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The German Army entered World War One with the Gewehr 98 as its standard rifle. At the time, one of the most innovative features of the rifle was its loading system. Loading was done via expendable five-round strip clips loaded from the top into guide rails machined into the receiver. It fired the 7,92mm S-Munition or "Spitzgeschoß" (Pointed bullet) and was fitted with the "Roller coaster" curved rear sight ramp, ranged from 400 m to 2.000 m.

For the "Scharfschützen", the German snipers, around 15.000 units were modified with curved bolt handles and equipped with commercial telescopic sights with 3x or 4x magnification, manufactured notably by "C.P. Goerz", "Dr. Walter Gerard" and "Voigtländer".

After World War One, the Treaty of Versailles restricted the number of rifles in the German Army to a maximum of 134.000 units, but it's estimated that at least 200.000 disappeared into the arsenals of various local defense militias and the "Freikorps". In the 1920's, a large number of Gewehr 98 rifles in the German Army were equipped with a new leaf tangent sight ranged from 100 m to 2.000 m, more practical for short range engagments.

The modified rifles were designated as "Gewehr 98m". The Gewehr 98m was still used during the early stages of World War Two by various Waffen SS units, especially during the "Weiß", "Gelb" and "Barbarossa" operations from 1939 to 1941.

A total of about 5.000.000 Gewehr 98 rifles were built in Germany until 1935, when production of the new Karabiner 98k kicked in. Our Gewehr 98m and it's 'Hensoldt-Wetzlar' Dialytan 4x scope were made by Seth Soldier.

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