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IIa

Table of Contents - Volume IIa
Forward by Paul Shomper and Jon Speed .......................................................... 10
Author’s Preface ................................................................................................... 11
Historical Timeline ................................................................................................ 13
Chapter 1 : Wartime Infrastructure and the K98k
The War Economy and K98k Production..................................................................................................... 17
Permanent War ............................................................................................................................................. 18
Rationalized German War Production .......................................................................................................... 18
Managing Decentralized Manufacturing ..................................................................................................... 19
1942 Planning of Weapons Production, Mauser and the Suhl Consortium ................................................ 21
Planning for Simplification.......................................................................................................................... 23
Special Committee on Infantry Weapons (SKInf-Waffen) .......................................................................... 24
Heereswaffenamt and Wartime Production of the K98k............................................................................. 26
Mobilization Forces Revisions to TL 1/1003 Inspection Standards for K98k............................................. 29
Implementation of Simplified Barrel Marking in 1942............................................................................... 31
German Arms Production and the Heeeresabnahmestelle ......................................................................... 32
Manufacturers Code Assignments Revised in 1940 .................................................................................... 32
Occupied Facilities in Support of K98k Production ................................................................................... 33
FN, Herstel (DWM Werke Lüttich) ................................................................................................ 33
FN Facility Evacuated in September 1944 .................................................................................... 34
Cost Calculation for K98ks Using FN Components ...................................................................... 35
Closure of FN and Disposition of Materials .................................................................................. 36
Radom (Poland) ............................................................................................................................. 37
Outsourcing to Firms in Occupied Countries ............................................................................................ 38
Additional Firms Added for K98k Production
Steyr-Daimler-Puch - 1939 ........................................................................................................... 38
Waffenwerke Brünn AG / Werk II -1942 ..................................................................................... 38
Waffenwerke Brünn AG / Werk I -1943 ...................................................................................... 39
Reassignment of Firms from K98k Manufacture, 1941 to 1944 ................................................................ 39
Planned Drawdown of K98k Production in January 1944 .......................................................................... 40
Fuhrer (Hitler) Decree of June 19, 1944...................................................................................................... 42
Replacing Losses ......................................................................................................................................... 43
Industry and the K98k in Wartime .............................................................................................................. 45
Comparison between Manufacturers from 1942 - 1944 .............................................................................. 45
Efficiency Comparison of Major Receiver Contractors ................................................................. 48
Efficiency Comparison of Contractors for Bolt Sleeve .................................................................. 49
Lowered Production Time and Labor Cost as Production Changes Implemented ......................... 50
Production Efficiency Comparison of K98k Barrel Providers - 1942 ........................................... 52
Managing Outsourcing .............................................................................................................................. 54
Early Wartime Effects of Bombing on Material Supply ............................................................................. 55
Problems with Supplied Components ....................................................................................................... 56
End of the Line - The Volksgewehr Program ............................................................................................. 58
Unfulfilled Plans at Mauser Oberndorf for the Volksgewehr ..................................................................... 60
Steyr VG5 (VK98) - K98k Simplified ........................................................................................................ 61
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War Ministry Production Documentation, 1939-1944 ............................................................................... 63
Kriegsmarine Deliveries, December 1940 to May 1941, K98k and G29/40................................. 64
Heer (Army) Weapons Deliveries, November 1941 ..................................................................... 64
May 1942 Weapons Deliveries to Luftwaffe, K98k Snipers ......................................................... 65
March 1943 Weapons Deliveries to Heer, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine .................................. 66
Weapons Deliveries April 1944...................................................................................................... 67
HWa Planning Document for February - July 1944 (K98k, G41, and MP43) .............................. 67
Chapter 2 : The K98k in the Wartime Period
First Pressures of the Prewar Buildup - Production Model ‘B’ Proposed in 1939...................................... 69
Introduction of the Cupped Buttplate ........................................................................................................ 70
Buttplate Codes and Manufacturers ............................................................................................... 73
Prototype Buttplate for Evaluation ............................................................................................................. 75
The Front Sight Hood or Kornschutz .......................................................................................................... 77
Supplier Problems at Mauser Oberndorf with Sight Hoods in 1941 .......................................................... 80
Cleaning Rod Length Revised to 320mm ................................................................................................... 81
Stock Mounted Bolt Dis-assembly Disk (Takedown Washer - Platte) ....................................................... 82
Recoil Lug Assembly .................................................................................................................................. 83
Bayonet Mount - Seitengewehrhalter ......................................................................................................... 84
Blueing of the Bayonet Mount (Seitengewehrhalter) .................................................................... 84
Rear Sight Components ............................................................................................................................... 85
Late Tooling Changes to Milled Components ............................................................................................ 87
K98k Trigger - 1942 Machining Changes .................................................................................................. 88
Sintered Metal Technology ......................................................................................................................... 89
Formed and Welded Front Band to Supplement Pressed Metal Production ............................................... 90
Mauser Formed and Welded Front ‘H’ Band used in 1943 and 1944 by Brünn I and II................ 90
Sheet Metal (Pressed Metal) Trials Begin in Late 1942 ............................................................................. 91
Sheet Metal Developmental Time................................................................................................... 93
1943 - Full Production of Pressed (Stamped) Metal Components ................................................ 94
Live Fire Durability Test of Pressed Metal Components May 1944 ............................................. 95
K98k Safety (Sicherung) Harmonized in Late 1943 ................................................................................... 96
Gradual Lowering of Fit and Finish on Metal Parts and Stock Assembly .................................................. 97
Trigger Sear Revised in 1944 ...................................................................................................................... 98
Further Elimination of Serialization on Small Parts ................................................................................... 98
1944 - Sea Change for the K98k ................................................................................................................. 99
Chapter Three: Mauser Werke AG Oberndorf a/N
Report of the Board of Managing Directors ............................................................................................... 101
Mauser Oberndorf and the Wartime Period ................................................................................................ 103
Industry Award from Adolf Hitler .............................................................................................................. 105
Wartime Mauser Display Window at Oberndorf ......................................................................................... 106
Effect of Bombing on Rail and Transport to Mauser Oberndorf ................................................................ 109
Werke Karlsruhe ......................................................................................................................................... 110
Mauser Oberndorf and the Business of War .............................................................................................. 111
Report of the Board, 1939-1940 ................................................................................................... 112
Report of the Board, 1940-1941 .................................................................................................... 112
Report of the Board, 1942-1943 .................................................................................................... 112
Mauser Yearly Summaries of K98 Sales, Fiscal Years 1938/39 and 1939/40................................ 113
Mauser Yearly Summaries of K98 Sales, Fiscal Years 1940/41 and 1941/42 ............................... 114
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Mauser Yearly Summaries of K98 Sales, Fiscal Year 1942-1943.................................................. 114
Mauser K98 Sales, October 1943 to September 1944 ................................................................... 115
1943/1944 Fiscal Year - Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1944 ......................................................................... 115
Mauser K98 Sales, October 1944 to December 1944.................................................................... 116
Final Entry, Weapons Production October 1944 to April 4, 1945.................................................. 116
K98k Production and Cost Changes at Mauser from 1942 to 1944 - Kostenverfolgung .............. 117
K98ks by the Minute - Production Times Reduced from 1940 to 1944 ........................................ 122
