Mauser Rifle Series

This pages has Mauser Rifles used on film other than Mauser Gewehr 1898 and Karabiner 98k which are the two most popular model seen on screen.

Gewehr 1871/84

Mauser Gewehr 1871/84 - 11.15x60mmR

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Last Samurai		Japanese Imperial Army		2003

1891 Mauser Rifle

Mauser 1891 - 7.65x53mm

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)		German Imperial Army		1979

Television:

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Rough Riders	George Hamilton	William Randolph Hearst		1997

1893 Spanish Mauser

1893 Spanish Mauser - 7x57mm Mauser

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
A Bullet for the General	Gian Maria Volonté	El Chuncho		1966
A Bullet for the General	Lou Castel	Bill 'Niño' Tate		1966
A Bullet for the General		Mexican governmental troops and guerrillas		1966
Hemingway & Gellhorn		Spanish Nationalist forces		2012

Television:

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Rough Riders		Spanish troops		1997

1894 Swedish Mauser Carbine

Mauser M94/14 Cavalry Carbine (dated 1916) (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm

The Model 1894 (or more commonly known M94) was a precursor to the M1896 Carl Gustaf Mauser which went into production in 1895, with left over receivers used in the M1896 full sized rifle production. It is noteworthy for its metal endcap and the fact that some later models (like the M94/14) were designed to take either the standard M1914 army bayonet or the M95 Naval bayonet (a large bladed knife).

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Wind and the Lion		German soldiers		1975
There Be Dragons	Wes Bentley	Manolo Torres		2011
There Be Dragons	Olga Kurylenko	Ildika		2011

1895 Chilean Mauser

Also known as the Chilean Contract Mauser, or Modelo Mauser Chileno 1895.

Mauser 1895 Rifle - 7x57mm Mauser

Mauser 1895 Rifle - 7x57mm Mauser

Mauser 1895 Carbine - 7x57mm Mauser

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Breaker Morant		Boer Commandoes		1980

Television:

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Rough Riders		Spanish troops		1997
Rough Riders	Dale Dye	Colonel Leonard Wood		1997

1896 Swedish Mauser

Mauser 1896/02 Rifle (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm

Mauser 1896/11 Rifle (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm

Mauser 1896/38 Rifle (Carl Gustaf) - 6.5x55mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Man on the Roof		Suspect		1976

Mauser 98 Sporter

The German-style purpose-built sporter has a ribbed barrel, express sights and a flat "butterknife" style bolt handle, and not a converted military rifle.

German-style Mauser 98 Sporter - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Diamonds Are Forever	Bruce Cabot	Bert Saxby		1971
The Sugarland Express		Texas Ranger		1974
White Hunter Black Heart	Clint Eastwood	John Wilson		1990
Public Enemies	Christian Bale	Melvin Purvis		2009

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Hawaii Five-O	James MacArthur	Danny "Danno" Williams		1968-1979

Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine

Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Sahara		Bedouin scout		1943
The Wind That Shakes The Barley	Cillian Murphy	Damien		2006

1903 Turkish Mauser

Turkish Mauser 1903 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)		German soldiers	Impersonating Gewehr 98	1979
Gallipoli		Turkish Soldiers		1981
Lighthorsemen, The		Turkish Soldiers and Bedouins		1987
All The King Men		Turkish Soldiers		1999
The Mummy		Arabs		1999
Passchendaele		German soldiers		2009

1908 Brazilian Mauser

Mauser 1908 - 7x57mm Mauser

The Brazilian M1908 was manufactured by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken in Berlin and Waffenfabrik Mauser in Orberndorf. Chambered for 7x57mm Mauser.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
City Of God		Gangsters		2002
The Good, the Bad, the Weird	Byung-hun Lee	The Bad		2008
The Good, the Bad, the Weird		Various henchmen		2008

1909 Argentine Mauser

Argentine Mauser 1909 - 7.65x53 Argentine

The Argentinian mausers were chambered for the 7.65x53mm Argentine (AKA 7.65x53mm Belgian) cartridge.

