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Key facts
- Type
- Bolt-action rifle
- Place of origin
- German Empire
- In service
- 1898–1945
- Used by
- See Users
- Designer
- Paul Mauser
- Manufacturer
- Mauser Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Haenel Sauer & Sohn Waffenwerke Oberspree V. Chr. Schilling Co. Steyr Simson Imperial Arsenals of Amberg , Danzig , Erfurt , Leipzig , and Spandau
- Produced
- 1898–1918
- Number span no built
- 9,000,000+
- Variants
- K98a, K98b, Kar98az
- Mass
- 4.09 kg (9.0 lb) with empty magazine Gewehr 98, 3.50 kg (7.7 lb) Karabiner 98a
- Length
- 1,250 mm (49.2 in) Gewehr 98, 1,090 mm (42.9 in) Karabiner 98a
- Barrel length
- 740 mm (29.1 in) Gewehr 98, 590 mm (23.2 in) Karabiner 98a
- Cartridge
- M/88 until 1903, 7.92×57mm Mauser later
- Action
- Bolt action
- Rate of fire
- 15 rounds/minute
- Muzzle velocity
- 639 m/s (2,096 ft/s) with M/88, 878 m/s (2,881 ft/s) with 1903 pattern 9.9 g (154 gr) ball ammunition
- Effective firing range
- 500 m (550 yd) (with iron sights ) , 1,000 m (1,100 yd) (with optics)
- Maximum firing range
- 3,735 m (4,080 yd) with S Patrone
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