As of 2005 the 98K's that were captured by the Soviets and re-furbished in the late 40's and early 50's,have appeared on the civilian market. Today the 98K is a collector weapon,and used by hunters and target shooters, others have been converted into fine hunting rifles. Norway retired the last 98K's in the 1970's. Soviet bloc allies were issued them, many other countries in Europe used the 98K for years.
Like all Russian Military Equipment they were kept in storgage. Post-War: Millions of 98K's were captured by the Soviet Union, the Soviets re-furbished them in the late 1940's and early 1950's. The soldier was trained on other weapons, but the 98K was the basic rifle. Every German Soldier trained with it,and it was the basic Infantry Weapon. It was designed a little shorter, than its W.W.I model. The 98K was the basic version that the German Army used in W.W.I. The weapon held 5 rds.of 7.92x57mm loaded from a stripper clip into its internal magazine. Bill says: 06:55:28 PM The Karabiner 98K was based on the Mauser system. Today, the Germany Army maintains a small stock of these rifles for military parades there were also reports of Kar98k rifles being used in action against American and British forces in Iraq. During the 1990s, many Kar98k rifles were seen during the conflict in Yugoslavia. Karabiner 98k Kurz rifles continued to be built after WW2 by firms such as Fabrique Nationale of Belgium and ?eská Zbrojovk of Czechoslovakia many of the Czech-built rifles went to Israel, which were used, alongside other models of rifles, as standard rifles until the 1970s, seeing action in the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Arab-Israeli War in 1973.
Some of the formerly occupied nations such as Norway and Romania also captured large stocks of Kar98k rifles as Germany surrendered in 1945, and used them as standard rifles in their military forces. They were initially stored away in warehouses and factories in preparation for the potential escalation of the Cold War, but eventually they were shipped to communist revolutionary groups around the world, such as in the case of the communist forces during the Vietnam War. Between 19, about 14,000,000 Kar98k rifles of all variants were built 132,000 of which were sniper rifles.ĭuring the war, Russian and other Soviet troops captured several million Karabiner 98k Kurz rifles of all variants. In late 1944, the Kriegsmodell variant was introduced with simplified design to increase production these rifles lacked the bayonet lug, cleaning rod, stock stick, and other features found in the prior Kar98k rifles. Most snipers of the German Army were equipped with the sniper rifle versions of this design, which were equipped with Zeiss Zielvier 4x (ZF39), Zeiss Zielsechs 6x (ZF42), Ajack 4x, Hensoldt Dialytan 4x, or Kahles Heliavier 4x telescopic sights. This notion changed later in the European War as they became overpowered by semi-automatic weapons wielded by Russian and American troops. Kar98k rifles were considered bulky and heavy compared to contemporary rifles, while the bolt-action might mean a slower firing rate however, German soldiers reported that these rifles were preferred for their high accuracy. Although Kar98b and Kar98k rifles had the word "carbine" in the name, they were not technically carbines the Kar98b had only been named so as a way to get around Treaty of Versailles restrictions placed upon Germany. They hailed from the Gewehr 98 rifle design which was completed in 1898, which was developed into the Karabiner 98b design in 1924, and then shortened into the Karabiner 98k design.
Peter Chen ww2dbaseThe Karabiner 98 Kurz bolt-action rifles, also known as Kar98k or K98k, became the standard German infantry rifles in 1935. I was comparing to Big5 ones, which are sold for $400 and are in really bad condition.Contributor: C. If you ever get the German sniper bug, be warned that probably 95% of what you see for sale is fake.Ĭan i trust classicarms? I just bought a 42 BYF from them for a premium ofcourse. The guys at do discuss current auctions and they have some very knowledgable people at that site too.įakes abound so be careful, alas I have been burned so often I should know. Seems logically given the war and all the 98Ks they lost on the Russian front.Īs stated above, the guys at gunboards and are a wealth of knowledge but they do not discuss guns currently at auction. Seems like 1944 production is the most common all matching non-RC/Yugo German made rifles around, or at least the 4 all matching 98Ks I got my hands on were all 1944 made. I haven't been paying attention to 98Ks since the prices skyrocketed several years ago. As an example, according to Backbone of the Wehrmacht, page 187, approximately 380,421 1942 byf's were made as compared to a 1937 BSW with approximately 23,780 - page 53.
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