Auftrag (Purchase Order) for K98ks, April 1941 (Army Order for Luftwaffe) ............................ 124
Auftrag (Purchase Order) for K98ks, October 1942, Increasing Production Numbers ................. 125
Kriegsmarine Deliveries to Wilhelmshaven and Kiel, 1941........................................................................ 126
Mauser Responds to Directive in Early 1942 for Increased Production ..................................................... 127
Mauser Workforce in Wartime ................................................................................................................... 129
The War Begins - Enter Foreign Workers at Oberndorf ................................................................ 131
Total Factory Personnel for Weapons Production at Mauser, March 1942 ................................... 132
Proposed Usage of Camp Labor Between Mauser and the SS, August 1944 ................................ 133
Status of Foreign Workers at Oberndorf in Wartime ..................................................................... 134
Wartime Military Call Up for Service of Factory Personnel ........................................................ 135
Wartime Casualties of Staff Serving in Military ........................................................................... 135
Wartime Nazi Trade Union Membership Book (Mitgliedsbuch) of Mauser Employee ............... 136
Wage Groups for Plant Oberndorf ................................................................................................ 137
Work Group Requirements ............................................................................................................ 137
K98k Wartime Production at Mauser Oberndorf ....................................................................................... 138
Experiments with Semi-Finished Components ............................................................................. 139
Critical Phase in 1939 with Barrel Steel Technical Issues on Completed Rifles .......................... 141
Summary of Available Barrel Blanks for K98k Production, October 1942 ............................................... 142
Cost and Production Summary for K98ks, January-March 1940 ............................................................... 143
Cost and Production Summary for K98ks, January-March 1941 ............................................................... 144
Cost and Production Summary for K98ks, January 1942 .......................................................................... 145
Cost and Production Summary for K98ks, 2nd Quarter 1943 (April-June) ............................................... 145
Cost and Production Summary for K98ks, November 1944 ...................................................................... 145
Delivery List from January 1939 to March 1941 ........................................................................................ 146
Production Totals from January 1939 to March 1941, Spare Part Orders 1941 ......................................... 147
In-process Receiver Inventory 1940 - “Work Flow Snapshot” ................................................................... 148
Reject Totals from October 1938 to September 1941 ................................................................................. 148
Rejection Totals from October 1940 to September 1941 - Financial Cost ................................................. 149
Mauser and the Supply Chain - Outsourced Components .......................................................................... 150
Primary Sub-Contractors for Outsourced Components ................................................................ 150
Supplier Listings for Oberndorf .................................................................................................... 153
Mauser and the Supply Chain - Mauser Components to Other K98k Contractors ..................................... 154
Wartime Use of Laminate and Solid Wood Stocks .................................................................................. 155
Mauser as Stock Supplier - Orders in 1944 for J.P. Sauer .......................................................................... 155
Post Assembly Processing of the K98k - Test Shooting and Shipment ...................................................... 157
Initial K98k Test Firing Success Rate ............................................................................................ 158
Test Report on 47 Rifles that Failed Shooting Tests ...................................................................... 159
Mauser Developments for Machine Assisted Live Fire Testing ................................................................ 160
Mauser Developments for Machine Assisted Live Fire Testing - Improved 1944 System ........................ 162
HWa Hesitant to Commit to Full Automated Test Shooting ....................................................................... 163
Wartime Comparative First Pass Test Fire Success Rate Comparison ....................................................... 164
Comparative Testing of the Competition in 1944 ....................................................................................... 165
Critical Issues with Accuracy of Finished Rifles in 1943 and Early 1944 .................................................. 165
Bolt Supply Logistics Problems for Mauser - October to December 1944 ................................................ 166
Wartime Pressure Forces Reduction in Quality of Finished Weapons ....................................................... 167
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Wartime Stress on Barrel Supply .................................................................................................................. 168
Steel Providers Supplying Defective Barrel Blanks ................................................................................... 168
End of Barrel Blanks from FN Werke Lüttich ............................................................................................ 169
New Technology for Barrel Testing and Analysis ....................................................................................... 170
Stress of Increased Production - Cracked Receivers .................................................................................. 172
Sub-Contracted Bolts .................................................................................................................................. 172
Mauser Looks for Alternate Stock Construction and Wood Type ............................................................... 173
Milled Trigger Housing Returns in Mid-1944 ............................................................................................ 173
Wartime Tooling and Manufacturing Engineering ....................................................................................... 174
Wartime Process Changes and Components Engineering ............................................................. 178
Pressed Metal Development .......................................................................................................... 179
Finalized Design of Pressed Metal Components - Trigger Housing (Kasten) .............................. 181
Front Stamped Band “Oberring” Original Factory Blueprint ....................................................... 182
Rear Stamped Band “Unterring” Original Factory Blueprint ....................................................... 182
Late 1942 ‘S’ Prefixed Sheet Metals Trial Rifle ......................................................................................... 183
Pressed Metal Development ........................................................................................................................ 185
Late 1944 - Enter Phosphate Finish ............................................................................................................ 186
Wartime Diversion of Commercial Rifles and Components ....................................................................... 187
Standard-Modell Revisited ......................................................................................................................... 187
Diversion of Commercial, Standard-Modell Receivers to K98k Production ............................................ 189
Mauser G40k Development ........................................................................................................................ 190
Factory Engineering Document for Development of G40K .......................................................... 191
G40k, Sn.18 in Oberndorf City Museum ....................................................................................... 193
G40k, Sn.V81 Former US Army Aberdeen Collection .................................................................. 194
G40k, Sn.11 .................................................................................................................................... 195
G40k, Sn.V79 ................................................................................................................................ 195
1943 Banner Commercial ......................................................................................................................... 197
Mauser Commercial Proofing ..................................................................................................................... 198
1944 Update of 1936 Commercial Test Rifle, Serial 115027 ..................................................................... 199
Return of Repaired Rifles for Test Shooting at Supplier ............................................................................. 201
1944 First Handstamped Series - Using Diverted Mauser Berlin Receivers .............................................. 202
Early 1944 Usage of Pre-Serialed Barrelled Actions from Mauser Berlin ................................................ 202
1944 Handstamped Series of Oberndorf K98ks Using ‘ar 44’ Mauser Berlin Receivers .......................... 203
1944 Standard Receiver Hand Stamped Series - SN 12601 in Detail, ‘byf 44’ ......................................... 204
Late 1944 ‘n’ Block Series Using Astrawerke and Mauser Berlin Receivers (bcd 4, ar44) ....................... 205
Sniper Rifle Development and Production at Mauser ................................................................................. 206
Early Activity with Zf39 Low Turret Production .......................................................................... 209
Zf39 or Low Turret System ............................................................................................................ 211
Cost of Assembly for the Zf39 ...................................................................................................... 211
Early Oberndorf Low Turret (Zf39), 1940 42 Code ...................................................................... 212
byf 43 Low Turret, Sn. 10433k with Elm Stock ........................................................................... 215
Low Turret byf43 Sn. 33280k with Matching bmj Scope ............................................................. 216
High Turret System ........................................................................................................................ 218
Late War Ledger Entries for K98k m/Zielvier .............................................................................. 218
High Turret byf44 Sn. 12219a ...................................................................................................... 219
byf 44 High Turret, Sn. 21380g with Matching Scope ................................................................. 220
byf 44 High Turret, Sn. 14329g with Matching Scope ................................................................. 220
byf 44 High Turret, Sn. 53637i with Matched Scope .................................................................... 221
byf 44 High Turret, Sn. 29108k with Matched Scope ................................................................. 222
Recycled and Reissued Scopes ..................................................................................................... 223
Spandau Heereszeugamt and Mid-War K98k Snipers .................................................................. 223
Late 1944 low-turret assembly, SN. 27854 l block ....................................................................... 224
