- Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
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name= Steyr-Mannlicher M1895
caption= M95/30
origin= flag|Austria-Hungary
type=Service rifle
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service= 1895-1945
used_by=Austria-Hungary ,Austria ,Bulgaria ,Germany ,Greece ,Hungary ,Italy ,Romania ,Yugoslavia
wars=World War I ,World War II
designer= Ferdinand von Mannlicher
design_date= 1895
manufacturer=Steyr-Mannlicher
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production_date= 1895-1918
number= over 3 million
variants= M95 long rifle, M95/24 rifle, M95M rifle, M95/30 rifle, M95/34 carbine
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weight= M95 long rifle: 3.8 kg (8.36 lb) empty
M95/30 rifle: 3.36 kg (7.392 lb) empty
length= M95: 1272 mm (50.12 in)
M95/30: 1000 mm (39.4 in)
part_length= M95: 765 mm (30.14 in)
M95/30: 480 mm (18.91 in)
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cartridge=8x50mmR ,8x56mmR , 7.92x57mm
caliber=8 mm caliber
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feed= 5-round en-bloc clip (stripper clip in M95/24 and M95M rifles), internal box magazine
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guidance=The Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 rifle is an earlybolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher. It was employed by theAustro-Hungarian army throughoutWorld War I , and post-war by bothAustria n and Hungarian armies. DuringWorld War II Romania employed much use of the Mannlicher rifle. Numbers of these rifles also turned out inWorld War II , particularly in the hands of second line and reservist units. Many were found in the hands of African guerrillas in the1970s .The M1895 is unusual in employing a straight-pull bolt action, as opposed to the more common rotating bolt of other rifles. It is also renowned for a high degree of reliability and sturdiness, although this requires decent care and maintenance with an extractor that is notoriously prone to breakage.
Rate of fire is fairly high, for a manual action weapon, as there is no requirement to turn or twist the bolt when operating the weapon, but the bolt is very stiff and there is considerablerecoil , especially on the "stutzen" (carbine ) versions.The M1895 was originally chambered in the
8x50mmR cartridge. Between the World Wars, both Austria and Hungary converted the majority of their rifles to fire the more powerful8x56mmR round. Greece [http://www.sunblest.net/gun/Mann95Gr.htm] and Yugoslavia [http://www.sunblest.net/gun/Mann95Se.htm] converted at least some of their captured M1895s to 7.92x57mm Mauser, fed bystripper clip s instead of the original model's en-bloc clip system. This conversion was designated M95/24 in Greece and M95M in Yugoslavia. The M95/24 is often mistakenly attributed to Bulgaria, but 7.92x57mm was never a standard caliber of the Bulgarian military. [http://www.sunblest.net/gun/Mann95Bu.htm] These conversions are prized by collectors for their relative scarcity and chambering in a commonly available round, but suffer from a fragile extractor and a lack of replacement parts.External links
[http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl18-e.htm Modern Firearms - M95/30 (M1895)]
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