Engineering:List of 7.92×57mm Mauser firearms

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The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. This ammunition was developed from the Patrone 88 and was introduced in 1903. It was adopted by the German Empire in 1905 and was the standard cartridge of German military in both World Wars. This cartridge were also adopted by other countries and one of the world's most popular military cartridges in the 20th century.[1] The 7.92×57mm Mauser is still a popular sport and hunting cartridge in the 21st century.[2]

List of Weapons

Rifles

Name Type Country Image Years of service Notes
FN Model 24 and Model 30 Bolt-action rifle  Belgium frameless 1924–1986 Variant of Gewehr 98.[3]
FN Model 1949 Semi-automatic rifle  Belgium frameless 1949– Export variant for Egypt.[4]
Mukden Arsenal Mauser Bolt-action rifle  China
 Manchukuo
1924–1950s
Chiang Kai-shek rifle Bolt-action rifle  China frameless 1935–1980s Chinese variant of Mauser Standardmodell.
General Liu rifle Semi-automatic rifle / bolt-action rifle  China frameless 1916 Prototype and testing only.
vz. 98/22 Bolt-action rifle  Czechoslovakia frameless 1922–2010s
vz. 24 Bolt-action rifle  Czechoslovakia frameless 1924–1960s
vz. 33 Bolt-action carbine  Czechoslovakia frameless 1934–1954
ZH-29 Semi-automatic rifle  Czechoslovakia frameless 1929–1940s
Hakim Rifle Semi-automatic rifle Template:Country data Kingdom of Egypt frameless 1950s– Variant of Automatgevär m/42.[5]
Gewehr 88/05 Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1905–1945 Rechambered from the original Patrone 88 cartridge.[6]
Gewehr 98 Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1898–1945
Mauser Model 1904 Bolt-action rifle  Germany 1905–1950s Export variant.
Karabiner 98AZ Bolt-action carbine  Germany frameless 1908–1945 Carbine variant of Gewehr 98.
Mauser Model 1889 Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1914–1918 Rechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser.
Mauser Standardmodell Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1924–1960s Derived from the Gewehr 98.
Karabiner 98k Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1935–present
Gewehr 98/40 Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1940–1945 German-contract 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of 35M rifle.[7]
Volkssturmgewehr 1 Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1945
Volkssturmgewehr 2 Bolt-action rifle  Germany frameless 1945
Gewehr 41(M) Semi-automatic rifle  Germany frameless 1941–1945
Gewehr 41(W) Semi-automatic rifle  Germany frameless 1941–1945
Gewehr 43 Semi-automatic rifle  Germany frameless 1943–1945
FG 42 Automatic rifle  Germany frameless 1943–1945
Mannlicher M88/24 Bolt-action rifle  Greece frameless 1924– Rechambered from the original 8×50mmR Mannlicher.[8]
Mannlicher M95/24 Bolt-action rifle  Greece frameless 1924– Rechambered from the original 8×50mmR Mannlicher.[9]
43M rifle Bolt-action rifle  Hungary frameless 1943–1950s 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of 35M rifle.[10]
Karabinek wz. 91/98/23 Bolt-action carbine  Poland frameless 1923–1945 Polish variant of Mosin–Nagant. Rechambered from the original 7.62×54mmR.
Karabinek wz. 1929 Bolt-action rifle  Poland frameless 1930–1945
Karabinek wz. 98a Bolt-action rifle  Poland frameless 1936–1945
Kbsp wz. 1938M Semi-automatic rifle  Poland frameless 1938–1940s
Mauser–Vergueiro m/1904-39 Bolt-action rifle  Portugal frameless 1939–1960s Rechambered from the original 6.5×58mm Vergueiro.
Mauser Model 1890 Bolt-action rifle  Turkey frameless 1930s–1960s Rechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser.
Mauser Model 1903 Bolt-action rifle  Turkey frameless 1930s–1960s Rechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser.
Lee–Enfield Bolt-action rifle  Turkey frameless 1930s–1950s Rechambered from the original .303 British. Popularly dubbed "Enfauser".[11]
Mannlicher M95M Bolt-action rifle  Yugoslavia frameless 1924– Rechambered from the original 8×50mmR Mannlicher.[12]
Zastava M98/48 Bolt-action rifle  Yugoslavia frameless 1946–present Refurbished captured Karabiner 98k.
Zastava M48 Bolt-action rifle  Yugoslavia frameless 1950–present Variant of FN Model 24.
Zastava M76 Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle  Yugoslavia frameless 1978–present