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Mauser High Turret System Added Inspections and Process Stamps............................................ 225
April 1943 Indication of Alternate Scope Case from an SS Controlled Supplier ......................... 225
Milled Safety Introduced in Late 1943 .......................................................................................... 226
Checkered Buttplate Introduced in mid-1944 ............................................................................... 226
Alternate Sources for Optics - Donated and Confiscated Rifle Scopes ...................................... 227
Low Turret and High Turret Feature Comparison ......................................................................... 228
Details of Mounting Rings for Low and High Turret Scopes ........................................................ 229
1943-44 Development of Detachable 10 Shot Magazine for Scope Equipped K98k ................... 230
Late War Appraisal of Optics Systems ........................................................................................... 231
Mauser Oberndorf Turret Gallery .................................................................................................. 234
ZF41 System - 1943 to 1945 ....................................................................................................................... 236
ZF41 System - Mauser Oberndorf ................................................................................................. 237
Jung Prismatic Optics System, 1943-1944 Short Lived Prototype ........................................................... 240
Mauser Development of Folding Stock and Takedown K98ks .................................................................. 241
Mauser Developed Takedown K98k (Abnehmbarer Lauf K98k) ................................................. 244
Mauser Wartime K98k in Detail ................................................................................................................. 247
Wartime Code Year Summary for Mauser Oberndorf . ................................................................. 248
Dual Codes (Sub-Contracted Receivers) used by Mauser ............................................................. 248
Double Letter Serial Number Suffix Begins in Late 1939 ............................................................. 249
Receiver Code Rollover and Production Lag Versus Serial Number ............................................ 249
Production Totals and Serial Range Table, 1939 to 1944 Oberndorf K98k .................................. 249
Serial Numbers and Small Parts Numbering ................................................................................ 250
External and Internal Stock Serial Numbers ................................................................................ 252
Stock Final Inspection and Acceptance ......................................................................................... 253
Mauser Stock Tooling and Process Inspection Stamps ................................................................. 253
Serial Numbering Sequence Revised in 1943 ............................................................................. 254
Serialization on Bands, Stock, and Trigger Housing Components - 1944 .................................... 254
Right Receiver Inspection and Acceptance 1939-1944 ................................................................. 254
Trigger Housing Serialization - 1944 ............................................................................................. 256
Serialization Changes to 5-digits in 1943 ...................................................................................... 257
Reprise for Trigger Housing and Floorplate Numbering - ‘f’ Block 1944 Production .................. 257
Stock Date Codes and Process Stamps .......................................................................................... 258
Barrel Coding ............................................................................................................................................. 260
Mauser Oberndorf 1934-1936 Production Revisited .................................................................................... 263
42 Code, 1939 Sn. 2486f ............................................................................................................................ 264
42 Code, 1940 Sn. 7675qq .......................................................................................................................... 266
byf 41, Sn. 2596b ......................................................................................................................................... 268
byf 42, Sn. 8332e (early 1942) .................................................................................................................. 270
byf 42, Sn. 1349gg (late 1942) .................................................................................................................. 271
byf 43, Sn. 12657e .................................................................................................................................... 272
byf 43, Sn. 2996k (Elm Stock) .................................................................................................................. 273
ar 43 ‘n’ Block Finished by Mauser Oberndorf, Sn. 6680a ................................................................... 274
byf 44, Sn. 30240e ..................................................................................................................................... 275
ar 44, Sn. 2300i ......................................................................................................................................... 276
byf 44, Sn. 1531l (Late1944 production) .................................................................................................. 277
Data Sheet 42-1939 Sn. 3663 ................................................................................................................... 278
Data Sheet 42-1940, Sn. 7675qq .............................................................................................................. 279
Data Sheet byf 41 Sn. 262a ...................................................................................................................... 280
Data Sheet byf 42 Sn. 8332e ..................................................................................................................... 281
Data Sheet byf 43 Sn. 25603a. .................................................................................................................. 282
Data Sheet ar 44 Sn. 4067 (Typical of late ‘d’ to ‘h’ blocks) ....................................................................... 283
Mauser Oberndorf 1939-1940 Gallery ...................................................................................................... 284
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Chapter Four: J.P. Sauer & Sohn
“Suhl-Zella-Mehliser Waffenvereinigung” Revisited ................................................................................. 302
1939 Mobilization For War ........................................................................................................................ 303
Time and Material Saving Measures At Sauer ........................................................................................... 305
Problems At Sauer Due To Simplified Processes ....................................................................................... 306
Specialty Machinery From Mauser ............................................................................................................ 308
Wartime Comparative “First Shot” Pass Test Fire Comparison ................................................................. 309
Forced Labor at J.P. Sauer .......................................................................................................................... 310
Daily Life Of Forced Laborers At Sauer ........................................................................................ 312
Petition To Gestapo From Sauer .................................................................................................... 313
K98k Workforce Chart 1941-1943 ................................................................................................ 314
Pressures Of War On Polish Employees ........................................................................................ 316
Pricing the K98k ............................................................................................................................ 317
Production Requirement Increase For J.P. Sauer in 1943 ........................................................................... 318
1944 K98k Contract Ends ........................................................................................................................... 320
Saxon Group Supplied Component Use ..................................................................................................... 322
J.P. Sauer in Detail 1939 - 1944 .................................................................................................................. 323
147 1939 - 1940 ............................................................................................................................. 323
ce 41 .............................................................................................................................................. 324
ce 42 .............................................................................................................................................. 325
ce 43 ............................................................................................................................................. 326
ce 44 .............................................................................................................................................. 327
Receiver Flaws .............................................................................................................................. 328
Bolt Assembly ................................................................................................................................ 328
Sight Components ......................................................................................................................... 329
Front Sight ..................................................................................................................................... 330
Introduction Of Spring Steel Sight Hood ....................................................................................... 330
Stock Acceptance Stamps 1939 - 1944 .......................................................................................... 331
Sauer Kriegsmarine Marked Rifles ................................................................................................ 332
Internal Stock Serial Pattern.......................................................................................................... 332
Stock Channel Date Markings ....................................................................................................... 333
Mauser and Menzel Supplied Stocks in 1944 ................................................................................ 335
J.P. Sauer Letter Font ..................................................................................................................... 336
Bands & Trigger Guard Assembly ................................................................................................. 337
1939 - 1944 J.P. Sauer Production Overview .............................................................................................. 339
Serial Number Conventions ........................................................................................................... 339
Mauser Oberndorf 1941 Gallery ................................................................................................................. 285
Mauser Oberndorf 1942 Gallery ................................................................................................................. 286
Mauser Oberndorf 1943 Gallery ................................................................................................................ 287
Mauser Oberndorf 1944 Gallery ................................................................................................................ 288
