Mauser C96

The Mauser C96 (commonly called the "Broomhandle" or "Broomhandle Mauser" due to its distinctive grip) was a German semi-automatic pistol, originally manufactured between 1896 to 1936. It was one of the first semi-automatic pistols in history to see widespread use and was built in Spain and China as well. There are four major variants (with the usual array of rare or specialty/custom sub-variants.)

• The Mauser C96 was the fullsized pistol - (7.63x25mm Mauser)
• The ASTRA 900 was simply just a Spanish made copy.
• The ASTRA 903 was the same as above but with full automatic capability.
• The "Bolo" was the shorter barrel and smaller grip version (restrictions from the Versailles Treaty) and sold in large numbers to the Bolsheviks, thus the nickname "Bolo" - (7.63x25mm Mauser)
• The "Red 9" was a contract model for the German Army, chambered in 9mm Parabellum. To avoid loading mistakes, a large number 9 was burned into the grip and painted red, hence the name.
• The M712 "Schnellfeuer" had a detachable 20 rd box magazine and fired fully automatic. (During the 20th Century, some semi auto only versions of the M712 Schnellfeuer were built and sold to the civilian market as the M711)
• The "Shansi Type 17" was a Chinese manufactured Mauser alongside being the ultimate and biggest as it is chambered in the .45 ACP fed by a 10 round internal magazine, again loaded with stripper clips. In China the weapon was nicknamed the "box cannon" due to its box-shaped internal magazine and ability to be placed inside its own stock.

Specifications

Type: Pistol, Machine Pistol (Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer, Astra 903)

Caliber: 7.63x25mm Mauser, 9x19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP(Shanshi Type 17)

Capacity: 10 rounds

Fire Modes: Semiautomatic

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The Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" pistol has been seen in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:

Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Note the rear tangent sight; in something of a display of wishful thinking, the C96's sight is adjustable for ranges up to 1000 metres.

Mauser C96 "Red 9" Version for the German Army - 9mm. This model is World War One dated.

Mauser C96 in silver finish.

Shansi Type 17 chambered in .45 ACP with unfired rounds and stripper clips

ASTRA 900 chambered in the same 7.63x25mm

ASTRA 903 machine pistol

Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer

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Mauser C96 7.63x25mm Mauser - Short Barreled "Bolo" Model

C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser fitted with holster/stock combo - 7.63x25mm.

Highly engraved Mauser C96 'Bolo' - 7.63x25mm.

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Reproduction of the very rare full stocked C96 carbine - 7.63x25mm.

The Star Wars version of the pistol.

Film

• Queen of Outer Space - the astronauts weapons were short magazine C96 Mausers painted gold.

• Daniel Pilon as as the contract killer Gorman in Brannigan (M712 Schnellfeuer).

• John Le Mesurier used a C96 with a shoulder stock in the 1968 film "Salt and Pepper"

• Geoff Parry as Bubba Zanetti in Mad Max

• Mel Gibson in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

• Roger Rees as Augustus Steranko in Teen Agent

• Oliver Reed in Sitting Target (M712 Schnellfeuer)

• Fred Williamson as Tommy Gibbs in Black Caesar and Hell up in Harlem

• Morgan Freeman as Sloan in Wanted (M712 Schnellfeuer)

• Turkish Army officers in Lawrence of Arabia

• German soldiers in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

• German soldiers in Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Spanish and German officers in Rough Riders

• Antoine Saint-John as Colonel Von Roerkel in The Wind and the Lion

• IRA forces in Michael Collins.

• Joss Ackland as Arjen Rudd in Lethal Weapon 2

• Richard Kiel as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me

• Robert Shaw as Red Grant in From Russia With Love

• Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the Star Wars series (as the "DL-44 Blaster")

• Luke Perry as Billy in The Fifth Element (M712 Schnellfeuer)

• The Medjai in The Mummy

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns

• Simon Ward as Winston Churchill in Young Winston

• Don Stroud as bounty hunter Lamarr Simms in Joe Kidd

• Matthew Fox as Racer X in Speed Racer

• Clint Eastwood as Joe Kidd in Joe Kidd

• Kung Fu Killer

• Hannibal Lector in Hannibal Rising

• Axe gang members in Kung Fu Hustle

• Turkish Officer in All The King Men (1999)

• Agent Charles Vine in The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World

• Actor Kamal Hassan as Saket Ram in Hey Ram (2000) Bollywood movie

• Several "Street Thunder" gangmembers carry C96's equipped with silencers in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

• State Department: File 649 (1949)

• Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence (Silenzio) in The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio) 1968

Video Games

• Hitman: Blood Money (as the "WW1 Pistol")

• Medal of Honor: Airborne - available during the "Der Flakturm" level

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Shansi Type 17)

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Shansi Type 17)

• Resident Evil 4 (as the "Red 9," with an optional stock and fitted with an underbarrel laser pointer)

• Fallout (Gizmo the casino boss, as "9mm Mauser")

• Fallout 3 (as the "Chinese Pistol")

• Silent Storm (C96, Red-9 & M712 versions)

• Team Fortress 2

• Day of Defeat: Source (M712 Schnellfeuer version with a stock)

• Timesplitters [as the "Mauser Pistol"]

• Red Dead Redemption as "Mauser Pistol"

Television

• The Professionals (Carbine Variant)

• Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) (Bolo version)

• The Unit Used by an attempted assassin.

• Band of Brothers Used by French soldier to execute German soldiers.

Anime

• in Gunsmith Cats it is seen the shop and at Rally's house

• Hellsing a Vampires Nazi can be seen holding two

• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade: at the shooting range and in the end scene

• Rotton the Wizard in Black Lagoon

• Heine Rammsteiner in Dogs: Bullets and Carnage

• Kochikame

Animation

• Atlantis, The Lost Empire

• The Brak Show