Turkish Mauser

The Turkish Mauser can be used to describe many Mauser rifles used by the Ottoman Empire and then the Republic of Turkey.

• The Mauser Model 1887 rifle, chambered in 9.5x60mm[1]
• The Mauser Model 1890 rifle and carbine, chambered in 7.65×53mm Mauser[2][3]
• The Mauser Model 1893 rifle, chambered in 7.65×53mm and later in 7.92×57mm Mauser[4]
• The Mauser Model 1903 rifle and short rifle and the Mauser Model 1905 carbine, both chambered in 7.65 and later in 7.92[5][6]

A Turkish Gewehr 98 used by the Islamic Army of the Caucasus.

• The Gewehr 98, received during and after World War I, in 7.92[7]
• The Vz. 98/22 rifle, produced in Czechoslovakia, in 7.92[6]
• The Mauser Model 1938, short rifle standardization of the Model 1893, Model 1903, Gewehr 88, Gewehr 98 and Vz. 98/22, in 7.92[8][9]
• The Karabiner 98k in 7.92, bought after World War II[10]

References

1. Ball, R. (2011). Mauser Military Rifles of the World (5th ed.). Iola: Gun Digest Books. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-4402-1544-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Ball 2011, p. 379.
3. Ball 2011, p. 380.
4. Ball 2011, p. 382.
5. Ball 2011, p. 385.
6. Ball 2011, p. 388.
7. Ball 2011, p. 374.
8. Ball 2011, p. 389.
9. Garander (2013). "Model of 1938". turkmauser.com.
10. Owen, J.I.H. (1975). Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World 1950–1975. p. 57.

External links

• Garander (2013). "Mausers of Turkey and The Ottoman Empire". turkmauser.com.

See also

• Belgian Mauser