Mauser Oberndorf 1944 Gallery ................................................................................................................ 289
Mauser Exports of K98k Rifles, 1939-1944 ............................................................................................. 290
Chinese K98k Contract Revisited ................................................................................................ 290
Diverted Chinese Contract for Kriegsmarine ................................................................................ 291
K98k Contract For Portugal, 1941-1942 ................................................................................................... 292
Processing the Seitengewehr (Bayonet) ......................................................................................... 295
Detail Images ................................................................................................................................. 296
K98k Contract For Portugal, Gallery .......................................................................................................... 297
1944 Shipments to Croatia .......................................................................................................................... 298
1939 Mauser Factory Cutaway ................................................................................................................... 299
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J.P. Sauer Barrel Coding 1939 - 1944 ........................................................................................................ 340
J.P. Sauer & Sohn Production Trends ......................................................................................................... 343
1944 Sauer K98k Anomaly ......................................................................................................................... 345
J.P. Sauer & Sohn Snipers ........................................................................................................................... 347
Short Side Rail Snipers (SSR) ....................................................................................................... 347
Sauer Low Turret ........................................................................................................................... 350
Sauer High Turret ............................................................................................................................ 351
Base Numbering....................................................................................................................... 352
Sauer High Turret Sn. 4879p ....................................................................................................................... 353
Long Side Rail Sniper (LSR) ...................................................................................................................... 354
Sauer LSR mount variations .......................................................................................................... 355
Long Side Rail Sniper Sn. 1429v ................................................................................................................ 356
Long Side Rail Sniper Sn. 4864x ................................................................................................................ 358
Swept Back Sniper ...................................................................................................................................... 360
The Swedish Contract ................................................................................................................................. 361
147 1939 Sn. 1055k Kriegsmarine .............................................................................................................. 362
147 1940 Sn. 9046h ..................................................................................................................................... 364
ce 41 Sn. 3810f ............................................................................................................................................ 366
ce 42 Sn 7654c ............................................................................................................................................ 368
ce 42/43 Sn. 2772b ...................................................................................................................................... 370
ce 43 Script Sn. 2r ....................................................................................................................................... 371
ce 43 Block Sn. 5058x ................................................................................................................................ 373
ce 44 Block Sn. 6552p ................................................................................................................................ 375
bcd4/ce44 Sn. 230y - The Last Letter Block .............................................................................................. 377
Gallery Photo 147 1939 - ce 42 ................................................................................................................... 378
Gallery Photo ce 43 - ce 44 ......................................................................................................................... 379
Data Sheet 147 1939 Sn. 2271 m ................................................................................................................ 380
Data Sheet 147 1940 Sn. 9602 v ................................................................................................................. 381
Data Sheet ce 41 Sn. 5334 c ....................................................................................................................... 382
Data Sheet ce 42 Sn. 9853 o ....................................................................................................................... 383
Data Sheet ce 43 Sn. 184 t .......................................................................................................................... 384
Data Sheet bcd 4 Sn. 8554 x (Sauer Made) ................................................................................................ 385
Chapter Five: Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde
Historical Overview of Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde ................................................................................... 387
Factory Management - Key Personnel ......................................................................................................... 388
Wartime Overview of Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde - Machine Gun and Rifle Groups ................................ 388
Workforce Increase as Production Ramps Up - 1937 to 1940 ..................................................................... 388
Keeping Up With Big Brother - Berlin versus Oberndorf .......................................................................... 389
Sales for 1938 to 1941 from the Mauser Annual Report ............................................................................ 389
Sales for 1942-1943 from the Mauser Annual Report ................................................................................. 389
Cost of Production and Financial Year Records .......................................................................................... 390
Facilities and Equipment ............................................................................................................................. 391
Coordination Between Mauser Berlin and Oberndorf ................................................................................. 393
Managing Steel Quality During the War ..................................................................................................... 395
External Material Suppliers to Mauser Berlin and Localized Networking ................................................. 395
Provider Listings - 1941 to 1943 .................................................................................................... 396
Sandblasting of Receivers in 1940 ............................................................................................................... 396
Demand for Generic Steel Type in Weapons Production ............................................................................ 397
End of Production in Late 1943 - Transfer of Barrelled Actions to Mauser Oberndorf .............................. 397
Rifle Production Redirected after K98k Shutdown ....................................................................... 397
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Reprise: K98k Receiver Production in 1944, Distribution of Salvaged Receivers .................................... 398
Continued Activity with K98k Components Into 1944 .............................................................................. 398
Wartime Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde K98k in Detail ................................................................................ 399
Representative Receiver Inspection and Barrel Codes for Mauser Berlin Borsigwalde ............... 399
Mauser Berlin Production Totals from Serial Number Studies, 1939 to 1943 ........................................... 401
Receiver Assembly Waffenamt Inspection ................................................................................................. 401
Receiver Suppliers Used by Mauser Berlin Borsigwalde . ........................................................................ 402
Stock Side Markings and Service Acceptance Stamps .............................................................................. 402
Stock Date Codes ....................................................................................................................................... 403
Lower Stock Waffenamts ........................................................................................................................... 404
External and Internal Stock Serial Numbers ............................................................................................... 405
Representative Inspection, Barrel Codes and Hardware for Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde ......................... 406
Barrel Codes and Steel Barrel Blank Providers .......................................................................................... 407
Bolt Firing Proof Stamp ............................................................................................................................. 407
Mauser Berlin Internal Process and Inspection Marks .............................................................................. 408
Barrel/Receiver Assembly Marks .............................................................................................................. 408
Bandspring Serialization - 1939 to 1941 ................................................................................................... 408
Mauser Berlin Zf41 .................................................................................................................................... 409
Gewehrkollimator (Rifle Collimator) for K98k ......................................................................................... 410
243 Code, 1939 Sn. 587w .......................................................................................................................... 412
243 Code 1940, Sn. 5856 ........................................................................................................................... 414
ar 41, Sn. 652k ............................................................................................................................................ 416
ar 41, Sn.5329m (Late 1941 production, Walther Receiver) ...................................................................... 418
ar 42, Sn.686k ............................................................................................................................................ 419
bcd 43, Sn. 4318 g (Mauser Berlin assembled using Astrawerke receiver) ............................................... 420
ar 43, Sn. 229 l .......................................................................................................................................... 421
ar 42 3320h, Zf.41 with Matching Scope ................................................................................................... 422
