Schatten Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 In most WWII games, Germans main rifle was named Kar98. So are these two rifles the same rifle, only different names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfleet Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 The Kar98 is the Mauser K98k/98k. This is the WW2 Mauser 98K, the Mauser 98 commonly referenced in WW2 games. There's also an older, longer, Mauser G98, that was used in WW1, but was replaced by the K98k as primary battle rifle in 1935. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I see... thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 The stuff some people know just amazes me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfleet Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 It helps that I happen to own a crateload of the things...literally. They're in a crate, in the back. I say this about a lot of different guns, which I also happen to own in crateloads. Except the MP-40 Schmeissers, I own several crateloads of those. Original SS packaging and shipping bill. Unfortunately, I don't know German, so I have no clue what exactly it's about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 errr. OK. Planning your own little army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Rebellion! La Resistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 what is the 33-40 rifle...i know that the Mauser Kar98k was the mainstay of the german army and therefore i was surprised to see everyone running around with a weapon i didnt know existed.namely the Mauser 33-40 rifle... could this be a different name for the Kar98k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I saw at a site, there's a Mauser 33/40 rifle and Mauser Kar98k rifle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowHunter Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Hmm....crateloads of guns...I think I'll stay away from you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfleet Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 It's perfectly legal. I'm a collector of the things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 anyone have an answer to my question? its something that really bugs me. had there been a kar98k without a scope i would have equipped the german soldiers with it in my mod, but thre is none. so they'll have to live with the 33-40... so i would like to know what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted November 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 In the game, Mauser M98 is Kar 98k... the full name is Mauser Kar 98k. After checking several sites... I confirmed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 anyone have an answer to my question? its something that really bugs me. had there been a kar98k without a scope i would have equipped the german soldiers with it in my mod, but thre is none. so they'll have to live with the 33-40... so i would like to know what it is I was wondering about that too so I did a quick search and this is what I found:"The Model 33/40 is the German version of the Czech Model 33 Carbine and was manufactured at Brno in occupied Czechoslovakia. Used by German mountain and paratroop divisions, some have a metal attachment on the left side to assist mountain and ski troops." https://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/rifles/armmoc.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Thanx for the info dude... in my next mod project i will change around the mausers a bit... there will be mauser Kar98k for all the german troops (altho i will probarbly use the m29 or m98 models) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeRmInAtOr Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Hi guys.I'm from germany and can tell you that the Kar stands for Karabiner(carabine) and it was the main weapon of the german Wehrmacht used in many varieties, though I'm absolutely no WW2 expert.Mauser was a rifle designer like Kalashnikov from russia.More infos will give you two links I found with google. https://www.gunsandammomag.com/rugers_guntalk/guntalk/ https://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation...3_Springfields/ How much zoom would they got with this funny little scope?https://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/ak003578/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted November 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 How much zoom would they got with this funny little scope? https://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/ak003578/ I wonder how they even aim with that thing on it. Looking throught the scope at this length, your view will be a small little circle and I don't think people will hold the rifle alittle back, just to place their head near the scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pain Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 I have some other additional information for you guys. I'm some kind of a weapons expert... The "Deutsches Gewehr Modell 98 (Mauser)" (that is the full name of the M98) is, as mentioned before, a weapon mainly used in WWI, but also in some units in WWII. Gewehr means rifle and is longer than a carabine. It was about 1.25m in lenght, which is extremly long for a small arm weapon. The "Deutsches Gewehr Modell 98k" (k stays for "kurz" which means short) was the carabine-version and was only 1.11m in size. It was the main weapon for the German soldier during WWII. For the 33/40 version I have no additional info, as all has been said before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 well in my new mod (coming out in about a week or two) i have replaced the 33-40 rifles with "kar98k" rifles...i have used the polish mauser m29 for the regular kar98k and the standard kar98ksniper for the sniper version...the 33-40 sniper is still there, but the regular 33-40 rifle is gone completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pain Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Why do you replace the 33-40? Don't you like that weapon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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