The vz. 24 rifle is a bolt-action carbine designed and produced in Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the German Mauser Gewehr 98 line, and features a similar bolt design. The rifle was designed in Czechoslovakia shortly after World War I, to replace the Vz. 98/22, also a Czech derivative of the Gewehr 98. The vz. 24 featured a 590 mm (23.2 in) barrel which was shorter and considered more manageable than the 740 mm (29.1 in) Gewehr 98 barrel. The vz. 24 was chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser like its predecessors.
Vz. 24
Receiver of a Romanian-contract vz. 24
Tangent rear sight
Front sight
The Gewehr 98 is a bolt-action rifle made by Mauser for the German Empire as its service rifle from 1898 to 1935.
Gewehr 98 made in 1898. From the collections of the Swedish Army Museum
Mauser M98, cutaway model.
Mauser M98, marksman bolt group. Identifiable from the bent bolt handle.
Mauser M98, bolt and firing pin and safety mechanism field stripped.