Mauser Berlin Zf41, Sn. 5190 c ................................................................................................................. 424
Data Sheet 243-1939, Sn. 587w Kriegsmarine Accepted .......................................................................... 426
Data Sheet 243-1940, Sn. 3782g, Kriegsmarine Accepted ........................................................................ 427
Data Sheet ar 41 Sn. 3947i ......................................................................................................................... 428
Data Sheet bcd/ar 42, Sn. 2027c (Astrawerke Receiver) ........................................................................... 429
Data Sheet ar 43, Sn. 229l .......................................................................................................................... 430
Mauser Berlin Gallery 1939-1941 .............................................................................................................. 431
Mauser Berlin Gallery 1941-1943 .............................................................................................................. 432
Mauser Berlin Gallery 1943, Zf. 41 ........................................................................................................... 433
Postscript: Mauser Borsigwalde Post War Status ....................................................................................... 434
Mauser Berlin ‘ar 42’, Sn. 5611 i ................................................................................................................ 434

IIb

Table of Contents - Volume IIb
Chapter Six: Erfurter Maschinenfabrik “Erma” & Feinmechanische Werke “Feima”

This book is a continuation of a 2 book set covering the K98k rifle from 1939-1944. Volume II a chapters include
Wartime Infrastructure and the K98k, The K98k in the Wartime Period, Mauser Werke AG Oberndorf a/N, J.P. Sauer &
Sohn, with the final chapter of book 1 covering Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde.
437
Chapter Seven: Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik
Historical Connection Between Erma and Feima ....................................................................................... 446
Erma to Feima Code Change ...................................................................................................................... 447
Erma to Feima Code Change - the Walther connection ............................................................... 448
Lineage of Erma and Feima 1939 - 1941 .................................................................................................... 448
Erma and Feima in Detail 1939 - 1941 ....................................................................................................... 449
Receiver Detail ............................................................................................................................... 449
Beschußstempel ............................................................................................................................. 449
Bands and Trigger Guards .............................................................................................................. 450
Erma and Feima Made Sight Components .................................................................................... 451
Erma and Feima Bolt Components ................................................................................................ 451
Stock Acceptance and Service Markings ....................................................................................... 452
Erma and Feima Production Trends ........................................................................................................... 453
Erma and Feima Barrel Codes ................................................................................................................... 454
Erma / Feima Production Numbers ............................................................................................................ 455
Erma and Feima Serial Numbering Convention ......................................................................................... 455
The Final Chapter for Erma ....................................................................................................................... 455
Luftwaffe 27 1939 Sn. 1760L ................................................................................................................... 456
27 1940 in Detail serial 3979e ................................................................................................................... 458
1940 ax in Detail serial 4477h ................................................................................................................... 460
1941 ax in Detail serial 3078a .................................................................................................................... 462
Erma & Feima Gallery Photo ..................................................................................................................... 464
Data Sheet 27 1939 Sn. 9321a ................................................................................................................... 465
Data Sheet 27 1940 Sn. 3979e .................................................................................................................... 466
Data Sheet ax 1940 Sn. 699L ...................................................................................................................... 467
Data Sheet ax 41 Sn. 6311d ........................................................................................................................ 468
Historical Background on BLM ................................................................................................................ 470
BLM Production Totals from Serial Number Studies, 1939 to 1942 .......................................................... 471
Post War Allied Report on BLM Production ............................................................................................. 471
BLM and Mauser Oberndorf ...................................................................................................................... 472
The Dark Side - Use of Forced Labor and War Prisoners at BLM ............................................................ 474
BLM and Wartime Bombing ..................................................................................................................... 476
Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik - Then and Now ................................................................................... 477
Wartime Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik K98k in Detail ..................................................................... 478
BLM Production from 1939-1942 ................................................................................................ 479
Late 1941, 1942 Production Year Subcontractors ......................................................................... 479
The Astrawerke Connection .......................................................................................................... 479
Receiver and Bolt Waffenamt Inspections ..................................................................................... 480
Firing Proof (Beschussstempel) ..................................................................................................... 480
BLM Waffenamt Inspections on Small Parts ................................................................................. 481
Receiver Letter Code Font ............................................................................................................ 482
Interior Receiver Process or Sequence Number ............................................................................ 482
Berlin-Lübecker Receiver Model Designation Roll Mark ............................................................ 482
Berlin-Lübecker K98k Serial Number and Barrel Code Data .................................................................. 483
Stock and Handguard Serial Numbering - 1939 to 1942 ........................................................................ 484
Stock Completion Date Codes and Material Type .................................................................................... 485
Stock Markings and Service Acceptance Stamps ...................................................................................... 486
Lübecker Barrel Codes and Provider Markings .......................................................................................... 487
Unfulfilled Program - Zf.41 for K98k ........................................................................................................ 488
Lübecker Sole Contractor for Zf.41 Mount ................................................................................... 490
1st Variation Early Production Zf.41 - Flat Roller Mount ............................................................ 493
2nd Variation - Bevelled Roller Mount........................................................................................... 493
duv 42 Sn. 3952 (Early bevelled roller Zf.41) ............................................................................. 494
237 1939, Sn. 9332 .................................................................................................................................... 496
237 1939, Sn. 6756b Kriegsmarine Divert ................................................................................................. 497
237 1940, Sn. 6645 (no-letter block, early) .............................................................................................. 498
duv 40, Sn. 4535k ..................................................................................................................................... 500
duv 41, Sn. 8887f ...................................................................................................................................... 501
bcd 41, Sn. 6472p (BLM assembled 1942) .............................................................................................. 503
duv 42, Sn. 5249e ...................................................................................................................................... 504
Data Sheet 237-1939, Sn. 9332 (Early Production) .................................................................................. 505
Data Sheet 237-1940, Sn. 9144d (Inspection and markings also apply to duv 40) ................................... 506
Data Sheet duv 41, Sn. 2245d ................................................................................................................... 507
Data Sheet duv 42, Sn. 7536 ..................................................................................................................... 508
BLM Gallery 1939-1941 .......................................................................................................................... 509
BLM Gallery 1942, Zf.41 ......................................................................................................................... 510
BLM Gallery Zf.41 ................................................................................................................................... 511
BLM “Circle A” K98k .............................................................................................................................. 512
Chapter Eight: Gustloff-Werke
Background ................................................................................................................................................. 515
Groundbreaking of the Machine-Tool Factory of the Fritz-Sauckel Works in Weimar ............................. 516
Gustloff-Werke and Subsidiary Companies .............................................................................................. 517
Acknowledgement of Shutdown of K98ks in 1939 .................................................................................. 520
Planning the Move to Weimar ................................................................................................................... 521
Public Relations and War at the Gustloff-Werke ....................................................................................... 523
Subcontractor Model Takes Form ............................................................................................................... 524
Startup Difficulties with Hermann Menzel ................................................................................................ 525
