Few rifles have influenced firearm design and military history as much as the Mauser 98.Adopted by the German army in 1898 to replace the 1888 “Commission” rifle, the Mauser Gewehr 98 and ...

World War II saw a de facto rematch between the Mauser and ... the AK-47 assault rifle), some 37,000,000 were made between 1891 and 1965. Officially designated the Karabiner 98 Kurz or Kar98K ...