The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71 (I.G.Mod.71 was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau.During 1870–71 trials with many different rifles took place with the M1869 Bavarian Werder being the Mausers’ chief competitor.
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length (km)
1.35
weight (kg)
4500.0
origin
German Empire
type
Service rifle
used in war
Balkan Wars, Easter Rising, First Boer War, Satsuma Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion, Second Boer War, First Sino-Japanese War, World War I, Serbo-Bulgarian War
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