Gustloff and KZ Buchenwald (Gustloff -Werke II) ..................................................................................... 526
Failure of K98k Assembly at KZ Buchenwald ............................................................................. 527
KKW Production at Gustloff-Werke II ........................................................................................ 528
Gustloff-Werke (Plant II) Destroyed by Allied Air Action ........................................................... 529
The Gustloff Firm and Casualties of War ................................................................................................. 530
Wartime Gustloff K98k in Detail .............................................................................................................. 531
Gustloff Receiver Codes - 1939 to 1942 ....................................................................................... 531
Gustloff Receiver Codes - 1943 to 1945 ....................................................................................... 532
Gustloff Production Totals from Serial Number Studies, 1939 to 1944 .................................................... 532
‘duv 42’ Roll Marked Receivers Used in 1942 and 1943 Gustloff Production ......................................... 533
Supplier Network for Gustloff ................................................................................................................... 534
Gustloff and Astrawerke ....................... ..................................................................................................... 536
438
Chapter Nine: Steyr-Daimler-Puch
History of Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG. .......................................................................................................... 575
Takeover by Reichswerke Hermann Göring ............................................................................................. 575
First Weapons Contracts for Steyr G.12/34 .............................................................................................. 576
Wartime Production at Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG. ....................................................................................... 579
Steyr Control Of Warsaw And Radom Facilities ..................................................................................... 580
Waffenamt Inspection Team For Radom e/77 ............................................................................... 581
Steyr Management ...................................................................................................................................... 583
Production at Steyr, Gusen and Molln ....................................................................................................... 584
February 1944 Bombings .......................................................................................................................... 585
Steyr Rifle Production Timeline .................................................................................................. 586
Steyr Factory Bombing Map ........................................................................................................ 587
Forced Labor At Steyr ................................................................................................................................ 588
Gustloff Manufactured Stocks ................................................................................................................. 537
Stock and Handguard Serial Numbering - 1939 to 1944 ............................................................. 538
Stock Completion Date Codes and Material Type ....................................................................... 539
Representative Gustloff Stock Completion Date Codes ............................................................... 540
Stock Markings and Service Acceptance Stamps .......................................................................... 540
Receiver and Bolt Waffenamt Inspections ................................................................................................. 541
Waffenamt Inspections on Small Parts ....................................................................................................... 542
Firing Proof (Beschußstempel) and Rifle Serial, 1939 to 1944 .................................................................. 542
Gustloff Barrel Codes and Provider Markings .......................................................................................... 544
Representative Gustloff K98k Serial Number, Barrel Code, and Stock Data ............................ 545
KZ Buchenwald Barrels for the Gustloff K98k ........................................................................... 546
337 1939, Sn. 335 ....................................................................................................................................... 547
337 1939, Sn. 2376 ................................................................................................................................... 548
337 1940, Sn. 4411l (L) ............................................................................................................................. 550
bcd 41, Sn. 4557g ..................................................................................................................................... 552
bcd 42, Sn. 1187f ...................................................................................................................................... 553
bcd 43 Sn. 1093m ...................................................................................................................................... 554
bcd 4, Sn. 1755u ....................................................................................................................................... 555
bcd 4, Sn. 18993 ......................................................................................................................................... 556
bcd 4, Sn. 4376 Using Adapted MG15 Machine Gun Barrel .................................................................... 557
Gustloff and the Long Side Rail Sniper Platform (LSR) .......................................................................... 558
‘Thick Side Wall’ Receiver Detail ............................................................................................... 559
Scope Mounting System. ............................................................................................................. 560
bcd 4 LSR, Sn. 56377 (December 1944 Assembly) ................................................................................. 561
bcd 45, Sn. 78945 (January 1945 Assembly) ............................................................................................ 562
bcd 45, Sn. 84937 (January-February 1945 Assembly) Matched Mount ................................................... 563
Data Sheet 337 1939, Sn. 335 ................................................................................................................... 564
Data Sheet 337 1940, Sn. 9472g ................................................................................................................ 565
Data Sheet bcd 41, Sn. 2623c ................................................................................................................... 566
Data Sheet bcd 42, Sn. 8841k ................................................................................................................... 567
Data Sheet bcd 43, Sn. 7475a ................................................................................................................... 568
Data Sheet bcd 4, Sn. 9325q ..................................................................................................................... 569
Gustloff Gallery 1939 - 1941 ................................................................................................................... 570
Gustloff Gallery 1942 - 1944 ................................................................................................................... 571
Gustloff Gallery LSR ............................................................................................................................... 572
439
Steyr K98k In Detail 1939-1944 ................................................................................................................. 590
660 1939-1940 ............................................................................................................................... 590
bnz 40 ............................................................................................................................................. 590
bnz 41 .............................................................................................................................................. 591
bnz 42 ............................................................................................................................................. 592
bnz 43-44 ...................................................................................................................................... 593
Bolt Markings ............................................................................................................................... 594
The Stock 1939-1944 ................................................................................................................................. 595
Early Stock Marking ...................................................................................................................... 595
Mid-War and Late Stock Markings ............................................................................................... 596
Waffenwerke Brünn Supplied Stocks Marked “dot”...................................................................... 596
Steyr Bolt Cutout .......................................................................................................................... 597
Trigger Guards & Floor Plates .................................................................................................................. 598
Bands and Hardware .................................................................................................................................. 599
Steyr Type Sight Hood ................................................................................................................................ 601
Radom Glyphs ........................................................................................................................................... 601
Steyr Barrel Coding 1939 - 1944 ............................................................................................................... 602
Steyr Production Trends ............................................................................................................................ 604
The G. 29/40 ................................................................................................................................................ 605
Steyr Factory Production Chart .................................................................................................................. 608
Steyr Werke K98k Production Totals ......................................................................................................... 609
Serial ranges for 39 - 44 ................................................................................................................. 610
Production Slows 1941 -1942 ........................................................................................................ 610
Serial Numbering Conventions ..................................................................................................... 610
1944 Production Expediencies ................................................................................................................... 611
bnz Hand Stamped Rifle Serial 4035 l ........................................................................................... 612
bnz Hand Stamped Rifle Serial 3368 m ........................................................................................ 613
bnz Hand Stamped Rifle Serial 8570 n .......................................................................................... 614
Dispersion of Steyr Assets in 1944 ............................................................................................................ 615
