name this weapon please

berlin1945 · Post by **berlin1945** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:35 pm

Olly · Post by **Olly** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:49 pm

Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, I need to get out more!

hansritter · Post by **hansritter** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:50 pm

I'm fairly sure it's a Mauser 13,2 mm (.525 inches)Tank Abwehr Gewehr Mod. 18, missing the bipod?

berlin1945 · Post by **berlin1945** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:51 pm

is it rare

hansritter · Post by **hansritter** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:55 pm

Not often found outside museums, IWM has one some in France and USA, wouldnt be suprised is a few in private collections.

The short version weighted 18.6 kg with the original cast-iron bipod (17.6 kg, with the mg 08/15 bipod). The “short version” was 158 cm long while the standard version was 168 cm long. Each German infantry regiment was issued two of them, one for the front lines and one for training. The rifle was nicknamed the “elephant rifle” by Mauser and the troops.
Its powerful recoil broke the shoulders of some untrained shooters. It had a two man crew,The first crew member (and shooter) carried a bag with 12,13 mm Mauser cartridges and the rifle.

The second crew member carried two canvas bags with 20cartridges each, the bipod, and a crate with 72 cartridges.
The crew normally alternated when shooting, since after 2or 3 shots, since most of them complained about headaches and dizziness.

This rifle had a total production run of 15,800 units.

GraemeMac · Post by **GraemeMac** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:57 pm

S'a big bastard for sure.

berlin1945 · Post by **berlin1945** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:23 pm

thank you very much

mauser98 · Post by **mauser98** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:27 am

A friend of mine has a beautiful one in California. Just traded him a late pattern bipod for an earlier pattern for my 08/15.....very sweet. Another buddy has one that was converted to .50 cal that he shoots. Kind of the Grandfather of the Barrett .50. He sometimes brings it out to WW1 events along with his Granatenwerfer. Pretty hard weapon to find on the loose and impossible to get parts for.

mauser98

Jaws · Post by **Jaws** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:53 am

mauser98 wrote:A friend of mine has a beautiful one in California. Just traded him a late pattern bipod for an earlier pattern for my 08/15.....very sweet. Another buddy has one that was converted to .50 cal that he shoots. Kind of the Grandfather of the Barrett .50. He sometimes brings it out to WW1 events along with his Granatenwerfer. Pretty hard weapon to find on the loose and impossible to get parts for.

mauser98

Does the thing shoot? What's the recoil like!!

Regards,

Gary.

mauser98 · Post by **mauser98** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:13 pm

I haven't fired it with live ammo, only blanks. He stated the recoil is pretty robust & it shoots pretty well. He basically was shooting steel plates at distances to see how it perfomed. I certainly would like to put a few live rounds (& only a few ..LOL)through it one day. Heavy as all hell too!

mauser98

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