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Mauser Model 1903 - Wikipedia

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Ottoman Model 1903 rifle
Mauser Model 1903 rifle in a museum.
Type	Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1903–1960s
Used by	Ottoman Empire Republic of Turkey
Wars	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I Turkish War of Independence
Production history
Designed	1903
Manufacturer	Mauser
Produced	1903–1910
Variants	Model 1905 carbine
Specifications
Mass	Model 1903: 4.17 kg (9.2 lb) Model 1905 carbine: 3.6 kg (7.9 lb)
Length	Model 1903: 124 cm (49 in) Model 1905 carbine: 105.6 cm (41.6 in)
Barrel length	Model 1903: 74 cm (29 in) Model 1905 carbine: 55.6 cm (21.9 in)

Cartridge	7.65×53mm Mauser
Action	Bolt-action
Muzzle velocity	650 metres per second (2,100 ft/s)
Feed system	5-round stripper clip, internal magazine
Sights	Iron sights adjustable to 2,000 metres (2,200 yd)

The Mauser Model 1903 (also known as the Ottoman Mauser) was a Gewehr 98-pattern bolt-action rifle designed for the Ottoman Army. They were produced by Mauser in Germany.

Design

The Mauser 1903 was a modified version Gewehr 98 The Lange Visier sight was replaced by a tangent leaf sight, the nose cap was simplified, the rifle could be fitted with older Ottoman M1890 bayonets. The weapon had curved arm on its bolt stop to block the cartridge clip when the cartridges are stripped into the magazine. It also had a larger receiver and a longer cocking cam and firing pin than the German variant.^[1]

Model 1905 carbine

The Model 1905 carbine was a shortened version of the Model 1903, designed for cavalry and artillery units.^[2]

Service

After the adoption of the long rifle, 200,000 were received before 1905.^[3] 406 Marine-gewehre were delivered to the Ottoman Navy in 1904,^[4] 7,617 to the Gendarmerie in Ottoman Macedonia.^[3] 1,100 more, modified to fire spitzer bullets^[5] and sometimes known as M1910,^[4] were ordered in 1910. The Ottoman customs also received some.^[3] The Model 1905 carbine was produced between 1903 and 1906.^[5] 30,000 M1908 carbines were delivered in 1908 and 1909.^[4]

The Model 1903 saw combat during the Italo-Turkish War, the Balkan Wars, World War I^[5] and the Turkish War of Independence.^[6] After World War I, most of these weapons were modified to fire the 7.92×57mm Mauser round.^[7] Many of the long rifles were refurbished as Mauser Model 1938 short rifles.^[8] Models 1903 and 1905 were still in service in the 1960s.^[7]

Users

Former users

Ottoman Empire
Turkey: Models 1903 and 1905 were still in service in the 1960s.

References

^ Ball 2011, p. 382.
^ Ball 2011, p. 387.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ball 2011, p. 383.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ball 2011, p. 235.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ball 2011, p. 385.
^ Jowett, Philip (20 Jul 2015). Armies of the Greek-Turkish War 1919–22. Men-at-Arms 501. Osprey Publishing. pp. 22, 45–47. ISBN 9781472806840.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Joseph E. (1969). "Turkey". Small Arms of the World (11 ed.). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company. pp. 570-572. ISBN 978-0-8117-1566-9.
^ Ball 2011, p. 389.

Ball, Robert W. D. (2011). Mauser Military Rifles of the World. Iola: Gun Digest Books. ISBN 9781440228926.

v t e Mauser
Military rifles	Model 1871 Model 1889 Model 1893 Model 1895 Swedish Mauser Gewehr 98 Model 1903 Model 1904/1907 Model 1908 Model 1909 Model 1910 M1916 1918 Tankgewehr Standardmodell Karabiner 98k Gewehr 41(M)
Sporting rifles	C Africa Special Rifle Type A Model M Stutzen Model B Model K 66S 2000 3000 4000 77 86 Mauserlein Olympia KK Model 201 94 96S 97 97 Deluxe 98 Infantry Rifle 98 Carbine 98 .375 Holland and Holland 98 .416 Rigby Model 98 M98 Magnum M03 M03 Anniversary Model M12
Handguns	C78 "Zig-Zag" Mauser C96 1906-08 1910 1914 1934 Mauser HSc
Shotguns	Gold Model 71 Model 72E Field
Cartridges	6.5×57mm 7.63×25mm 7.65×53mm 7×57mm 9×25mm 9.3×57mm 9×57mm 10.75×68mm 11×60mm
Automatic weapons	M712 Schnellfeuer Mauser MP 3008 "Volks MP" Mauser MP-57 Mauser StG 45

v t e Ottoman infantry weapons of World War I
Sidearms	Mauser C96 FN Model 1903 Smith & Wesson Model 3
Rifles	Mauser M1887 Gewehr 1888 Mauser M1890 Mauser M1893 Gewehr 1898 Mauser M1903 M1874
Submachine guns	MP 18^{[citation needed]}
Machine guns	Maxim gun MG09 Schwarzlose machine gun Hotchkiss M1909 Nordenfelt gun
Grenades	Stielhandgranate
Cartridges	9mm Browning Long 7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×53mm Mauser 9mm Parabellum

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