Gewehr 42 (Steyr) ..................................................................................................................................... 617
Single Claw Snipers ................................................................................................................................... 619
bnz43 Single Claw Sniper Sn. 3708G .......................................................................................... 622
bnz4 Single Claw Sniper Sn. 2808d ............................................................................................. 623
660 1939 in Detail - Serial 8118a ............................................................................................................... 624
660 1940 in Detail - Serial 6689l .............................................................................................................. 625
660 1940 in Detail - Serial 5083m ............................................................................................................. 627
Navy bnz 1941 in Detail - Serial 5905g ..................................................................................................... 628
bnz 1941 in Detail - Serial 9436h ............................................................................................................... 629
bnz 1942 in Detail - Serial 2556f ............................................................................................................... 631
bnz 1943 in Detail - Serial 7037a .............................................................................................................. 633
bnz 4 In Detail Serial 8156g ...................................................................................................................... 635
bnz Gallery 1940 - 1943 ............................................................................................................................. 637
bnz Gallery 1944 ......................................................................................................................................... 638
Data Sheet 660 1939 Sn. 7241 .................................................................................................................. 639
Data Sheet 660 1940 Sn. 3169k ................................................................................................................. 640
Data Sheet bnz.41 Sn. 4345c .................................................................................................................... 641
Data Sheet bnz.42 Sn. 9516c .................................................................................................................... 642
Data Sheet bnz.43 Sn. 4462m ................................................................................................................... 643
Data Sheet bnz.4 Sn. 1915k ...................................................................................................................... 644
440
Chapter Eleven: Waffenwerke Brünn A.G., Waag Bystritz / Werk II
Chapter Ten: Waffenwerke Brünn A.G., Brünn /Werk I
Background ............................................................................................................................................... 646
Sabotage Efforts at Brünn/Werk I ............................................................................................................. 648
Special Projects at Brünn ......................................................................................................................... 648
Startup - Help from Steyr ......................................................................................................................... 649
Machine List Document ............................................................................................................................ 652
Steyr’s Working Relationship with Brünn ................................................................................................ 653
Interim Production - G.33/40 ...................................................................................................................... 654
G.33/40 Serial Conventions .......................................................................................................... 656
“dot” coded Bayonets ................................................................................................................................... 657
Modification of Existing VZ.24 Bayonets .......................................................................................... 658
MG34 Production ................................................................................................................................. 658
Werk I in Detail 1943-1944 ...................................................................................................................... 659
Waffenamt Inspections on Receivers .......................................................................................... 659
Bolt Assembly .............................................................................................................................. 660
Rear Sight Assembly ..................................................................................................................... 660
Front And Rear Bands ................................................................................................................... 661
Trigger Guard Assembly ................................................................................................................ 662
Stocks In Detail ......................................................................................................................................... 663
Werk I Serial Numbering Conventions ...................................................................................................... 665
Werk I Production Totals ........................................................................................................................... 666
Early Serial Numbering Variation ............................................................................................................. 667
Barrel Coding ............................................................................................................................................ 667
Werk I Production Trends .......................................................................................................................... 668
Production Oddities ................................................................................................................................... 669
dot 1943 Sn 9566k Walnut Stock ............................................................................................................... 670
dot 1943 in Detail Sn. 45r ........................................................................................................................... 672
dot 44 in Detail Sn. 3083aw ...................................................................................................................... 674
dot 44 Sn. 32324 ........................................................................................................................................ 675
dou 43 Marked Dual Code ........................................................................................................................ 676
Gallery 1943 - 1944 ................................................................................................................................... 677
Data Sheet dot 43 Sn. 2448Q ................................................................................................................... 678
Data Sheet dot 44 Sn. 3683as ..................................................................................................................... 679
Background ................................................................................................................................................. 681
Initial Contracts ........................................................................................................................................... 681
Waag Bystritz/Werk II VZ.24 and G.24(t) ................................................................................................. 682
Changes To VZ.24 Rifles .............................................................................................................. 685
G.24(t) in Detail ............................................................................................................................ 686
Early G.24(t) .................................................................................................................................. 687
Standard G.24(t) ............................................................................................................................. 687
Bands and Trigger Guard .............................................................................................................. 688
Waffenamt Inspection ...................................................................................................................... 688
G.24(t) Bolt ................................................................................................................................... 689
Stock Inspections ........................................................................................................................ 689
Slovak Inspection proofed contract G.24(t) (VZ.24) ................................................................................. 690
441
Chapter Twelve: Rifles of the SS 1939 - 1944
The SS Gets Organized for War ................................................................................................................. 714
Equipping The Waffen SS ........................................................................................................................... 715
The SS Supply System .............................................................................................................................. 716
The SS Depot System ................................................................................................................................. 717
SS-Hauptzeugamt Oranienburg ................................................................................................................ 719
SS-Waffenwerkstätten Oranienburg .......................................................................................................... 720
SS-Hauptzeugamt Dachau ........................................................................................................................ 721
SS- Waffenwerkstätten Dachau ................................................................................................................. 722
SS2 Reworked Gew. Conversion ............................................................................................................... 723
SS2 Reworked 98b Sn. 268o ...................................................................................................................... 724
SS Reworked Heer Rifles ......................................................................................................................... 725
SS- Waffenmeisterschule Dachau .............................................................................................................. 726
SS-Hauptzeugamt Prettin-Berlin .............................................................................................................. 728
SS-Hauptzeugamt Hof-Moschendorf ........................................................................................................ 728
SS-Zeugamt Kurmark ................................................................................................................................. 729
SS-Hauptzeugamt Prague - Unofficial ...................................................................................................... 730
Single Rune and SS Contract .................................................................................................................... 731
SS Contract and Single Rune - A Single Contract ....................................................................... 735
Gusen Production Commences ..................................................................................................... 735
Sabotage At Gusen ....................................................................................................................... 736
