November, 2024

Gewehr 88-05

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

World War II, Kingdom of Belgium, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.65x53mm, 1895, Anciens Etablissements Pieper, Mauser 89 Walter Gurske World War II, Kingdom of Belgium, Short Rifles, Bolt Action, 7.65x53mm, 1895, Anciens Etablissements Pieper, Mauser 89 Walter Gurske

Mauser Model 1889/36

Despite adopting a new Mauser 98 pattern rifle, as the Second World War loomed Belgium also undertook a program to upgrade existing stocks of the older Model 1889 rifles to the same pattern.

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