The Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k K98 or K98k) is a bolt action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge that was adopted in 1935 as the standard service rifle by the German Wehrmacht. It was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles. Although supplemented by semi- and fully automatic rifles during World War II it remained the primary German service rifle until the end of World War II in 1945.
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length (km)
1.11
weight (kg)
3700.0
origin
Nazi Germany
type
Bolt action
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Korean War, Six-Day War, Yugoslav Wars, Romanian Revolution, 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chinese Civil War, Suez Crisis, Vietnam War, World War II, Yom Kippur War, Algerian War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Portuguese Colonial War, Iraq War, Spanish Civil War, Syrian Civil War, First Indochina War, War of Attrition, Greek Civil War
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