldier | 1968 | ||
| The Last Adventure | Found in the old arsenal | 1967 | ||
| Behold A Pale Horse | Guardia Civil | 1964 | ||
| Behold A Pale Horse | Gregory Peck | Manuel Artiguez | Fitted with a scope and suppressor | 1964 |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Turkish Soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Styridsatstyri | Juraj Sarvas | Viktor Kolibík | 1959 | |
| Styridsatstyri | Dusan Blaskovic | Tono Mikles | 1959 | |
| Styridsatstyri | Austria Hungarian Soldiers | 1959 | ||
| Carve Her Name With Pride | French Resistance Fighter | 1958 | ||
| Desert Rats, The | German soldiers | in one scene shown with bolt pulled back | 1953 | |
| Go for Broke! | German soldier | 1951 | ||
| Dead Reckoning | Seen propped against couch | 1947 | ||
| The Story of G.I. Joe | WWII German Soldier | 1945 | ||
| Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) | Italian soldier | 1944 | ||
| Sahara | WWII German soldiers | 1943 | ||
| Sergeant York | WWI German soldiers | 1941 | ||
| The Fighting 69th | WWI German soldiers | 1940 | ||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | WWI German soldiers | 1930 | ||
| Hell's Angels | WWI German soldiers | 1930 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly: Ace of Spies | John Castle | Count Massino | 1983 | |
| Anzacs | German & Turkish troops | 1985 | ||
| Rebel Heart | IRA fighter | 2001 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Underground | 2000 | ||
| Silent Storm | 2003 | ||
| Peter Jacksons King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie | 2005 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Outside Legend | 2002 | ||
| Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo | 2004-2005 |