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Mauser C96
Description
A semi-automatic pistol with its magazine ahead of the trigger guard and a wooden holster-stock. It was hugely popular in China.
Historical use
- Second Boer War
- Chinese Civil War
Technical data
- Year
- 1896
- Service
- 1896–1937
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- Mauser
- Designer
- Fidel, Friedrich y Josef Feederle
- Type
- Pistol
- Mechanism
- Semi-automatic
- Calibre
- 7,63 × 25 mm Mauser
- Weight
- 1.13 kg
- Length
- 288 mm
- Barrel
- 140 mm
- Capacity
- 10 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 1,000,000
Source: Wikidata Q159527
