Forgotten Weapons
Gewehr 98: The German WWI Standard Rifle
2016 • E113 May 15, 2016
The Gewehr 1898 was the product of a decade of bolt action repeating rifle improvements by the Mauser company, and would be the standard German infantry rifle through both World Wars. Today we are looking at a pre-WWI example (1905 production) that shows all the features of what a German soldier would have taken to war in 1914.