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The Turkish Mauser can be used to describe many Mauser rifles used by the Ottoman Empire and then the Republic of Turkey. The Mauser Model 1887 rifle, chambered in 9.5x60mm [1] The Mauser Model 1890 rifle and carbine, chambered in 7.65×53mm Mauser [2] [3] The Mauser Model 1893 rifle, chambered in 7.65×53mm and later in 7.92×57mm Mauser [4]
Mauser Model 1903; Gewehr 88/05; Mauser Gewehr 98; Mauser Model 1887 Turkish Mauser M1871/84 version; Ottoman-Mauser Model 1890 Turkish Mauser M1889 version; Mauser Model 1893; Mauser M1903; Mauser M1905 and Mauser M1908; Mauser Karabiner 98k; vz. 24; vz. 98/22; Mosin-Nagant M1891/30; Berthier M1916; M1 Carbine; M1 Garand; Post WW2; FN FAL; M14
T-26- Soviet AFVs bought before World War II in 1930s; T-27; T-28 (medium tank) - According to one source, two were sold to Turkey in 1935, along with 60 T-26, five T-27 tankettes, and about 60 BA-6 armoured cars to form the 1st Tank Regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Division at Luleburgaz.
The Model 1903 saw combat during the Italo-Turkish War, the Balkan Wars, World War I [5] and the Turkish War of Independence. [6] After World War I, most of these weapons were modified to fire the 7.92×57mm Mauser round. [7] Many of the long rifles were refurbished as Mauser Model 1938 short rifles. [8]
[citation needed] A similar situation exists for 7.65mm Mauser Turkish Model 1893 bolt rifles, most of which were re-arsenalized at the Ankara arsenal in the 1940s, and rechambered to 8×57mm Mauser. Despite this re-arsenalization and rechambering, they are still considered antiques under US law as all rifles of that model were manufactured ...
Turkish Army [31] [30] Dragar turret (by GIAT / Nexter) equipped with: [a] GIAT M811 (NATO 25×137mm) [b] FN MAG (7.62×51mm NATO) [d] 1 × 6 smoke grenade dispensers; FNSS ACV-S (licence built variant of M113A3) ACV-300 (licence built variant of AIFV by FNSS) United States Turkey. Malaysian Army [33] Sharpshooter turret (by FNSS and BAE ...
The Turkish Armed Forces utilized a wide range of weapons from 3 September 1939, the date of the German invasion of Poland, to V-E Day, 8 May 1945, which is generally accepted as the end of the Second World War in Europe.
The military were issued the Mauser rifle in 7.9×57mm Mauser (1918–1939) for frontline troops. Reservists in the Obrona Narodowa ("National Defense") received Lebels and Berthiers in 8×50mmR Lebel "Balle D" (1923–1937).