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The Mannlicher M1893 (or M93) is a bolt-action rifle that was the standard service rifle of the Kingdom of Romania from 1893 to 1938. [1] The rifle and its 1892 predecessor were the first repeating rifles to be widely issued in the Romanian military. [2] It was later replaced by the Czechoslovak-designed Vz. 24 as the standard service rifle. [3]
Mannlicher M1901; Mylonas rifle; Nagant M1895 (known as the Περίστροφον M1895) Ruby M1914; Rifles. Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916; Gras M1874 and M1874/14; Lebel M1886/93; Mannlicher M1895; Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903 and M1903/14 (Standard issue rifle) Machine guns. Chauchat M1915; Colt-Browning M1895/14; Hotchkiss ...
Mannlicher's Model 1891 rifle was adopted by Romania in 1892 as the Mannlicher M1893 and the Netherlands in 1895. They used the first of a series of 6.5-millimetre (0.26 in) Mannlicher cartridges [1] which became the standard service rifle cartridge for the Romanian Mannlicher M1893 from 1893 to 1938, [2] and the Dutch Geweer M. 95 from 1895 to ...
Mannlicher M1890 carbine: Steyr Mannlicher: 8×50mmR Mannlicher 7.92×57mm Mauser 8×56mmR Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1890 Mannlicher M1893: Steyr Mannlicher: 6.5×53mmR 8×50mmR Mannlicher.22 Long Rifle Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1892 Mannlicher M1893 self loading rifle: Steyr Mannlicher: 8×50mmR Mannlicher Austrian Empire ...
Following small changes to the stock and barrel bands, the sight and other small parts, and the weapon was officially designated the Geweer M. 95 on 4 December 1895. [ 6 ] The rifle was the standard weapon of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) until the Japanese invasion. [ 9 ]
Other foreign Mannlicher clients opted for versions of the issue rifle of Austria-Hungary, the M1895, or simpler turn-bolt rifles like the M1893 or the Dutch M1895. However, the Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903 did fulfil the specifications of the Greek Army, and the first major contract was signed by the Greek Government in 1903.
Romanian soldiers during a training exercise. The rifle is the Mannlicher M1893, the standard service rifle of the Kingdom of Romania at the time.. Between 1914 and 1916, 59 Romanian factories along with numerous private contractors produced a total of 400,000 artillery rounds and 45 million small-arms cartridges.
The 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge has a long history of sporting use in India, as it was a simple matter to modify the Lee–Enfield action to accommodate the 8×50mmR in place of the .303 inch cartridge, thus providing a solution to the British colonial administration's 1907 ban on civilians possessing rifles chambered in British military ...