Steyr Mannlicher M1895

Original Austro-Hungarian Steyr Mannlicher M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher

Steyr Repertier-Stutzen M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher

Steyr M1895 Long Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56mmR Mannlicher

Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56mmR Mannlicher

A clear identifying feature of the Steyr M1895 rifle series is the stacking pin that protrudes forward on the left side of the rifle, originally used to stand rifles up against each other in the field - 8x56mmR Mannlicher

The Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 was an Austro-Hungarian bolt-action rifle, developed and designed by Ferdinand Ritter Von Mannlicher. It featured a straight-pull bolt-action feeding from single-column magazine fed by en-bloc 5-round clips. The long rifle featured a 30.1" barrel, and the carbine a 19" barrel. Both rifle and carbine featured a single-piece stock with full-length handguard. It fired the 8x50mmR cartridge. The rifle was produced at Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft, Steyr, from 1896-1918, and Fegyver és Gépgyár Rt. ("Arms and Machine Manufacturing Company") in Budapest from 1897-1918. Over 3,000,000 rifles were produced, roughly 75% at Steyr. Bulgaria purchased many M95s, beginning in 1903. It was the primary battle rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Landwehr and the Bulgarian Army during World War I, and continued to serve the postwar Austrian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian armies.

During the latter half of the 1920s, Mannlicher developed a more powerful cartridge, the 8x56mmR and Austria converted many existing rifles and carbines beginning in 1930, and Hungary followed suit in 1931. Austrian conversions are referred to as M95/30, and Hungarian conversions as M95/31. Rifles converted to 8x56mmR had a large "S" stamped on the barrel shank. Many M95s were captured by Yugoslavia and Greece during World War I, and in 1924 both countries began converting these to 7.92x57mm Mauser. The modifications consisted of a new 23.5" 7.92x57mm barrel with Mauser-type tangent-leaf sights, and the magazine was modified to allow conventional loading with a stripper clip. Conversions were done at FN-Herstal and Waffenfabrik Steyr, and domestically in Yugoslavia. These rifles are referred to as M95/24 in Greek service and M95M in Yugoslavian service.

During World War II the M95 was issued to Nazi German police forces, and also saw action with many partisans in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Italy.

Specifications

(1895 – 1921)

• Type: Rifle

• Caliber: 8x50mmR Mannlicher, 8x56mmR Mannlicher, 6.5x53mm Mannlicher

• Weight: 7.4 lbs (3.36 kg) (short rifle), 8.4 lbs (3.8 kg) (long rifle)

• Length: 39 in (100 cm) (short rifle), 50.1 in (127.2 cm) (long rifle)

• Barrel length: 19 in (48 cm) (short rifle), 30.1 in (76.5 cm) (long rifle)

