November, 2024

Gewehr 88-05

German Empire
First World War
Made by Spandau in 1890
7.92x57mm

World War II, German Reich, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.92x57mm, 1943, Gustloff Werke, Mauser 98 Walter Gurske World War II, German Reich, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.92x57mm, 1943, Gustloff Werke, Mauser 98 Walter Gurske

Kar98k

The Gewehr 98 had served the Imperial Army well in the Great War, but was showing its age by the 1930s. This would lead to a program of modernization, and its product would become the standard service weapon of the Wehrmacht in the Second World War.

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