Mauser M71/84

Mauser Model 71/84
Mauser Model 71/84
	Mauser Model 71/84
Type	Bolt action rifle
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1884–1888 (as the standard German service rifle); 1884–1945 (limited and foreign use)
Wars	Argentine Civil Wars; Serbo-Bulgarian War; Second Franco-Dahomean War; First Italo-Ethiopian War; Greco-Turkish War (1897); Uruguayan Revolution of 1897; Second Boer War; Boxer Rebellion; Balkan Wars; World War I; German Revolution of 1918–19; World War II (limited);
Production history
Designer	Mauser
Designed	1881–1883
Manufacturer	Mauser; Steyr;
Produced	1884–1890
No. built	1,000,000+
Variants	M1878/80 Carbines (Serbia); M1887 (Turkey);
Specifications
Mass	4.5 kg (9.92 lbs)
Length	1,350 mm (53 in)
Barrel length	855 mm (33.7 in)
Cartridge	11.15×60R; 10.15×63R (Serbia); 11x59R Gras (Serbia); 9.5×60R (Turkey); 7.65×53 (Turkish Trials);
Caliber	.43
Action	Bolt action
Muzzle velocity	1,430 ft/s (440 m/s) (11×60mmR)
Maximum firing range	1,600 m (1,749.8 yd) (maximum setting on sights)
Feed system	8-round tube magazine;
Sights	Iron sights graduated from 200 to 1,600 meters

The Mauser Model 71/84, adopted as the Gewehr 71/84 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71/84, or "Infantry Rifle 71/84" ("I.G.Mod.71/84" was stamped on the rifles themselves), was the second rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal.