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7.63×25mm Mauser

Small Arms And Sidearms

The 7.63×25mm Mauser, also known as the .30 Mauser Automatic, is a bottlenecked, rimless, centerfire pistol cartridge originally developed for the Mauser C96 service pistol. The cartridge headspaces on the shoulder of its case, and it later served as the basis for the 7.62mm Tokarev cartridge commonly used in Soviet and Eastern Bloc firearms. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Pistol cartridge 1
Introduced Year
1896 2
Classification
Caliber
7.63×25mm Mauser 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Pistol / Revolver 1
Connections

Operated By

Finnish Defence Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
Spanish Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser

Used In

Winter War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
World War II, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
Infobox, type
Quote, Infobox, type
Pistol
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2. Wikipedia (German): 7,63 × 25 mm
Wikipedia (German)Lead / history text
Quote, Lead / history text
Die Patrone 7,63 × 25 mm wurde speziell für die ab 1896 gebaute Mauser - Selbstladepistole C96 entwickelt.
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Wikipedia: 7.63×25mm Mauser
  • Lead section
    The 7.63×25mm Mauser (.30 Mauser Automatic) round is a bottleneck, rimless, centerfire cartridge, originally developed for the Mauser C96 service pistol.
  • Used In: Winter War, Lead
    During the Finnish-Soviet Winter War and World War II, the cartridge was issued by Finnish and German forces for use in captured Soviet submachine guns
  • Used In: World War II, Lead
    During the Finnish-Soviet Winter War and World War II, the cartridge was issued by Finnish and German forces for use in captured Soviet submachine guns
  • Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
    Germany, Soviet Union, China, Spain and Finland
  • Operated By: Spanish Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
    Germany, Soviet Union, China, Spain and Finland
  • Operated By: Finnish Defence Forces, Infobox: used_by
    Germany, Soviet Union, China, Spain and Finland
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Wikidata: 7.63×25mm Mauser
Wikidata Q259228, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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