page_title: German military rifles
section_title: Infanteriegewehr M88, Gewehr 88, Commission Rifle
hierarchical_section_title: German military rifles / Infanteriegewehr M88, Gewehr 88, Commission Rifle
caption_attribution_description: English: Infanteriegewehr Model 1888, Germany. Caliber 7.92mm. From the collections of Armémuseum (Swedish Army Museum), Stockholm.
context_page_description: The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified.
  There was also a period in the late 20th century when Germany was again divided and the two nations had separate armies and weapons, in "Cold War" opposition. The various rifles used during this period are displayed here, identified by either East German or West German usage.
context_section_description: The German Rifle Testing Commission initially tried to find a way to convert the many Gewehr 71/84 rifles into having a viable smokeless powder action; however the decision taken was to design a completely new weapon. The Commission chose not to involve or consult the Mausers. The result was the look of the Lebel, a Mauser-style action, Mannlicher magazine, a jacketed barrel, and a cartridge copied from the Swiss.
  The Gewehr 88 was designed to use the 7.9mm × 57J cartridge, which is considerably smaller than the 11 mm round of the Gewehr 71.
  A total of 1,675,000 Gewehr 88s were produced from 1889 to 1897.
caption: Gewehr 1888
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