K98k

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/K98k

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	shooting
gptkbp:action	bolt-action
gptkbp:barrelLength	600 mm
gptkbp:bayonetMount	yes
gptkbp:cartridge	gptkb:7.92×57mm_Mauser
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:enteredService	1935
gptkbp:fullName	Karabiner 98 kurz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	K98k
gptkbp:length	1,110 mm
gptkbp:magazineCapacity	5-round internal magazine
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:Mauser
gptkbp:notableFeature	standard German service rifle in WWII shortened version of Gewehr 98
gptkbp:notableFor	basis for many postwar rifles used as sniper rifle variant used in hunting and civilian shooting postwar
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Gewehr_98
gptkbp:producedBy	1935
gptkbp:productionEndYear	1945
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:StG_44
gptkbp:totalProduced	over 14 million
gptkbp:touristAttraction	iron sights
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Albanian_Army gptkb:French_Army gptkb:Israel_Defense_Forces gptkb:Wehrmacht gptkb:Romanian_Army gptkb:Turkish_Army gptkb:Yugoslav_Partisans gptkb:Cuban_Army gptkb:Finnish_Army gptkb:Hungarian_Army gptkb:Waffen-SS gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army_(captured) gptkb:Spanish_Army gptkb:Egyptian_Army gptkb:Volkssturm gptkb:People's_Liberation_Army_(China) gptkb:Norwegian_Army gptkb:Polish_Army gptkb:Portuguese_Army gptkb:Syrian_Army gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army gptkb:Yugoslav_Army gptkb:Vietnamese_Army gptkb:North_Korean_Army gptkb:East_German_Volkspolizei Luftwaffe various paramilitary groups various postwar militaries
gptkbp:usedInConflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:weight	3.7–4.1 kg
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Karabiner_98k
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7