Gewehr 41

Type: Battle Rifle

Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser

Capacity: 10 round stripper clip

Fire Modes: Semiautomatic

Info

The Gewehr 41 rifle was the forerunner for the Gewehr 43 rifle. Designed out of the need for a semiautomatic rifle to increase the Wehrmacht infantry's efficiency and to match the American M1 Garand and Soviet Tokarev SVT-40 rifles in combat, prototypes by both Mauser (M) and Walther (W) were submitted. The Gewehr 41 (M) failed, with only 6,673 produced, whilst the G 41 (W) was more successful. However, both designs suffered from gas system fouling problems, the result of an overly complex muzzle trap system prone to excessive corrosion as a result of the salts in the ammunition primers as well as carbon fouling. The many parts of the muzzle also made it difficult to keep clean on the battlefield. Instead, Walther redesigned the rifle into the more successful G 43.

The Gewehr 41 rifle has appeared in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Gewehr 41 (Mauser Design) - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Gewehr 41 (M) with ZF 40 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Gewehr 41 (Walther Design) with ZF 4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Video Games

• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad (with and without bayonet and ZF 40 scope)