Rifles (Gewehre)

Mauser K98k:

The Karabiner 98 kurz  (or Short Carbine 98) was a derivative of the 'Gewehr 98' used during the First World War.  It's length was considerably shorter than the Gew.98 & had a number of modifications.  It's arguably the best military bolt action rifle of all time and the classic example that many manufacturers still copy even today. It was introduced in 1935 and was the standard weapon of the German armed forces throughout World War Two. It had an internal box magazine that contained up to five 7.62mm or 7.92mm  cartridges, a length of 43.6" and a weight of 8lbs 9oz.  Variants included sniper, Gebirgsjager and an even shorter, Fallschirmjager folding version. Over two million K98's were made at a cost of 70 Reichsmarks each.  A practical rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute was expected by trained troops. The rifle illustrated is one of the sniper versions.

Gew.43:

This was the first German semi-automatic rifle to be used in any   quantity during the war and was meant to be the answer to the Russian 'Tokarev.'  It was a derivative of the more complicated & ultimately  unsuccessful Gew.41 rifle & was meant to be the successor of the  reliable, but outgunned, K98.  Approximately 500,000 were made in total by a number of different manufacturers, including Rheinmetall & Walther. The rifle incorporated a 10 cartridge, detachable box magazine, the Tokarev gas system and the Walther breech lock.  Many variants were made including various sniper versions.

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SBG member Uscha. Speidel with original G43