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Mauser C96
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semi-automatic pistol
Key facts
- Type
- Semi-automatic pistol Machine pistol / submachine gun (M712 Schnellfeuer)
- Place of origin
- Germany
- In service
- 1896–1961
- Used by
- See Users
- Designer
- Feederle brothers (Fidel, Friedrich, and Josef) Paul Mauser
- Manufacturer
- Mauser (Germany) Taiyuan Arsenal , Taku Naval Arsenal and Hanyang Arsenal (China) Beistegui Hermanos and Astra-Unceta y Cia SA (Spain)
- Produced
- 1896–1937
- Number span no built
- 1,100,000+
- Variants
- See Major variants
- Mass
- 1.13 kg (2 lb 8 oz)
- Length
- 312 mm (12.3 in) (pre-Bolo) 271 mm (10.7 in) (post-Bolo)
- Barrel length
- 140 mm (5.5 in) (pre-Bolo) 99 mm (3.9 in) (post-Bolo)
- Cartridge
- 7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×21 Parabellum 9×19mm Parabellum .45 ACP 9mm Mauser export 8.15mm Mauser 8mm Gasser
- Action
- Short recoil
- Rate of fire
- 120 rounds per minute (semi-automatic) , 900-1000 rounds per minute (M712 Schnellfeuer)
- Muzzle velocity
- 425 m/s (1,394 ft/s) 7.63×25mm 350 m/s (1,148 ft/s), 9×19mm
- Effective firing range
- 150–200 m (160–220 yd)
- Feed system
- 10-round internal magazine fed by stripper clip 6-round internal magazine 10- or 20-round detachable box magazine (M712 Schnellfeuer and detachable magazine variants) 20- or 40-round magazine (prototype M1917 trench carbine)
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- Image
- Mauser C96 7,63 (6971794467).jpg
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- Commons category
- Mauser C96
- service entry
- 1899-01-01
- service retirement
- 1961-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Mauser C/96
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The Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 20th century.
The distinctive characteristics of the C96 are the integral box magazine in front of the trigger, the long barrel, the wooden shoulder stock, which gives it the stability of a short-barreled rifle and doubles as a holster or carrying case, and a grip shaped like the handle of a broom. The grip earned the gun the nickname "broomhandle" in the English-speaking world, and in China the C96 was nicknamed the "box cannon" (Chinese: 盒子炮; pinyin: hézipào) because of its rectangular internal magazine and because it could be holstered in its wooden box-like detachable stock.