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Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer
The Mannlicher-Schönauer (commonly simplified to Mannlicher–Schoenauer) rifle is rotary-magazine bolt-action rifle designed by Ferdinand Ritter Von Mannlicher and Otto Schönauer (the author of the rotary magazine) on the Österreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft (currently Steyr Mannlicher). The rifle was introduced in 1900, and in 1903 the Greek Army adopted the rifle chambered in the 6.5x54mm cartridge. The 1903 Mannlicher rifles and carbines were the last designs of Mannlicher, who died the next year. Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles and carbines were manufactured at Oesterreich Waffenfabrik Gesellschaft Steyr in Steyr, Austria. Steyr made carbines and sporters after World War One in various calibers.
The Mannlicher–Schönauer rifle was the main small arm for the Greek military till 1948. The first batch was supplied in 1906–07 to a total of about 130,000 long rifles and carbines. A second batch of 50,000 rifles was ordered from Steyr in 1914. When the war broke out, the Austrians stopped the delivery of the rifles. During the Greece-Turkish War (1919–22), the Greeks suffered large losses of the rifles, and in 1927, 105,000 Mannlicher–Schönauer rifles were ordered in Italy, on the Breda factory. It is speculated that Breda might have used Austrian captured parts and machinery for this order. In 1930, 25,000 more 1903/14/30 carbines was ordered on the Steyr factory.
A civilian version of the rifle, also introduced in 1903, proved popular with hunters. The hunting model was produced in a large variety of calibers, including .30-06 Springfield, .270 Winchester, .257 Weatherby Magnum, .264 Winchester Magnum, .338 Winchester Magnum, .458 Winchester Magnum, 6.5×68mm, 8×68mm S, and others. Steyr produced Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles until 1972, with the interrupt during the Second World War. Ernest Hemingway frequently used the rifle, and made it famous in his works, of those The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is best known.
The Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauer and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1903 Rifle and Carbine
Specifications
(1903 – 1941)
- Type:
- Caliber: 6.5 x 54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
- Weight: 8.44 lbs (3.83 kg)
- Length: 48.3 in (122.6 cm)
- Barrel length: 28.6 in (72.5 cm)
- Capacity: 5-round rotary magazine
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can't Win 'Em All | Greek troops | M1903 Carbine | 1970 | |
| A Woman at Her Window (Une femme à sa fenêtre) | Greek soldiers and policemen | M1903/14 Carbine | 1976 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Schoenauer Y 1903/14" | Can be fitted with a bayonet | Greek Y1903/14 rifle, added in v2.6 (2022) | 2007 |
| Isonzo | "Mannlicher Schönauer M.03/14" | 2022 |
Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine (Full Stock)
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Macomber Affair | Joan Bennett | Margaret Macomber | 1947 | |
| The Green Archer | Gert Fröbe | Abel Bellamy | 1961 | |
| The Longest Day | Peter Lawford | Brigadier Lord Lovat | 1962 | |
| The Eighth (Osmiyat) | Djoko Rosic | Petar | 1969 | |
| The Day That Shook the World | Christopher Plummer | Archduke Ferdinand | 1975 | |
| Jirí Kodet | Morsley | |||
| Commander Hamilton | Mats Långbacka | Stålhandske | 1998 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hogan's Heroes | A sniper | "Bad Day in Berlin" (S04E11) | 1968 | |
| 30 Cases of Major Zeman | Ilja Prachar | Čadek | Custom with a Scope/ "Hon na lišku" (S01E05) | 1976 |
| Radoslav Brzobohatý | Pavel Bláha | |||
| Petr Oliva | Karel Mutl | Mannlicher 98 Brno/"Vrah se skrývá v poli" (S01E10) | ||
| Babylon Berlin | Joachim Paul Assböck | Major Beck | Modell GK, with scope; Ep.6 | 2017 |
Mannlicher-Schoenauer Sporter
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Heat | Edmond O'Brien | Hank Fallon | 1949 | |
| The Killing | Timothy Carey | Nikki Arcane | 1956 | |
| Hud | Member of shooting party | 1963 | ||
| Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Rocco | With a scope | 1964 |
| Andréa Parisy | Pepa | |||
| The Thirty Nine Steps | Donald Pickering | Marshall | 1978 | |
| Moonraker | Guy Delorme | Drax' assassin | 1979 | |
| White Hunter Black Heart | Clint Eastwood | John Wilson | 1990 | |
| Schindler's List | Ralph Fiennes | Amon Göth | 1993 | |
| Lake Placid 3 | Yancy Butler | Reba | With sniper scope | 2010 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice | Jim Zubiena | Ludovici Armstrong | 1984 - 1989 |
See Also
- Steyr Mannlicher - A list of all firearms manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher.