Gewehr 98

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The Gewehr 98 is a German bolt-action service rifle introduced in the late 19th century that became the standard infantry weapon of the German Empire and a foundational design for many later Mauser rifles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bolt-action rifle ⓘ
service rifle ⓘ
action bolt action ⓘ
alsoKnownAs G98 ⓘ
M98 ⓘ
barrelLength 740 mm ⓘ
basedOn Mauser 1893 rifle ⓘ
caliber 7.92×57mm Mauser ⓘ
cartridge 7.92×57mm Mauser ⓘ
category Mauser rifles ⓘ
linked to: Mauser
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
designedFor infantry use ⓘ
designer Paul Mauser ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
feedSystem 5-round internal magazine ⓘ
stripper clip loaded ⓘ
firingMode manual repeat ⓘ
influenced Czech Vz. 24 rifle ⓘ
Karabiner 98k ⓘ
linked to: Karabiner 98k rifle

Persian Mauser rifles ⓘ
Turkish Mauser rifles ⓘ
linked to: Mauser 1893 rifle

Yugoslav M24 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Czech Vz. 24 rifle
introduced 1898 ⓘ
manufacturer Mauser ⓘ
material steel barrel and receiver ⓘ
wooden stock ⓘ
muzzleVelocity approximately 880 m/s ⓘ
notableFeature controlled-feed claw extractor ⓘ
large non-rotating extractor ⓘ
three-lug bolt ⓘ
originLanguage German ⓘ
originLanguageName Gewehr 98 ⓘ
overallLength 1250 mm ⓘ
primaryUser German Army ⓘ
replaced Gewehr 88 ⓘ
safety three-position flag safety ⓘ
sights iron sights ⓘ
sightType hooded front sight ⓘ
tangent rear sight ⓘ
standardBayonet S98 bayonet ⓘ
S98/05 bayonet ⓘ
standardIssueFrom 1898 ⓘ
standardIssueUntil 1918 ⓘ
successor Karabiner 98k ⓘ
linked to: Karabiner 98k rifle
usedAs standard infantry rifle ⓘ
usedBy Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Imperial German Army ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
usedInConflict Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karabiner 98k → basedOn → Gewehr 98 ⓘ
subject linked to: Karabiner 98k rifle
Mauser → knownFor → Gewehr 98 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Mauser → notableProduct → Gewehr 98 ⓘ
M1903 Springfield rifle → designInfluencedBy → Mauser Gewehr 98 ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Gewehr 98 → originLanguageName → Gewehr 98 ⓘ
Paul Mauser → notableWork → Gewehr 98 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Paul Mauser → notableWork → Mauser 98 bolt-action system ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Paul Mauser → designed → Gewehr 98 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Paul Mauser → designed → Mauser 98 bolt-action system ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Paul Mauser → legacy → Mauser 98 action remains a benchmark for bolt-action rifles ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Mauser 1895 rifle → influenced → Mauser Gewehr 98 ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Czech Vz. 24 rifle → basedOn → Mauser Gewehr 98 ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
Gewehr 98 → alsoKnownAs → Gew 98 ⓘ
subject linked to: G98
linked to: Gewehr 98
M98 → alsoKnownAs → Gewehr 98 ⓘ
M98 → originLanguageName → Gewehr 98 ⓘ
Gewehr 88 → replacedBy → Gewehr 98 ⓘ
7.92×57mm Mauser → designedFor → Mauser Gewehr 98 ⓘ
linked to: Gewehr 98
7.92×57mm Mauser → usedIn → Gewehr 98 ⓘ