The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (abbreviated G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World...
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are: Gewehr 41 (Dreyse, 1841) Gewehr 71 (Mauser, 1871) Gewehr 88 (state committee, 1888) Gewehr 98 (Mauser, 1898) T-Gewehr (Mauser, 1918) Gewehr 41 (Walther...
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Nazi Germany during World War II. They were largely superseded by the Gewehr 43, which was derived from the G41(W), but with an improved gas system and...
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German military rifles (section Gewehr 43)
slow reloading problem. The Gewehr 43 was put into production in October 1943, and followed in 1944 by the Karabiner 43 ('K43'), which was identical...
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Battle rifle (section Gewehr 41 and 43)
full-power semi-automatic rifles such as the M1 Garand, SVT-40, Gewehr 41, Gewehr 43, Type 4, FN Model 1949, and MAS-49. First examples of semi-automatic...
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The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a bolt-action rifle made by Mauser for the German Empire as its service rifle from 1898 to 1935. The...
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Tokarev SVT-40 rifle. The Gewehr 41 design proved unsatisfactory in combat and was later replaced by the re-designed Gewehr 43. BLM produced G41 rifles...
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The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless...
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devised." The Soviet AVS-36, SVT-38, and SVT-40, as well as the German Gewehr 43, were semi-automatic gas-operated rifles issued during World War II in...
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30/38/Flakvierling • 3.7 cm SK C/30 – naval AA gun • 3.7 cm FlaK 43 • 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 • 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) (captured from...
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Gewehr 98/40 (Modification of Hungarian 35M rifle converted to 7.92mm. Ordered from Hungary due to shortages of rifles) Gewehr/Karabiner 43(Gewehr 43...
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Mosin-Nagant as their standard service rifle), as well as the German Gewehr 43, were semi-automatic gas-operated rifles issued during World War II. In...
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Germany produced 402,000 Gewehr 43 rifles, compared to 14,000,000 of the Karabiner 98k (a shortened variant of the Gewehr 98). However, it was during...
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utilized both a Karabiner 98k sniper variant with 6× telescopic sight and a Gewehr 43 with ZF4 4× telescopic sight. He saw action against Soviet forces in the...
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Mauser Model 1871 (redirect from Gewehr 71)
The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was...
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FG 42 (1943–1970s) – An automatic rifle built for German paratroopers Gewehr 43 (1943–1945) – Fairly successful semi-automatic German gun compared to...
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Vz. 24 (redirect from Gewehr 24(t))
Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the German Mauser Gewehr 98 line, and features a similar bolt design. The rifle was designed in Czechoslovakia...
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from detachable 10-round box magazines, originally developed for the Gewehr 43 rifle. The manual safety is also very crude, and consists of a stamped...
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FG 42 (redirect from Fallschirmjäger Gewehr 42)
intermediate cartridge promoted by the Heer (developed for the promising MP 43 assault rifle), the Luftwaffe favored the long-range potential of the 7.92×57mm...
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length (mm) Overall length (mm) Unloaded weight (kg) Number produced Gewehr 43 Germany 7.92×57mm Mauser 10 775 546 1130 4.27 500,000 Kbsp wz.38M Poland...
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Select fire Belgium 2009 Gewehr 41 Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik 7.92×57mm Mauser Semi-automatic Nazi Germany 1941 Gewehr 43 Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik...
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Liberation Front: Used by MNLF fighters. Provisional Irish Republican Army Gewehr 43 Howell automatic rifle List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation...
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negotiations with the Nazi regime. Walther used their factory to manufacture Gewehr 43 semi-automatic rifles. While conditions for prisoners working in these...
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their own semi-automatic weapons, such as the Russian SVT-40 and German Gewehr 43, which would give them a great advantage on the battlefield. Even Italy...
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American rifle was (the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine) and the later German Gewehr 43. Although considerably flawed when compared to its contemporaries, the...
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Scharfschützen were prepared before the war, equipped with Karabiner 98 and later Gewehr 43 rifles, but there were often not enough of these weapons available, and...
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Examples of rifles considered to be battle rifles include the FG 42, Gewehr 43, FN FAL, Howa Type 64, and Desert Tech MDR. A sniper rifle is, per widespread...
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The Mauser Model 1908 were series of Gewehr 98 pattern bolt-action rifles. First produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) and Mauser, they...
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