However, it would take a long time to develop both a suitable cartridge and a working machine gun. In October 1917, the German Gewehr-PrГјfungskommission (Rifle Testing Commission or G.P.K.) issued a directive to develop a machine gun chambered with a large calibre cartridge able to combat both tanks and aircraft. Tanks were also not the only problem but the advancement of the airplane, from simple reconnaissance aircraft to better fighters and bombers, meant that there was a need for a large calibre weapon to deal with both. It soon became apparent that the K bullet was no longer effective in combating the armored fist of the Allies. The Battles of Messines and Cambrai in 1917 saw mass deployments of the British Mark IV tank, which had improved armor protection over the Mk I. They werenвЂ™t always effective, could damage the rifle and once the British started upgrading, the bullet became useless. This allowed a little more propellant and the theory was the blunt end wouldnвЂ™t break apart against the tankвЂ™s armor but cause it to distort and send spalling into the compartment. As the name states, the bullet was in the casing backwards. There is also debate in regards to the use of reverse bullets. Originally, these steel core armored piercing bullets had been issued so that frontline units could tackle enemy pillboxes and armored bullet shields, but now they were turned against the British and French metal beasts that now stormed towards their trenches. The first solution saw the Spitzgeschoss mit Kern, more commonly called the K Bullet, being issued in larger quantities. Great example of matching WWII Nazi marked 98 rifle.In September 1916, the British unveiled their new weapon to the world вЂ“ The Tank вЂ“ which, while slow and mechanically unreliable, sent shockwaves through the ranks of the German military. This rifle is complete and functional but missing the leather strap and cleaning rod. Wood very good with no signs of dings and impressions. Barrel and receiver have a very nice phosphate finish. Matching numbers on barrel, bolt, and safety, and no import stamps. Built at the Gustloff Werke, Werk Wiemar, Weimar plant in 1945. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by theВ Ottoman EmpireВ and Nationalist Spain. It first saw combat in the Chinese Boxer RebellionВ and was the main German infantry service rifle ofВ World War I.

The Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888В as the main German service rifle. The Gewehr 98 action, using aВ stripper clipВ loaded with the 7.92Г—57mm MauserВ cartridge, successfully combined and improved several bolt action engineering concepts which were soon adopted by many other countries including the UK, Japan, and the US. It was the German service rifleВ from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, a shorter weapon using the same basic design. The Gewehr 98В (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt actionВ rifle made by MauserВ firing cartridges from a 5-round internal clip-loaded magazine. K98a, K98b, kar98 az (used by StГјrmtruppen in World War 1)Д¤.09В kg (9.0В lb) with empty magazine Gewehr 98ДЁ78В m/s (2,881В ft/s) with 1903 pattern 9.9 g (154 gr) ball ammunitionДҐ round stripper clipsВ in an internal box magazine Schilling Co., Simson, Imperial Arsenals of Amberg, Danzig, Erfurt, Leipzig, and Spandau Mauser, Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Haenel, Sauer & Sohn, Waffenwerke Oberspree, V.

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