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Description: | [1] (translated from Turkish) MAUSER // U\Turkish cypher\N // 1332 // U\crescent and star\N
The 7.65 mm was a commercial development by the Mauser company. It was first adopted by Belgium in 1889, and subsequently by Turkey, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia and Paraguay. Turkish contracts were the financial mainstay of the Mauser company, for whom the company produced 500 rifle a day for several years. There was even a building of oriental style, the 'Turkish building', to house Ottoman inspectors in the factory. Turkey's 1887 contract stipulated that it could insist on the incorporation of any design improvments into its contract. This encouraged innovation on Mauser's part, and ensured Turkey's rifles were up-to-date, but the rapid technological advances of the period resulted in Turkey having numerous design evolutions on issue in three calibres: 9.5 mm (a highly evolved black powder design which all parties knew would soon be superceded by a smokeless design), 7.65 mm and 7.9 mm (in German and Austrian government supplied M1888/05 rifles). In the 1930s many 7.65 mm rifles were converted to 7.9 mm.
Authority: Busey, F J : 1/1984. (Reference: Barnes, F C : 1972 : Cartridges of the World : Digest Books Inc : : p 192.)
Priming cap : attachment : press fit | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken, Karlsruhe | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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