Forgotten Weapons

Forgotten Weapons

Gewehr 98: The German WWI Standard Rifle (2016x113)


Air date: May 16, 2016

The Gewehr 1898 was the product of a decade of bolt action repeating rifle improvements by the Mauser company, and would be the standard German infantry rifle through both World Wars. Today we are looking at a pre-WWI example (1905 production) that shows all the features of what a German soldier would have taken to war in 1914.

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