page_title: Zastava M 98/48
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Zastava M 98/48 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The pricture shows the front sight ring, a feature that was mainly absent on the original Mauser k98k rifles.
context_page_description: The Zastava M98/48 was a refurbished bolt-action rifle, chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser, a cartridge that was temporary adopted in the years after World War II by the Yugoslav People's Army. This design was a refurbished Mauser Kar98k rifle that had been left-over by Germans or captured by partisans during World War II.
context_section_description: Soon after World War II, the new formed Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was trying to re-arm its military forces. The main problem that the Yugoslav government had to face was the lack of funds and the fear of an imminent conflict. A temporary solution was found in refurbishing the rifles that were captured or left over by the Germans. They were noted for their reliability, great accuracy, effective range and would not require a new mass production plant - thanks to the fact that all the components of the rifles were already available. These rifles were never used extensively until they were replaced, in 1948, by the Yugoslav-made Zastava M48.  Some of these rifles were used in a sniper rifle role during the Yugoslav Wars of 1990s.  The rifles have been adapted, through machining, to accept new locally-made telescopic sights-the ZRAK series.
caption: The picture shows the front sight ring, a feature that was mainly absent on the original Mauser K98k rifles.
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