| Mauser Karabiner 98 Kurz Kar98k K98 K98k | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Mauser Oberndorf Mauser Berlin Sauer und Sohn Berlin-Lubecker Brunn Feinmechanische Gustloff Steyr-Daimler Berlin Sucher |
| Type | Bolt action carabine |
| Effective range | 500 m (iron sight) 800 m (telescopic sight) |
| Magazine | 5 rounds |
| Ammunition | 7.92 x 57mm Mauser |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Germany Italy Poland (resistance) |
| Used in vehicles | War Horse |
| Bayonets | Seitengewehr 84/98 |
| Rifle grenades | GewehrSprenggranate 30 Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate |
| Scope | Zielfernrohr 41 Unknown High Power Scope type from Bf1942/FH (see pic) |
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The Mauser Karabiner 98 kurz (often abbreviated as Kar98k, K98, or K98k) was the German standard handweapon of the infantry. It was designated as a carbine (Karabiner) but it was in actuality a short rifle. This weapon was the 3rd carbine version of the WW1 Mauser rifle, the Mauser Gewehr 98 or G98. It was shorter, had a stepped barrel like the G98, a side postioned sling, a compact turned down bolt handle, a wide lower band and a tanged leaf rear sight.
Ingame the rifle has multiple accesories such as two scopes, a silencer, though the only instance with two at once is with an low-power optic and silencer.
Ingame the weapon is used by German riflemen, engineers and tankhunters either equipped with a type of Panzerfaust, Molotov Cocktail or Geballte Ladung. One exception is the Polish resistance which use the K98 and other captured weapons during the Warsaw Uprising. Later in the war, the Germans needed a weapon that could be produced more quickly for the Volkssturm. This became the Volkssturmkarabiner 98 or VK-98. A less drastic example of simplification was the kriegsmodell which merely removed or simplified features of the K98 such as removing the bayonet lug.
More then 14,000,000 rifles were to be produced between 1935 and 1945 by the nine factories and it was the most produced Mauser rifle since!
Two types of rifle grenades are available, all loaded on the mountable "Schiessbecher". Most rifleman kits have atleast one GewehrSprenggranate 30, explosive effective against infantry. A less common type of rifle grenade are HEAT variants to destroy vehicles.
Optics[]
Both a low power optic Zf41 and an higher power scope is available. The high power scope can only be found on the maps either in bases or "sniper nests" such as towers. While kits with an K98 with Zf41 mounted can be selected when spawning or found otherwise on certain maps, such as Cretan Village.
Mauser 98K with Silencer[]
| Mauser 98K with Silencer HUB L21 Suppressor | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Mauser Oberndorf Mauser Berlin Sauer und Sohn Berlin-Lubecker Brunn Feinmechanische Gustloff Steyr-Daimler Berlin Sucher |
| Type | Bolt action carabine |
| Effective range | 500 m (iron sight) 800 m (telescopic sight) |
| Magazine | 5 rounds |
| Ammunition | 7.92 x 57mm Mauser |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Debut in FHSW | v0.4 |
| Used by | Germany |
| Scope | Zielfernrohr 41 |
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During the war, the Germans used silencers on the Mauser 98k sniper rifles. In FHSW, you can use a suppressed Kar98 both without and with a scope. Equiped with a Zielfernrohr 41 scope, you can kill your opponents from a far and meanwhile, if there are enemies around you looking for you, you can just shoot without any insidious sounds!
Several models of suppressors were made starting in 1944 (like the L 25 and L 27 types), but the most similar to the fhsw version is the L 53 as it quite long and has a plain exterior, although the L 25 looks similar aswell it is quite short. The suppressor was mounted the same way as the rifle grenade launcher (Schiessbecher). As with any other suppressed weapon subsonic ammo is a must for optimal dampening of sound. These rounds were called Nahpatrone (cartridge for short distances) since it also meant a lower effective range.
General Trivia[]
Mauser 98K Fallschirmjäger model was a take down model of the original rifle, it could be split apart to become compact and then quickly put together when it was needed.
The ZF-41 was the most produced optic for the German military with roughly a 100 000 produced by the end of the war.
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