Karabiner 98k
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The Karabiner 98 kurz, often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k, or K98k, is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. It was adopted on 21 June 1935 as the standard service rif
Karabiner 98k stripper clip with five 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridges
A disassembled Karabiner 98k action
Reinigungsgerät 34 ("Cleaning Kit 34") for field maintenance
S84/98 III bayonet and scabbard
7.92×57mm Mauser
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The 7.92×57mm Mauser is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. The 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was adopted by the German Empire in 1903–1905, and was the German service cartridge in both World Wars. I
Karabiner 98k
…Karabiner 98k, Kar98k, or K98k (sometimes incorrectly referred to as K98, a Polish copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. It was adopted on 21 June 1935 as the standard service rifle by the German Wehrmacht. It was one of the final developments in the long line…
From left to right 7.92×33mm Kurz, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×51mm NATO, .303 British, 6.5×55mm Swedish, 7.92×57mm Mauser, and .30-06 Springfield military cartridges
1888 pattern M/88 (left) parent cartridge alongside the 1903 pattern 7.92×57mm Mauser S Patrone.
MG 34 with inserted 7.92×57mm Gurt 34 ammunition belt