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Steyr Mannlicher M1895

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Steyr M1895 Long Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56R
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Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56R
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A clear identifying feature of the Steyr M1895 rifle series is the stacking pin that protrudes forward on the left side of the rifle, originally used to stand rifle up against each other in the field - 8x56R

The Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 was an Austro-Hungarian bolt-action rifle, developed and designed by Ferdinand Ritter Von Mannlicher. It featured a straight-pull bolt-action feeding from single-column magazine fed by en-bloc 5-round clips. The long rifle featured a 30.1" barrel, and the carbine a 19" barrel. Both rifle and carbine featured a single-piece stock with full-length handguard. It fired the 8x50mmR cartridge. The rifle was produced at Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, Steyr, from 1896-1918, and Fegyver és Gépgyár Rt. ("Arms and Machine Manufacturing Company") in Budapest from 1897-1918. Over 3,000,000 rifles were produced, roughly 75% at Steyr. Bulgaria purchased many M95s, beginning in 1903. It was the primary battle rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Landwehr and the Bulgarian Army during World War I, and continued to serve the postwar Austrian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian armies.

During the latter half of the 1920s, Mannlicher developed a more powerful cartridge, the 8x56mmR and Austria converted many existing rifles and carbines beginning in 1930, and Hungary followed suit in 1931. Austrian conversions are referred to as M95/30, and Hungarian conversions as M95/31. Rifles converted to 8x56mmR had a large "S" stamped on the barrel shank. Many M95s were captured by Yugoslavia and Greece during World War I, and in 1924 both countries began converting these to 7.92x57mm Mauser. The modifications consisted of a new 23.5" 7.92x57mm barrel with Mauser-type tangent-leaf sights, and the magazine was modified to allow conventional loading with a stripper clip. Conversions were done at FN-Herstal and Waffenfabrik Steyr, and domestically in Yugoslavia. These rifles are referred to as M95/24 in Greek service and M95M in Yugoslavian service.

During World War II the M95 was issued to Nazi German police forces, and also saw action with many partisans in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Italy.

Specifications

(1895 – 1921)

  • Type: Rifle
  • Caliber: 8×50mmR Mannlicher
  • Weight: 7.4 lbs (3.36 kg) (short rifle), 8.4 lbs (3.8 kg) (long rifle)
  • Length: 39 in (100 cm) (short rifle), 50.1 in (127.2 cm) (long rifle)
  • Barrel length: 19 in (48 cm) (short rifle), 30.1 in (76.5 cm) (long rifle)
  • Capacity: 5 rounds
  • Fire Modes: Bolt-Action

The Steyr Mannlicher M1895 can be seen in the following:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Battleship Potemkin Grigori Aleksandrov Chief Officer Giliarovsky 1925
The Black Cat Henry Armetta The Sergeant M95 carbine version 1934
Hungarian gendarmes
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) German soldiers 1944
Two Half-Times in Hell Hungarian soldiers Hungarian 31M 1961
A Star Called Wormwood (Hvezda zvaná Pelynek) Rudolf Deyl Pvt. František Noha M95 carbine version 1964
Radoslav Brzobohatý Cpl. Vodicka M95 carbine version
Jirí Sovák Pvt. Červenka M95 carbine version
Martin Ruzek Pvt. Koval M95 carbine version
Jan Tríska Pvt. Lojzík M95 carbine version
Jaroslav Mareš Pvt. Werner M95 carbine version
Josef Vetrovec Pvt. Pelnár M95 carbine version
Gustav Heverle Pvt. Kolarík M95 carbine version
Ladislav H. Struna Soldier M95 carbine version
Austro-Hungarian soldiers
The Corporal and Others Hungarian soldiers 1965
Hot Winter (Horká zima) Hungarian deserters M95 carbine version 1973
Cabbages and Kings Anchurian soldiers 1978
Signum Laudis Vlado Müller Cpl. Hoferik M95 carbine version 1980
Jirí Zahajský LCpl. Lorisch M95 carbine version
Jan Pohan Pvt. Steiner M95 carbine version
Jan Skopecek Pvt. Reisch M95 carbine version
Jirí Kodes Pvt. Richter M95 carbine version
Austro-Hungarian soldiers
Night Riders (Nocní jazdci) Radoslav Brzobohatý Halva 1981
Leopold Haverl Babušek
Petr Cepek Janoušek
Pavel Zednícek Fořt
Jirí Kodes Jan Bílý
Jirí Krampol Borovička
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon) Boryslav Brondukov Grichenko 1983
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon) Dmitry Kharatyan Volodya Patrikeyev 1983
Uprising A Soviet border guard M95 carbine version mocked as Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine 2001
Zelary Jan Tríska Old Gorcík M95 carbine version 2003
Lake Placid 2 Seen at the sheriff's office. Short rifle variant 2007
Guard No. 47 Karel Roden František Douša 2008
Guard No. 47 Austro-Hungarian soldiers M95 carbine version 2008
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Borys Szyc Jan Krynicki M95 carbine version 2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920 Polish soldiers M95 carbine version 2011

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Bors Various characters 1968


Hembrug M95

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Hemburg M95 Long Rifle - 6.5x53mm

In 1895, the Royal Netherlands Army adopted a variant of the Mannlicher M.1893 produced for Romania, which was in-turn developed from the German Gewehr 88. This was a conventional turn-bolt action feeding from a Mannlicher 5-round magazine loaded with en-bloc clips, chambered in 6.5x53mmR. It featured a 28.5" barrel, one-piece stock and half-length handguard.

Two carbine variants were produced, No.1 and No.3 (see discussion page). Initial production was at Waffenfabrik Steyr beginning in 1895, however in 1904 licensed production began at Hembrug Zaandam in the Netherlands; roughly 470,000 rifles were produced. It served the Dutch Army for 47 years, due to the lack of funds to replace it.

The Hembrug M95 can be seen in the following:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Operation Amsterdam Dutch soldiers and resistance fighters rifle version 1959
Soldier of Orange Derek de Lint Alex rifle version 1977
Soldier of Orange Huib Rooymans Jan Weinberg No.1 carbine version 1977
Soldier of Orange Dutch soldiers No.1 & No.3 carbine versions plus rifle version 1977

FEG 35M

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Hungarian FEG Puska 1935 Minta (35M) rifle - 8x56R

FEG 35M is a Hungarian rifle based on Mannlicher system. It is chambered in 8x56R. The rifle was designed and manufactured by FÉG weapon factory from 1935 until 1950s.

The FEG 35M can be seen in the following:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Corporal and Others German soldiers 1965
Cabbages and Kings Anchurian soldiers 1978

See Also