The Last Mauser
The last Mauser Rifle (not made from parts or a rebuilt) produced by Yugoslavia at the famed Kragujevac arsenal, the Model 1948 98k Short Rifle or otherwise called the Yugoslavian M48. Based in design on the German 98k Mauser and the Yugoslavian Model FN 30 and 24 Carbines and Rifles.
Yugoslavia manufactured tens of thousands of these rifles. The M48 is a little shorter in overall length in the barrel and the overall length of the rifle in comparison to the original German 98k it is modeled after.
Variants
If fact there were several versions of the Yugoslavian Mauser
- M-24 Yugoslavian Mausers were manufactured at the famous Zastava plant in Yugoslavia in the 1930s and 1940s
- M-98 Yugoslavian Mausers were made at the end of WWII from captured German K-98 inventories. Some parts still bear the German Waffenamp stamps. They were used to supplement the short supplied Yugoslav military of the time. The Yugoslav coat of arms on the receiver replaces that of the original German manufacturer.