The Gewehr 41 was a German semi-automatic rifle of the Second World War, built in two distinct and incompatible versions by Walther and Mauser and chambered for the 7.92x57mm Mauser cartridge. Both designs used a gas-trap mechanism, sometimes called the Bang system, that diverted propellant gas to drive a piston that cycled the action, feeding from a fixed ten-round magazine. About 120,000 were produced between 1941 and 1945. The Walther version proved more practical than the Mauser, but the rifle as a whole was heavy, complex and unreliable, and it was superseded by the improved Gewehr 43. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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are two distinct and different Semi-automatic rifles manufactured and used by Germany during World War II
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1941-1945
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The Walther version proved more practical than the Mauser, but the rifle as a whole was heavy, complex and unreliable, and it was superseded by the improved Gewehr 43
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7.92×57mm Mauser
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The G41(W) was produced in small numbers (up to 7,500 in total) before it was officially adopted by the German Army as the Gewehr 41.
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