Carbines of WWII

Norwegians fought German Wehrmacht for over a month. The 1895 Cavalry, 1897 Mountain Artillery and 1912, Krag Carbines were used.
Supposedly some record 875 yds Iron sighted kill of German Heer by a Norwegian soldier was made. What tool was used I don't know.
I have a Japanese Type 99 Short rifle.
Germans had a WWI carbine used in WWII.....There's a few.
There was many small battles fought by smaller satillite nations that would have used all kinds of rifle/carbines, Vichy French,Eygpt, Persia,Greece,lots of foriegn navy....Germany at it's surrender had about 300 countries that had declared war on them, even Uraguay... it's retirement country. That's a lot of carbines used in some form of combat.
 
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True, I guess what I mean is 1 carbine from each of the major players in the war. I am looking at, particularly, very short and light rifles, the Lee Enfield No.5 Mk.I is in this category. I tried to lift/hold and use the Kar98k that Nabs has, as she used to be mine, and I found it far too awkward. I'm a short man, and enjoy shooting really short rifles. I'd love to get my hands on a Kar88 someday. Any other rifles anyone can think of in this "super short" category, the Japanese Type 38 Cav. Carbine also fits in. Let me know.
 
Dryzen said:
Nabs, your 98b has the 28.5 inch barrel? I consider mine about the same weight as my k98k variant, even with the extra barrel length.
98az, nice collection :eek:)
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My Gewehr 98b's barrel length is ~29 inches. My only quarm is, even in the late war design, they did not include side swivels (something that is prevalent on the Kar98AZ from the start) so she is awkward to carry. I think she is the same weight unloaded as my K but I expect that for my Gewehr 98 is in the rifle category.

BadgerDog said:
Knowledge Library - Firearms by Country (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7

Hope that helps with some of your research .. :)

Regards,
Badger
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Very nice reference site for those wishing to see what to include in their collections by country, I'm going to have a look through to see what I may have missed in my German collection. Thanks for sharing.

Drachenblut said:
True, I guess what I mean is 1 carbine from each of the major players in the war. I am looking at, particularly, very short and light rifles, the Lee Enfield No.5 Mk.I is in this category. I tried to lift/hold and use the Kar98k that Nabs has, as she used to be mine, and I found it far too awkward. I'm a short man, and enjoy shooting really short rifles. I'd love to get my hands on a Kar88 someday. Any other rifles anyone can think of in this "super short" category, the Japanese Type 38 Cav. Carbine also fits in. Let me know.
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As mentioned between us before, the Kar88 would be a good fit for you but don't forget it is a very light and short carbine (much shorter than the Type 38 carbine or Kar98az) and it uses the 7.9mm Patrone and/or S rounds (.318-.321), unless commercially re-dubbed for 7mm. Expect lots of muzzle blast and recoil.
 
I have a Steyr Modelo 1912 Mauser carbine that is kind of rare in that only about 40,000 of them were ever produced. Looks like a "mini" K98 with no bolt cutout.
The bad thing is that is was rebored to 7.62 Nato from 7mm Mauser and is unshootable due to poor maintenance.
 
Correct. No semi-autos. Only bolts. Preferably WWII era. I heard the Czechs had a VZ 33 and the Germans called it something else? Are these hard to find?
 
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