The Karabiner 98k therefore continues to appear in conflicts across the world as they are taken out of storage during times of strife.ДЄ Mauser 98 was allegedly 'seen' in Sniper 2. Millions were captured by the Soviets at the conclusion of World War II and were widely distributed as military aid.

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.

It was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles. The most popular variant of the Mauser 98 is the Karabiner 98 Kurz (often abbreviated Kar98k, K98, or K98k) was adopted in 1935 as the standard service rifle by the Nazi German Wehrmacht. Many have been converted to sporting use. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and by Spanish Nationalists. The Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888 rifle as the German service rifle, first saw combat in the Boxer Rebellion, and was the main German infantry rifle of World War I. The Gewehr 98 action, using stripper clip loading with the powerful 8mm Mauser cartridge, introduced advanced infantry weapon features rapidly adopted in the Anglo-American Pattern 1914 Enfield/M1917 Enfield and the Japanese Arisaka Type 38/Type 99. The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98 or M98) is a German bolt action Mauser rifle firing cartridges from a 5 round internal clip-loaded magazine that was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k. It was seen in Sniper: Reloaded, used by Martin Chandler, then Richard Miller and then Brandon Beckett. This German-style purpose built sporter has a ribbed barrel, express sights and a flat 'butterknife' style bolt handle. These rifles, like other pre-M 98 system Mauser rifles, lack the third safety locking lug at the rear of the bolt and feature 'cock-on-closing' (similar to the contemporary Lee-Enfield rifle) instead of the 'cock-on-opening' style found on the German Gewehr 98 and most subsequent bolt action rifles. All Swedish Mausers, whether built in Germany or Sweden, were fabricated using a Swedish-supplied high grade tool steel alloyed with nickel, copper, and vanadium, a product noted for its strength and corrosion resistance. Swedish Mausers were manufactured by Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf a/N in Germany and in Sweden by Carl Gustafs stads GevГ¤rsfaktori and Husqvarna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag. All Swedish Mausers were chambered for the 6.5Г—55mm cartridge, and all Swedish-made actions were proof-tested with a single 6.5Г—55mm proof round developing approximately 455 MPa (65,992 psi) piezo pressure (55,000 CUP). In 1898 production began at Carl Gustafs stads GevГ¤rsfaktori in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

The Swedish Mausers are based on an improved variant of Mauser's earlier Model 1893, but using the 6.5Г—55mm cartridge (rather than the powerful 7.92Г—57mm Mauser cartridge, also called '8mm Mauser'), and incorporating unique design elements as requested by Sweden.В These are the m/94 (Model 1894) carbine, m/96 (Model 1896) long rifle, m/38 (Model 1938) short rifle and m/41 (Model 1941) sniper rifle.

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