Mauser C78 'Zig-Zag' Revolver
name: label: licensee
content: Mauser
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Developed by Mauser in 1878 this was the first German military revolver to fire modern brass cartridges. The six round grooved cylinder provides the nicname 'Zig-Zag.' It would be replaced by the semiautomatic C96 pistol, but many of the revolvers were used in World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Ordnance Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.30032
label: catalog number
content: 30032
label: accession number
content: 65029
label: serial number
content: 1891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Revolver, Semi-Automatic
label: Object Name
content: revolver, centerfire
label: Other Terms
content: Revolver, Semi-Automatic; Firearms; Center Fire; 11 Mm; Rifled; 02; 2H; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 28.575 cm x 15.5575 cm x 4.445 cm