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Evita		Argentine soldiers		1996
The Aura	Ricardo Darín	Esteban Espinosa	Sporterized version	2005
The Aura	Alejandro Awada	Sontag	Sporterized version	2005

1916 Spanish Mauser

M1916 Spanish Mauser - 7x57mm Mauser

The 1916 (known also as the M1916) Spanish Mauser was a short rifle developed from the M1893 Spanish Mauser Rifle. It was originally chambered in 7x57mm Mauser, however, after development of the CETME rifle, numerous M1916s were re-chambered for 7.62x51mm CETME for use by the Guardia Civil.

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Kevork Malikyan	Kazim		1989

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Bors		Spanish Repusblicans	Ep.11	1968
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Sean Patrick Flanery	Indiana Jones		1992-1994

VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser

BRNO VZ98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Lost Battalion		German troops		2001

VZ-24 Czech Mauser

Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade		Cultist		1989

VZ-98/29 Czech Mauser

Czech Persian Mauser 98/29 8x57 mm

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Battle of Warsaw 1920		Polish troops		2011

M24/47 Yugoslavian Mauser

Yugoslavian M24-47 Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser. An M24 Mauser re-arsenaled in the 1947 update program.

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Viva Maria!		Mexican soldiers and rebels		1965
The Wind and the Lion		Sheik Raisuli's men		1975
The Wind and the Lion	Brian Keith	President Roosevelt		1975
Force 10 from Navarone		Partisan fighters		1978

1935 Peruvian Mauser

Mauser 1935 (Modelo 1935) Rifle Peruvian FN Contract - .30-06

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Uncommon Valor			Seen among other rifles	1983

M48 Yugoslavian Mauser

Yugoslavian M48 Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The M48 Mauser is a post World War II intermediate-length M98 action, designed in Yugoslavia. Although similar in general appearance to the German Kar98K rifle, it is not a copy but is based on the earlier Yugoslav M24 rifle. The main difference between the M48 and the Kar98K is that the M48 receiver is 1/4" shorter than the standard-length Kar98K. They are usually easily identified by the top handguard which extends behind the rear sight, and ends just in front of the receiver ring. The model number is stamped under the crest: M48, M48A, or M48BO. M48's are regarded as a military surplus firearm and can be collected in the US at a generally cheap price due to the numbers recently imported from Europe.

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
No Man's Land		Bosnian guide		2001

M43 Spanish Mauser

Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Lawrence of Arabia		Turkish soldiers and Arab irregulars		1962

Oberndorf Mauser Sporter

Oberndorf Mauser Sporter - 9x57mm

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Red House	Rory Calhoun	Teller		1947

Type Zhongzheng Rifle

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Type Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The Type Zhongzheng rifle is a licenced, Chinese copy of the Mauser Standard Model rifle, the forerunner to the Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle, and was used extensively by both Nationalist and Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese war, the Chinese Civil War and finally during the Korean War by the People's volunteer army.

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Assembly (Ji jie hao)	Zhang Hangyu	Gu Zidi		2007
Assembly (Ji jie hao)		Communist and Nationalist Chinese soldiers		2007
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The		General Yang's soldiers		2008
The Founding of a Republic (Jian guo da ye)				2009

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
7554				2011

Other Models

Sometimes bolt action rifles are used in films to impersonate Mauser rifles, usually in large period films. This section is specifically for bolt action rifles which are not common enough to merit their own page but are technically not Mauser rifles.

Gewehr 1888

Mannlicher Gewehr 1888 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This sample was an issued rifle in the Ottoman Empire based in its stampings. This is a movie armory weapon.

Also known as the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, this rifle was issued to front line German Troops in World War 1 until the Gewehr 98s caught up with production and fully replaced it in 1915. It was issued to troops serving the Ottoman Empire and was maintained by Turkish soldiers well into the 1930s. Though it can be seen outfitting German Troops in any World War 1 film, the rifle was surprisingly not a Mauser, but a Commission designed weapon that was built by various other manufacturers. The Rifle was based on Mannlicher, French Lebel and Mauser elements. When the Germans used it during the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Chinese made an unlicensed copy, the Hanyang 88 (Type 88).

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The African Queen		German Askari		1951
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows	Jude Law	Dr. Watson		2011