How a German Gewehr 1888 Rifle Works
21The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888.
The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. 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 rifle was one of many weapons in the arms race between the Germanic states and France, and with Europe in general. There were also two carbine versions, the Karabiner 88 for mounted troops and the Gewehr 91 for artillery. 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. 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.
Type Service rifle
Place of origin German Empire
Service history
In service 1888–Present
Used by 25+ countries
See Users
Wars 25+ wars
See Conflicts
Production history
Designer German Rifle Commission
Manufacturer Ludwig Loewe, C.G. Haenel, ŒWG, Imperial Arsenals of Amberg, Danzig, Erfurt, and Spandau, Hanyang Arsenal
Produced 1888–1899
No. built 2,800,000
Variants Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Karabiner 88, Hanyang 88 (unlicensed copy)
Specifications
Mass 3.9 kg (8.6 lb)
3.1 kg (6 lb 13 oz) (Karabiner 88)
Length 1,245 mm (49.0 in)
950 mm (37 in) (Karabiner 88)
Barrel length 740 mm (29.1 in)
490 mm (19 in) (Karabiner 88)
Cartridge M/88
7.92×57mm Mauser from Gewehr 88/05 onwards
7×57mm Mauser(Karabiner 88;A small amount is exported to Brazil)[1]
Action Bolt action
Muzzle velocity With m/88 620 m/s (2066 fps), 8mm Mauser 868 m/s (2847 fps)
Feed system 5 round clip in a fixed external magazine
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