Machine Guns

Name Type Country Image Years of service Notes
Schwarzlose machine gun Heavy machine gun  Austria-Hungary frameless 1920–1940s Export variants.
MG 30 Light machine gun Template:Country data First Austrian Republic
 Switzerland
frameless 1930–1940s
FN Model 1930 and Model D Light machine gun  Belgium frameless 1930– Export 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.[13]
FN Browning Model 1939 Light machine gun  Belgium frameless 1939–1940s Export 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of M1919 Browning machine gun.
Bren light machine gun Light machine gun  Canada frameless 1940–1952 Export variant for China, made by John Inglis and Company in Canada.[14]
Type 24 heavy machine gun Heavy machine gun  China frameless 1935–1950s Chinese variant of MG 08.
Type 30 heavy machine gun Heavy machine gun  China frameless 1930s–1950s Chinese variant of M1917 Browning machine gun.
ZB vz. 26 Light machine gun  Czechoslovakia frameless 1926–present
vz. 28/L Light machine gun  Czechoslovakia frameless 1928–1940s Czechoslovak variant of Lewis gun. Rechambered from the original .303 British.[15]
ZB vz. 30 Light machine gun  Czechoslovakia frameless 1930–2009
ZB-53 Medium machine gun  Czechoslovakia frameless 1937–1960s
Madsen machine gun Light machine gun  Denmark frameless 1907–1970s Export variants.
Lahti-Saloranta M/26 Light machine gun  Finland frameless 1937–1940s Export variant for China.
Hotchkiss M1922 Light machine gun  France frameless 1922–1950s Export variant.
Darne machine gun Light machine gun  France frameless 1923– Export variant.[16]
Hotchkiss Mle 1914 Heavy machine gun  France frameless 1920s–1950s Export variants.
MG 08 Heavy machine gun  Germany frameless 1908–1945
MG 08/15 Light machine gun  Germany frameless 1915–1945
Bergmann MG 15nA Light machine gun  Germany 1916–1945
MG 08/18 Light machine gun  Germany 1918
MG 13 Light machine gun  Germany frameless 1930–1940s
MG 15 Light machine gun  Germany frameless 1933–1945 Flexible aircraft mount variant developed from MG 30.
MG 17 Light machine gun  Germany frameless 1936–1945 Fixed aircraft mount variant developed from MG 30.
MG 34 General-purpose machine gun  Germany frameless 1936–1945
MG 35/36 Light machine gun  Germany frameless 1936–1945 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of Kulsprutegevär m/40.
MG 42 General-purpose machine gun  Germany 1942–present
MG 45 General-purpose machine gun  Germany frameless 1944–1945
MG 81 Light machine gun  Germany frameless 1940–1945
Zf.Ger.38 Training machine gun  Germany 1938-1945
Dror light machine gun Light machine gun  Israel frameless 1947–1952 Pattern 2 variant.
Breda M37 Medium machine gun  Italy frameless 1937–1960s Export variant.
Army Type 98
Navy Type 1
Aircraft MG
LMG
 Japan frameless
frameless
1938 – 1945
1941 – 1945
Japanese Army variant of MG 15.
Japanese Navy variant of MG 15.
Army Type 100 Aircraft MG
LMG
 Japan frameless 1940–1945
Browning wz. 1928 Light machine gun  Poland frameless 1930–1945 Polish variant of M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.
Karabin lotniczy uniwersalny wz. 36 Light machine gun  Poland frameless 1936–1946 Fixed aircraft mount variant of Ckm wz. 30.
Karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37 Light machine gun  Poland frameless 1937–1949 Flexible aircraft mount variant of Browning wz. 1928.
Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss Heavy machine gun  Poland frameless 1926–1945 Polish variant of Hotchkiss Mle 1914.
Ckm wz. 30 Heavy machine gun  Poland frameless 1931–1970 Polish variant of M1917 Browning machine gun.
Ckm Typ C (pl) Heavy machine gun  Poland frameless 1936–1939
ALFA M44 Light machine gun  Spain frameless 1944–1950s
Fusil ametrallador Oviedo Light machine gun  Spain frameless 1951–1959 Spanish variant of ZB vz. 30.
SIG KE7 Light machine gun  Switzerland frameless 1929– Export variants.
Besa machine gun Medium machine gun  United Kingdom frameless 1939–1960s British variant of ZB-53.
Zastava M53 General-purpose machine gun  Yugoslavia frameless 1953–1999 Yugoslav variant of MG 42.

See also

References

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  3. Smith, W. H. B; Smith, Joseph E. (1963). The Book of Rifles. National Rifle Association of America. pp. 116–117. 
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