![]() Unlike many German service rifles before and after, it was not developed by Mauser but the arms commission, and Mauser was one of the few major arms manufacturers in Germany that did not produce Gewehr 88s. Later models provided for loading with stripper clips (Gewehr 88/05s and Gewehr 88/14s) and went on to serve in World War I to a limited degree. There were also two carbine versions, the Karabiner 88 for mounted troops and the Gewehr 91 for artillery. The rifle was one of many weapons in the arms race between the Germanic states and France, and with Europe in general. To keep pace with the French (who had adopted smokeless powder "small bore" ammunition for their Lebel Model 1886 rifle) the Germans adopted the Gewehr 88 using its own new Patrone 88 cartridge, which was also designed by the German Rifle Commission. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. With m/88 620 m/s (2066 fps), 8mm Mauser 868 m/s (2847 fps)ĥ round clip in a fixed external magazine Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Karabiner 88, Hanyang 88 (unlicensed copy)ħ.92×57mm Mauser from Gewehr 88/05 onwardsħ×57mm Mauser(Karabiner 88 A small amount is exported to Brazil) Ludwig Loewe, Haenel, Steyr-Mannlicher, Imperial Arsenals of Amberg, Danzig, Erfurt, and Spandau, Hanyang Arsenal Service rifle Model 1888 commission rifle / Gewehr 88 ![]()
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