List of 7.92×57mm Mauser firearms explained

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]

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!Name!Type!Country!Image!Years of service!Notes
Schwarzlose machine gunHeavy machine gun1920–1940sExport variants.
MG 30Light machine gun
Switzerland		1930–1940s
FN Model 24 and Model 30Bolt-action rifle Belgium1924–1986Variant of Gewehr 98.[3]
FN Model 1949Semi-automatic rifle Belgium1949–Export variant for Egypt.[4]
FN Model 1930 and Model DLight machine gun Belgium1930–Export 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.[5]
FN Browning Model 1939Light machine gun Belgium1939–1940sExport 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of M1919 Browning machine gun.
Bren light machine gunLight machine gun Canada1940–1952Export variant for China, made by John Inglis and Company in Canada.[6]
Mukden Arsenal MauserBolt-action rifle
1924–1950s
Chiang Kai-shek rifleBolt-action rifle1935–1980sChinese variant of Mauser Standardmodell.
General Liu rifleSemi-automatic rifle / bolt-action rifle1916Prototype and testing only.
Type 24 heavy machine gunHeavy machine gun1935–1950sChinese variant of MG 08.
Type 30 heavy machine gunHeavy machine gun1930s–1950sChinese variant of M1917 Browning machine gun.
vz. 98/22Bolt-action rifle1922–2010s
vz. 24Bolt-action rifle1924–1960s
vz. 33Bolt-action carbine1934–1954
ZH-29Semi-automatic rifle1929–1940s
ZB vz. 26Light machine gun1926–present
vz. 28/LLight machine gun1928–1940sCzechoslovak variant of Lewis gun. Rechambered from the original .303 British.[7]
ZB vz. 30Light machine gun1930–2009
ZB-53Medium machine gun1937–1960s
Madsen machine gunLight machine gun1907–1970sExport variants.
Hakim RifleSemi-automatic rifle1950s–Variant of Automatgevär m/42.[8]
Lahti-Saloranta M/26Light machine gun1937–1940sExport variant for China.
Hotchkiss M1922Light machine gun France1922–1950sExport variant.
Darne machine gunLight machine gun France1923–Export variant.[9]
Hotchkiss Mle 1914Heavy machine gun France1920s–1950sExport variants.
Gewehr 88/05Bolt-action rifle1905–1945Rechambered from the original Patrone 88 cartridge.[10]
Gewehr 98Bolt-action rifle1898–1945
Mauser Model 1904Bolt-action rifle1905–1950sExport variant.
Karabiner 98AZBolt-action carbine1908–1945Carbine variant of Gewehr 98.
Mauser Model 1889Bolt-action rifle1914–1918Rechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser.
Mauser StandardmodellBolt-action rifle1924–1960sDerived from the Gewehr 98.
Karabiner 98kBolt-action rifle1935–present
Gewehr 98/40Bolt-action rifle1940–1945German-contract 7.92×57mm Mauser variant of 35M rifle.[11]
Volkssturmgewehr 1Bolt-action rifle1945
Volkssturmgewehr 2Bolt-action rifle1945
Gewehr 41(M)Semi-automatic rifle1941–1945
Gewehr 41(W)Semi-automatic rifle1941–1945
Gewehr 43Semi-automatic rifle1943–1945
FG 42Automatic rifle1943–1945
MG 08Heavy machine gun1908–1945
MG 08/15Light machine gun1915–1945
Bergmann MG 15nALight machine gun1916–1945
MG 08/18Light machine gun1918
MG 13Light machine gun1930–1940s
MG 15Light machine gun1933–1945Flexible aircraft mount variant developed from MG 30.
MG 17Light machine gun1936–1945Fixed aircraft mount variant developed from MG 30.
MG 34General-purpose machine gun1936–1945
MG 35/36Light machine gun1936–19457.92×57mm Mauser variant of Kulsprutegevär m/40.
MG 81Light machine gun1940–1945
MG 42General-purpose machine gun1942–present
MG 45General-purpose machine gun1944–1945
Mannlicher M88/24Bolt-action rifle1924–Rechambered from the original 8×50mmR Mannlicher.[12]
Mannlicher M95/24Bolt-action rifle1924–Rechambered from the original 8×50mmR Mannlicher.[13]
43M rifleBolt-action rifle1943–1950s7.92×57mm Mauser variant of 35M rifle.[14]
Dror light machine gunLight machine gun Israel1947–1952
Breda M37Medium machine gun1937–1960sExport variant.
Type 98 Army machine gunLight machine gun1938–1945Japanese Army variant of MG 15.
Type 100 machine gunLight machine gun1940–1945
Type 1 Navy machine gunLight machine gun1941–1945Japanese Navy variant of MG 15.
