The Gewehr 98 is a German bolt-action service rifle designed by Paul Mauser and adopted by the German Army in 1898, refining the earlier Mauser bolt-action designs into a controlled-feed action, stripper-clip loading system and cartridge, the 7.92x57mm Mauser round, that became hugely influential on rifle design worldwide. It served as Germany's standard infantry rifle through the First World War, where German soldiers used it in the trenches of the Western and Eastern Fronts, and its strong, reliable bolt action was widely copied or adapted by other nations' arms designers, directly influencing rifles such as the American M1903 Springfield and countless other bolt-action military and sporting rifles of the twentieth century. A shortened version, the Karabiner 98k, replaced the full-length Gewehr 98 as Germany's standard infantry rifle beginning in the 1930s and served through the Second World War, but the original Gewehr 98 action's design legacy is considered one of the most influential bolt-action mechanisms in firearms history.
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Service Status Weapon Class Introduced Year Weapon Class
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Associated With
World War I, Wars The Gewehr 98 was the standard bolt action service rifle of German infantry throughout World War I
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WikipediaLead section, sentence 1 (system identity)
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.
History section, paragraph 1 (introduction year)
The Gewehr 98 was introduced into German military service in 1898, replacing the Gewehr 1888.
service-status
service = 1898-1945
Caliber attribute (mauser-gewehr-98)
The Gewehr 98 is a German bolt-action service rifle designed by Paul Mauser and adopted by the German Army in 1898, refining the earlier Mauser bolt-action designs into a controlled-feed action, stripper-clip loading system and cartridge, the 7.92x57mm Mauser round, that became hugely influential on rifle design worldwide.
Used In: Boxer Rebellion, Wikipedia article text
It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I.
Used In: World War I, Wikipedia article text
It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I.
Used In: Russian Civil War, Wikipedia article text
98/K98 (carbine 98) in Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów in Warsaw and Fabryka Broni in Radom *: A few Infanteriegewehr 98 and Karabiner 98AZ rifles were obtained as reparations from Germany after WWI * : Used by the Red Army during the Russian Civil War * *: replaced the Remington Rolling Block rifles
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