• Capacity: 5 rounds

• Fire Modes: Bolt-Action

The Steyr Mannlicher M1895 can be seen in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Jánošík		Soldiers	Original M95	1921
Battleship Potemkin	Grigori Aleksandrov	Chief Officer Giliarovsky	Original M95	1925
Arsenal		German soldiers	Orignal M95	1929
And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don)		Russian Cossacks	Original M95	1930
Mountains on Fire	Luis Trenker	Florian Dimai	Stutzen M95	1931
	Claus Clausen	Leutnant Kall
		Austrian and Italian soldiers
The Black Cat	Henry Armetta	The Sergeant	M95 carbine version	1934
		Hungarian gendarmes
The Golden Taiga (Zolotoye ozero)	I. Mikhailov	Podlipalo	Sporterized military rifle	1935
	V. Tolstova	Marina
	Ivan Novoseltsev	Andrei Sepanov
The Return of Maxim (Vozvrashchenie Maksima)		Russian cavalry		1937
Fedka	Nikolay Kat-Oglu	Fedka Trofimov	Stutzen M95	1937
	N. Skalskiy	Grishka Skoblo
		Red cavalrymen
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)		Enemy troops		1938
Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda)		German soldiers		1942
We Will Come Back (Sekretar raykoma)		German soldiers		1942
Kotovsky		Imperial German soldiers		1942
Fighting Film Collection No. 10 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 10)		A German soldier		1942
Fighting Film Collection No. 12 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 12)		German soldiers		1942
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros)		German soldiers		1944
Zigmund Kolosovskiy		German soldiers		1946
Pavel Korchagin		Ukrainian National troops		1956
The Good Soldier Schweik (Dobrý voják Švejk)	Rudolf Hrusínský	Josef Švejk	M95/30 Carbine	1957
	Josef Kemr	The tall soldier
	Josef Sidlichovský	The short soldier
I Dutifully Report (Poslušne hlásím)	Rudolf Hrusínský	Josef Švejk	M95 rifle, M95/30 short rifle	1958
	Eman Fiala	Jurajda	M95/30 Carbine
	Fanda Mrázek	A gendarme	M95/30 Carbine
	Antonín Sura	A gendarme	M95/30 Carbine
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers	M95 rifles
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Vynález zkázy)		A pirate	Likely original M95	1958
The Great War (La grande guerra)		Austro-Hungarian soldiers		1959
Two Half-Times in Hell		Hungarian soldiers	Hungarian 31M	1961
A Star Called Wormwood (Hvezda zvaná Pelynek)	Rudolf Deyl	Pvt. František Noha	M95 carbine version	1964
	Radoslav Brzobohatý	Cpl. Vodicka
	Jirí Sovák	Pvt. Červenka
	Martin Ruzek	Pvt. Koval
	Jan Tríska	Pvt. Lojzík
	Jaroslav Mareš	Pvt. Werner
	Josef Vetrovec	Pvt. Pelnár
	Gustav Heverle	Pvt. Kolarík
	Ladislav H. Struna	Soldier
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers
The Corporal and Others		Hungarian soldiers		1965
Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina)		Yugoslavian soldiers		1965
The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák)	Tibor Molnár	András		1967
The Eighth (Osmiyat)	Georgi Georgiev-Getz	"Osmiyat"	Bulgarian M96 Carbine	1969
	Anton Gorchev	Vlado
	Stoycho Mazgalov	Stamen
	Nikola Anastasov	"Chaplin"
		Bulgarian soldiers and resistance fighters
The Black Angels (Chernite angeli)		Bulgarian soldiers and police	Bulgarian M96 Carbine	1970
The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak)		Bulgarian soldiers and resistance fighters	Bulgarian M96 Carbine	1971
Hot Winter (Horká zima)		Hungarian deserters	M95 carbine version	1973
The Day That Shook the World		Austro-Hungarian border guards and policemen	M95 carbine version	1975
The Pacing Mustang (Mustang-inokhodets)	Pavel Klyonov	Fred Montgomery	Sporterized M95	1976
Cabbages and Kings		Anchurian soldiers		1978
Velvet Season (Barkhatnyy sezon)		French police		1978
The Secret of Steel City (Tajemství Ocelového mesta)		Soldiers and policemen in Steel City	M95 carbine version	1979
Identification Marks: None (Osobykh primet net)		Russian cavalrymen		1979
Signum Laudis	Vlado Müller	Cpl. Hoferik	M95 carbine version	1980
	Jirí Zahajský	LCpl. Lorisch
	Jan Pohan	Pvt. Steiner
	Jan Skopecek	Pvt. Reisch
	Jirí Kodes	Pvt. Richter
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers
Night Riders (Nocní jazdci)	Radoslav Brzobohatý	Halva		1981
	Leopold Haverl	Babušek
	Petr Cepek	Janoušek
	Pavel Zednícek	Fořt
	Jirí Kodes	Jan Bílý
	Jirí Krampol	Borovička
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)	Boryslav Brondukov	Grichenko		1983
	Dmitry Kharatyan	Volodya Patrikeyev
Smoky the Cowhorse (Dymka)	Viktor Andrienko	Mike	Steyr Repertier-Stutzen M1895	1980
	Valeriy Chiglyaev	Joe
	Valeriya Tsoy	Lou
Colonel Redl		Austro-Hungarian soldiers	M95/30 or M95/31 Short Rifles, M95 Stutzen carbines	1985
Uprising		A Soviet border guard	M95 carbine version mocked as Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine	2001
Zelary	Jan Tríska	Old Gorcík	M95 carbine version	2003
Lake Placid 2			Seen at the sheriff's office. Short rifle variant	2007
Guard No. 47	Karel Roden	František Douša	M95 carbine version	2008
		Austro-Hungarian soldiers
Battle of Warsaw 1920	Borys Szyc	Jan Krynicki	M95 carbine version	2011
		Polish soldiers
The Monuments Men		Hitler Youth boy		2014
Wilson City		Wilson City Police	M95 carbine version	2015
Fritz Lang		Austro-Hungarian soldiers		2016

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Bors		Various characters		1968
Sherlock Holmes: The Last of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes: L'ultimo dei Baskerville)		A soldier	M95 carbine or short rifle	1968
Once There Was a House (Byl jednou jeden dum)	Jirí Sovák	Matěj Budák	M95 carbine version; "Bio Ilusion" (S1E2), "Obvaziste Boccaccio" (S1E5)	1974
Once There Was a House (Byl jednou jeden dum)	Vladimír Mensík	Eduard Drvota	M95 carbine version; "Bio Ilusion" (S1E2)	1974
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade)		Spanish Republicans, Italian soldiers	Carbine; Ep.5-6	1984
Lenin...The Train		German and French soldiers		1988
Wounded Stones (Ranenyye kamni)	Nikita Dzhigurda	Asker	Sporterized	1988
	Igor Slobodskoy	Akhmat
Hearts of Three (Serdtsa tryokh)	Gediminas Girdvainis	Mariano Vercara	Sporterized	1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles		German soldier		1992-1994
Sarajevo 1914. The Eve of the Great War		Austro-Hungarian soldiers		2014
14 - Diaries of the Great War		Austrian soldiers		2014

