Also, the Yugoslavian produced weapons are an intermediate action length. The Czech VZ-24s were also converted to VZ-24/52 configuration.Īll of the FN weapons supplied above, were built on an intermediate action length, not a standard M98 action. In 1948, Yugoslavia started producing a variation of the German K98k, called the M48, and also started converting many of the FN Model 1924 short rifles to M24/47. The FN Model 1924 short rifle and carbines were also produced at the Kragujevac arsenal on machinery purchased from FN. They also purchased 50,000 FN Model 1922 short rifles, 40,000 FN Model 1924 short rifles, as well as FN Model 30 short rifles and carbines, and 40,000 Czech VZ-24 short rifles. In the 1920s, the Yugoslavians received M24B rifles from Steyr, (ex-Mexican rifles), and the arsenal at Kragujevac (later to become Preduzece 44), converted captured Turkish Model 1890 rifles into a short rifle configuration in 8mm caliber. (NOTE!! This rifle uses the enclosed cartridge head feature, discussed below.) Very minor differences between models, but the M1899/08 was also supplied in a carbine model, actually a shortened version of the Steyr rifle.Ī typical German export rifle, patterned after the Costa Rican Model 1910. MODEL 1899: In 1899, Serbia contracted DWM and Steyr to supply Chilean-style Model 1895 rifles, these were delivered between 18, with modifications made over the term of the contract.
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