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Mauser Model 1871 information


Mauser Model 1871 / Gewehr 71
Mauser Model 1871
TypeBolt action rifle
Place of originGerman Empire
Service history
In service1872–1888 (as the standard German service rifle)
1881–1945 (limited and foreign use)
Used byGermany
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WarsArgentine 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
DesignerMauser
Designed1867–1871
ManufacturerMauser
Steyr
Produced1871–1890
No. built3,000,000
VariantsJägerbüchse
Carbine
M1878/80(Serbia)
G.A.G. M1879(Border Guards)
M71/84
M1887(Turkey)
M80/07C(Serbia)
Specifications
Mass4.5 kg (9.92 lbs)
Length1,350 mm (53.15 in)
Barrel length855 mm (33.66 in)

Cartridge11.15×60mmR
10.15×63mmR
11.15×37mmR
9.5×60mmR
11×59mmR Gras
7×57mm
7.65×53mm
6.5×53.5mmR
Caliber.43
ActionBolt action
Muzzle velocity1,430 ft/s (440 m/s) (11×60mmR)
Maximum firing range1,600 m (1,749.8 yd) (maximum setting on sights)
Feed systemSingle-shot
M71/84: 10-round tubular magazine
M80/07: 5-round stripper clip, internal magazine
SightsIron sights graduated from 200 to 1,600 meters

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]

  1. ^ Keith W. Doyon. "71 Mauser". Militaryrifles.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2011.

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