Karabinek wz. 91/98/23Bolt-action carbine Poland1923–1945Polish variant of Mosin–Nagant. Rechambered from the original 7.62×54mmR.
Karabinek wz. 1929Bolt-action rifle Poland1930–1945
Karabinek wz. 98aBolt-action rifle Poland1936–1945
Kbsp wz. 1938MSemi-automatic rifle Poland1938–1940s
Browning wz. 1928Light machine gun Poland1930–1945Polish variant of M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle.
Karabin lotniczy uniwersalny wz. 36Light machine gun Poland1936–1946Fixed aircraft mount variant of Ckm wz. 30.
Karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37Light machine gun Poland1937–1949Flexible aircraft mount variant of Browning wz. 1928.
Ckm wz. 25 HotchkissHeavy machine gun Poland1926–1945Polish variant of Hotchkiss Mle 1914.
Ckm wz. 30Heavy machine gun Poland1931–1970Polish variant of M1917 Browning machine gun.
Ckm Typ CHeavy machine gun Poland1936–1939
Mauser–Vergueiro m/1904-39Bolt-action rifle Portugal1939–1960sRechambered from the original 6.5×58mm Vergueiro.
ALFA M44Light machine gun Spain1944–1950s
Fusil ametrallador OviedoLight machine gun Spain1951–1959Spanish variant of ZB vz. 30.
SIG KE7Light machine gun Switzerland1929–Export variants.
Mauser Model 1890Bolt-action rifle Turkey1930s–1960sRechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser.
Mauser Model 1903Bolt-action rifle Turkey1930s–1960sRechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser.
Lee–EnfieldBolt-action rifle Turkey1930s–1950sRechambered from the original .303 British. Popularly dubbed "Enfauser".[15]
Besa machine gunMedium machine gun United Kingdom1939–1960sBritish variant of ZB-53.
Mannlicher M95MBolt-action rifle1924–Rechambered from the original 8×50mmR Mannlicher.[16]
Zastava M98/48Bolt-action rifle1946–presentRefurbished captured Karabiner 98k.
Zastava M48Bolt-action rifle1950–presentVariant of FN Model 24.
Zastava M76Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle1978–present
Zastava M53General-purpose machine gun1953–1999Yugoslav variant of MG 42.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike . Venturino . THE 8MM MAUSER: A ROSE — OR CARTRIDGE — BY ANY OTHER NAME . gunsmagazine.com . 2022 . 27 May 2024 .
  2. Web site: Jay . Pinsky . The Lonesome Story Of The Long-Lost 8mm . gundigest.com . 6 December 2019 . 27 May 2024 .
  3. Book: W. H. B. Smith . Joseph E.. Smith. The Book of Rifles. 1948. 1963. National Rifle Association of America. 116–117.
  4. Johnson, Wayne (2004). "The FN-49, The last elegant old-world military rifle", Wet Dog Publications, : p. 46-49.
  5. Le F.M. BAR. The BAR automatic rifle. Piere. Lorain . 15. 74. September 1979. fr. La Gazette des Armes. .
  6. Book: Grant, Neil . 2013. The Bren Gun. Osprey Publishing. 978-1782000822. Weapon 22 . 22 & 24.
  7. Web site: Čs. letecký kulomet vz. L/28 . cs . Czech aircraft machine gun vz. L/28 . vhu.cz . .
  8. Web site: Bodinson . Holt . 2017-06-06 . The Strange Egyptian Hakim . 2023-07-04 . GUNS Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20230704141508/https://gunsmagazine.com/our-experts/surplus-classic/the-strange-egyptian-hakim/. July 4, 2023.
  9. Web site: Darne . forgottenweapons.com . 28 May 2024 .
  10. http://www.wildundhund.de/r30/vc_content/bilder/firma438/Archiv_2006/052_057_8x57_1106.pdf 8×57mm IS cartridge portrait – Totgesagte leben länger, Wild und Hund 11/2006
  11. Web site: Mannlicher G98/40 Infantry Rifles . hungariae.com . 13 June 2024 .
  12. Web site: Mannlicher M.95 Rifles and Carbines in Greece . hungariae.com . 28 May 2024 .
  13. Web site: Greek Mannlicher Model 1888-90 Infantry Rifle . hungariae.com . 28 May 2024 .
  14. Web site: Mannlicher 43M Infantry Rifles . hungariae.com . 13 June 2024 .
  15. Web site: Turkish “Enfauser” – Mauser/Enfield Hybrid Rifle . forgottenweapons.com . 16 April 2018 . 13 June 2024 .
  16. Web site: Yugoslavian (Serbian) Mannlicher M.95 Rifles and Carbines . hungariae.com . 28 May 2024 .

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