Mauser

Mauser

About

Mauser is a German arms manufacturer originally founded as Königliche Waffen Schmieden in 1811. The Mauser company was founded in 1874 by brothers Wilhelm and Paul Mauser. The company gained prominence through its manufacturer of the Mauser Gewehr 1871 for Prussia. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mauser manufactured a large number of weapons, including the hugely influential Gewehr 1898 and the famous Mauser C96. Following World War II, the Mauser plant was put to work manufacturing equipment for the depleted French military and many of the factory buildings themselves would later be demolished and many records made in the company's earlier years were destroyed by French occupation forces. Former Mauser engineers Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel salvaged what they could and would go on to form Heckler & Koch. In 1994, Mauser was acquired by Rheinmetall AG and would manufacturer heavy munitions and autocannons. In 1999, the manufacture of civilian hunting and sporting arms was split off from Rheinmetall.

Information

Founded: May 23, 1874

Country: Germany

Guns

Pistols

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Mauser C96	7.63x25mm Mauser 9x19mm Parabellum 9x25mm .45 ACP	6, 10 or 20	1896-1937	Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Mauser C96 "Red 9" Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer Mauser C96 "Bolo" model
Mauser HSc	.32 ACP .380 ACP	8 7	1936-1939 1968-1977
Mauser Pocket Pistol	.25 ACP	N/A	1910-1941	1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol 1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol
Mauser WTP	.25 ACP	6	1921-1938

Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Vereinsgewehr Model 1857	13.9mm	1	1857-1866
Mauser Gewehr 1871	11x60mmR	1	1871-1888	Gewehr 1871 Jäger Karabiner 71
Mauser Gewehr 1871/84	11.15x60mmR	8	1884-1888
Argentine Mauser 1891	7.65x53mm Mauser	5	1891-????
Spanish Mauser 1893	7x57mm Mauser	5	1893-1930s	Spanish Mauser 1916 Carbine
Swedish Mauser 1894 Carbine	6.5x55mm	5	1894-1944
Chilean Mauser 1895	7x57mm Mauser	5	1895-????
Swedish Mauser 1896	6.5x55mm	5	1896-1944
Mauser Gewehr 1898	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1898-1918	Turkish Mauser 1903 Chinese Mauser 1907 Brazilian Mauser 1908 Argentine Mauser 1909 Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine Czech Mauser VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser VZ-24 Persian Mauser VZ-98/29 Polish Mauser WZ29 Mauser 98 Sporter Oberndorf Mauser Sporter
Mauser Selbstlader M1916	7.92x57mm Mauser	20	1916-????
Karabiner 98k	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1935-1945	Peruvian Mauser 1935 Mexican Mauser 1936 Spanish Mauser M43 Yugoslavian Mauser M48
Mauser Mkb	7.75x39mm	10	1935
Gewehr 41(M)	7.92x57mm Mauser	10	1941
Volksgewehr 4	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1944-1945
Sturmgewehr 45(M)	7.92x33mm Kurz	10 or 30	1945	MKb Gerät 06 MKb Gerät 06H

Machine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Parabellum MG 14	7.92x57mm Mauser	Belt fed	1914-1918
MG 34	7.92x57mm Mauser	50 round belt drum, 75 round twin drum	????-1945
MG 42	7.92x57mm Mauser	50 round belt	1942-1945

Sniper Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Mauser Scharfschutzengewehr 98	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1915-1918
Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr	13.2mm TuF	1	1918-????
Mauser SP66	7.62x51mm	3	1976-????
Mauser 86 SR	7.62x51mm	9	1989-1996
Mauser SR-93	7.62x51mm NATO .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum	6 5	1993
Mauser SR-97	.338 Lapua Magnum	5	1997

Other

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
2.8 cm sPzB 41	28/20 mm	Single shot	1940-1943	2.8 cm sPzB 41 leFl 41
Mauser BK-27	27x145mm	Belt fed	1977-present