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Battlefield: 1918			2004
Battle of Empires : 1914-1918			2014
Battlefield 1	Gewehr M. 95		2016
Sniper Elite 4	Mannlicher M1895		2017
Battlefield V	Gewehr M. 95/30		2018

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Izetta: The Last Witch	Elystadt forces		2016
Saga of Tanya the Evil	Dachia Grand Duchy's regular infantry	Mannlicher M1893	2017

Steyr Mannlicher M1888-90

Austro-Hungarian Steyr Mannlicher M1888-90 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher

After the introduction of the French Lebel 1886 in 8 mm, the Austrians found themselves in a position of subjugation because their rifle regulation was still the Mannlicher 1886 11mm caliber. It was then decided to develop a new ammunition similar to the French, and so the Mannlicher 1888 model 8x50R caliber black powder was born. A total of approximately 290,000 copies were produced from the Arsenal OEWG Steyr (Österreichische Gesellschaft Waffenfabrik Werndl in Steyr).

In 1890, after the introduction of the smokeless powder and corresponding ammunition, the rear sight was modified by applying two plates to uphold their calibration from 300 to 1800 steps (225-1350 m) on the left-hand scale and from 2000 to 3000 steps (1500 - 2250 m) in the right graduation and became the 1888-90 model. Many of these rifles were taken by the Italians as war booty in 1917 and subsequently deployed in the Second World War. The 1888/90 model was also officially delivered to Bulgaria, Greece and Hungary, but also used in the Chilean Civil War of 1891.

Specifications

(1888 – 1896)

• Type: Rifle

• Caliber: 8x52mmR Mannlicher (M88), 8x50mmR Mannlicher (M88-90)

• Weight: 9.7 lbs (4.41 kg)

• Length: 50 in (1,280 mm)

• Barrel length: 30.1 in (765 mm)

• Capacity: 5 rounds

• Fire Modes: Bolt-Action

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Sisters (Syostry)		Austro-Hungarian soldier	With non-standard bayonet	1957
The Great Road		Austro-Hungarian soldiers		1962
The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák)	Tibor Molnár	András	Some with flat rear sights	1967
	József Madaras	István
	Juhász Jácint	Janós
Two Comrades Were Serving (Sluzhili dva tovarishcha)		A Red Army soldier	Supposedly M1885	1968
Identification Marks: None (Osobykh primet net)		Russian cavalrymen		1979
The Lost City of Z	Charlie Hunnam	Col. Percy Fawcett		2017

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
The Road to Calvary (Khozhdenie po mukam)		Austro-Hungarian soldiers, Czechoslovak Legioneers	M85; Ep.2,3,6	1977
Cabbages and Kings		Anchurian soldiers		1978
Hearts of Three		Warriors of The Blind Brigand		1992

Hembrug M95

Hemburg M95 Long Rifle - 6.5x53mm Mannlicher

In 1895, the Royal Netherlands Army adopted a variant of the Mannlicher M.1893 produced for Romania, which was in-turn developed from the German Gewehr 88. This was a conventional turn-bolt action feeding from a Mannlicher 5-round magazine loaded with en-bloc clips, chambered in 6.5x53mmR. It featured a 28.5" barrel, one-piece stock and half-length handguard.

Two carbine variants were produced, No.1 and No.3 (see discussion page). Initial production was at Waffenfabrik Steyr beginning in 1895, however in 1904 licensed production began at Hembrug Zaandam in the Netherlands; roughly 470,000 rifles were produced. It served the Dutch Army for 47 years, due to the lack of funds to replace it.

The Hembrug M95 can be seen in the following:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Operation Amsterdam		Dutch soldiers and resistance fighters	rifle version	1959
Pretty Boy Floyd	Roy Fant	Jed Watkins	KNIL No.1 Carbine	1960
Soldier of Orange	Derek de Lint	Alex	Rifle version	1977
	Huib Rooymans	Jan Weinberg	No.1 carbine version
		Dutch soldiers	No.1 & No.3 carbine versions plus rifle version

FÉG 35M

Hungarian FÉG Puska 1935 Minta (35M) rifle - 8x56mmR Mannlicher

FÉG 35M is a Hungarian rifle based on Mannlicher system. It is chambered in 8x56R. The rifle was designed and manufactured by FÉG weapon factory from 1935 until 1950s.

The FÉG 35M and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)	Vladimir Kolokoltsev	Volodya Kozachenkox		1959
	Yuri Timoshenko	Grichenko
The Corporal and Others		German soldiers		1965
Cabbages and Kings		Anchurian soldiers		1978
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)	Dmitry Kharatyan	Volodya Patrikeyev		1983
Colonel Redl		Austro-Hungarian soldiers		1985

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Hearts of Three (Serdtsa tryokh)	Vladimir Shevelkov	Francis Morgan		1992
		Solano brothers, gendarmes, brigands

See Also

• Steyr Mannlicher - A list of all firearms manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher.