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Gewehr 98
Description
The German Army's standard bolt-action rifle in the Great War. Its action is probably the most copied in history.
Historical use
- First World War
Technical data
- Year
- 1898
- Service
- 1898–1935
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- Mauser y arsenales estatales
- Designer
- Paul Mauser
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Bolt action
- Calibre
- 7,92 × 57 mm Mauser
- Weight
- 4.09 kg
- Length
- 1,250 mm
- Barrel
- 740 mm
- Capacity
- 5 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 5,000,000
Source: Wikidata Q166313
