Peter Paul von Mauser | |
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 Peter Paul von Mauser | |
| Born | (1838-06-27)June 27, 1838 |
| Died | May 29, 1914(1914-05-29) (aged 75) |
| Nationality | German Empire |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, Weapon Designer, Politician |
| Known for | Development of distinctiveMauseraction |
| Notable work | Gewehr 98 rifle 7.65×53mm Mauser and7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges |
| Political party | National Liberal Party[1] |
| Relatives | Wilhelm Mauser, brother |
Peter Paul von Mauser (born Peter Paul Mauser) (27 June 1838 – 29 May 1914) was a German weapon designer, manufacturer,industrialist[2] and politician.
Mauser was born inOberndorf am Neckar, in what was then theKingdom of Württemberg. His father was originally a shoemaker and then made leather scabbards for the Royal Rifle Factory in Oberndorf.
Paul Mauser and his brother Wilhelm, who had becomegunsmiths, first lived in modest conditions.[2][3] Paul Mauser developed various firearms with his brother, and later he founded the companyGebr Mauser with him, which finally took over from the royal manufacture.
Together with his brotherWilhelm Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser designed theMauser Model 1871 rifle, the first of a successful line ofMauser rifles and pistols. The rifle was adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71 and was the first metal cartridge weapon of theGerman Empire. While Wilhelm handled the business side of the factory, Paul proved to be the more technically capable engineer.[2]
Peter Paul von Mauser made significant contributions tobolt action rifle design and successfully combined and improved various bolt action engineering concepts.[4] TheMauser company bolt action development resulted in theGewehr 98 andKarabiner 98k rifle series that were the latest in a line of Mauser bolt-action rifles that started with theMauser Model 1889 and were adapted in 1889 and the 1890s as service rifles by several countries. The bolt-action design used for the Gewehr 98 was patented by Paul Mauser on 9 September 1895. Besides rifles, Paul Mauser also developed handguns, with the first Mauser designed handgun being theMauser C78revolver. In 1896, Paul Mauser would develop theC96 pistol, which was one of the first semi-automatic pistols in history.
Initially, Mauser's designs were more successful abroad than in Prussia, but the Prussian Rifle Review Board in Spandau opted for the domestically developed 1888 rifle. Mauser designed an improved model of this rifle for the Imperial Order .
The name of Mauser is inseparable from the construction of the1893 infantry rifle for Spain,1894 carbine and 1896 infantry rifle for Sweden, with model rifles for Peru, Belgium, Argentina, the Brazil (1894), Chile (1895), then Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico (1902),Uruguay and Turkey. Deliveries to these countries make the Mauser name a world-renowned guarantee of quality for precise weapons.
The construction of theGewehr 98 rifle was personally praised byKaiser Wilhelm II on April 5, 1898. Mauser lost his left eye in 1901 as a result of a cartridge explosion during a test firing of the self-loading C98.[5]
Mauser also designed the7.65×53mm Mauser (1889) and7×57mm Mauser (1892) rifle cartridges. These cartridges were high-performance service cartridge designs compared to other contemporarysmokeless powder service cartridges such as the8mm Lebel (1886),8×50mmR Mannlicher (1890) and.303 British (1891).[6]
Mauser was a member of theGerman Reichstag for theNational Liberal Party from 1898 to 1903, a party that appeared in the Kingdom of Württemberg as a German party. In the Reichstag, he represents the 8th district of Württemberg (Freudenstadt, Horb, Oberndorf, and Sulz). He was nominated as a candidate thanks to an alliance of the Conservatives, the Farmers' Federation, and the National Liberals and after his election to the Reichstag he joined the Group of National Liberals as a guest.[1]
Peter Paul von Mauser died on 29 May 1914, 2 months beforeWorld War 1 started[why?].
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