Mauser Model 1871
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The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal.[1]
Quick Facts Type, Place of origin ...
Mauser Model 1871 / Gewehr 71 | |
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Type | Bolt action rifle |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1872–1888 (as the standard German service rifle) 1881–1945 (limited and foreign use) |
Used by | Germany See Operators |
Wars | Argentine Civil Wars First Boer War Serbo-Bulgarian War Second Franco-Dahomean War First Sino-Japanese War First Italo-Ethiopian War Greco-Turkish War (1897) Uruguayan Revolution of 1897 Second Boer War Boxer Rebellion Balkan Wars World War I Easter Rising German Revolution of 1918–19 World War II (limited) |
Production history | |
Designer | Mauser |
Designed | 1867–1871 |
Manufacturer | Mauser Steyr |
Produced | 1871–1890 |
No. built | 3,000,000 |
Variants | Jägerbüchse Carbine M1878/80(Serbia) G.A.G. M1879(Border Guards) M71/84 M1887(Turkey) M80/07C(Serbia) |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs) |
Length | 1,350 mm (53.15 in) |
Barrel length | 855 mm (33.66 in) |
Cartridge | 11.15×60mmR 10.15×63mmR 11.15×37mmR 9.5×60mmR 11×59mmR Gras 7×57mm 7.65×53mm 6.5×53.5mmR |
Caliber | .43 |
Action | Bolt action |
Muzzle velocity | 1,430 ft/s (440 m/s) (11×60mmR) |
Maximum firing range | 1,600 m (1,749.8 yd) (maximum setting on sights) |
Feed system | Single-shot M71/84: 10-round tubular magazine M80/07: 5-round stripper clip, internal magazine |
Sights | Iron sights graduated from 200 to 1,600 meters |
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