February 1944 Bombing .............................................................................................................. 736
Loss Of Radom Effect On Production ......................................................................................... 736
Steyr Operations - A Visual Aid and Summary ........................................................................... 737
SS Contract And Single Rune Serial Study ................................................................................. 738
Serial Numbering Conventions ................................................................................................... 739
SS Contract and Single Rune Production Expediencies ............................................................... 740
Circle V7 Markings ...................................................................................................................... 741
bnz 43 Single Rune Sn. 4903 ..................................................................................................................... 742
Waag Bystritz/Werk II Conversion To K98k Production .......................................................................... 691
Waag Bystritz/Werk II in Detail 1942-1944 .............................................................................................. 691
Firing Proofs ................................................................................................................................. 692
Bolt Assembly ............................................................................................................................... 693
Rear Sight Assembly ....................................................................................................................... 693
Bands And Trigger Guard Assemblies ......................................................................................... 694
Stocks In Detail .......................................................................................................................................... 695
Waag Bystritz/Werk II Serial Numbering Conventions ............................................................................ 696
Waag Bystritz/Werk II Production Totals 1942 - 1944 ............................................................................. 696
Barrel Codes ............................................................................................................................................... 697
Werk II Production Trends 1942-1944 ....................................................................................................... 698
dou. 42 Sn. 348i ......................................................................................................................................... 700
dou. 43 Sn. 4178V ...................................................................................................................................... 702
dou. 44 Sn. 4639f ...................................................................................................................................... 704
dou 44 Sn. 5495gg ..................................................................................................................................... 706
Gallery 1942 - 1944 .................................................................................................................................... 708
Data Sheet dou 42 Sn. 5737d ................................................................................................................... 709
Data Sheet dou 43 Sn. 6482hh ................................................................................................................... 710
Data Sheet dou 44 Sn. 4727k ..................................................................................................................... 711
442
Chapter Thirteen: Reworks And Depot Builds
Background ................................................................................................................................................ 781
Field Workshops - Feldwerkstatt ................................................................................................................ 782
grosser Waffenmeisterwerkzeug ................................................................................................... 783
Field Barrel Replacements Forbidden ........................................................................................... 784
Stock Toe Repairs ......................................................................................................................... 785
The Depot System at Work ........................................................................................................................ 790
Depot Level Repair Facilities .................................................................................................................... 792
Armorers Marked Spare Parts ................................................................................................................... 795
Observed Heer K98k Rework Facilities ................................................................................................... 797
Observed Luftwaffe K98k Rework Facilities ........................................................................................... 799
Classifying Reworks ................................................................................................................................. 799
Heer Depot Reworks ................................................................................................................................. 800
Magdeburg Rework Mauser Oberndorf Gew. 98 ......................................................................... 800
Posen Reworked Kar98a .............................................................................................................. 801
Posen Reworked bnz 41 ............................................................................................................... 802
Berlin-Spandau Reworked bcd 41 ................................................................................................ 803
Krakau Reworked byf 41 ............................................................................................................. 805
Innsbruck/Güstrow Reworked S/42 G ......................................................................................... 806
Naumburg Reworked D.R.P. Banner Mauser ............................................................................... 808
Naumburg/Spandau Reworked S/243 1936 .................................................................................. 809
Königsberg Reworked S/237 1938 ............................................................................................... 811
Mainz Reworked 147 1938 .......................................................................................................... 812
Magdeburg Reworked BSW ......................................................................................................... 813
Kassel Reworked dou 1943 .......................................................................................................... 814
Star Marked Rework 27 1938 ..................................................................................................... 815
Unattributed Reworks ................................................................................................................... 817
Ulm Reworked VZ.23 .................................................................................................................. 820
Luftwaffe Depot Reworks ............................................................................................................ 822
bnz 43 SS Contract Sn. 6825 ..................................................................................................................... 744
bnz4 Single Rune Sn. 1467 ....................................................................................................................... 746
bnz 44 SS Contract Serial 3351 ................................................................................................................. 748
SS-Zentralzeugamt Marked Weapons ....................................................................................................... 750
SSZZA4 Reworks and Depot Builds ......................................................................................................... 751
SSZZA4 Firing Proof ................................................................................................................... 752
Stock Markings ............................................................................................................................ 753
SSZZA4 Serial Numbering ........................................................................................................... 753
Stock Numbering .......................................................................................................................... 753
SSZZA4 bnz42 Sn. 1504 ........................................................................................................................... 753
SSZZA4 vz24 Sn. 4530 ............................................................................................................................. 754
SSZZA4 bnz 43 Sn. 5276 .......................................................................................................................... 755
SSAAZ4 Rework of byf 43 Sn. 33101 C ................................................................................................... 756
SSZZA4 VZ24 Sn. 4344 ........................................................................................................................... 757
SSZZA4 Sn. 6244 ...................................................................................................................................... 758
SSZZA4 Sn. 6877 Deathshead K ............................................................................................................. 761
SS Sniper Rifles .......................................................................................................................................... 763
SS Short Side Rail Sniper ............................................................................................................ 763
Objective Mount Sniper .............................................................................................................. 769
SSZZA2 SS Double Claw Sniper ................................................................................................ 772
443
Wehrkreise Map .......................................................................................................................................... 824
Heer Depot Builds ...................................................................................................................................... 825
I Königsberg Blank Receiver Sn. 583 ............................................................................................ 826
XX Danzig Mauser Oberndorf 1917 ............................................................................................ 828
XX Danzig Simson S .................................................................................................................... 829
XXI Posen bcd 41 Sn. 631 a ......................................................................................................... 831
XXI Posen bcd 41 Sn. 842 a ......................................................................................................... 833
Luftwaffe Depot Builds .............................................................................................................................. 834
Luftzeugamt 4 BSW 1939 ............................................................................................................. 834
Luftzeugamt 4 Danzig K98k ee Block .......................................................................................... 836
Kriegsmarine Depot Builds ........................................................................................................................ 838
Chapter Fourteen: Accessories for the K98k
Seitengewehr or Bayonet for K98k ............................................................................................................ 841
Named/Coded Manufacturers 1939-1945 ...................................................................................... 842
SG84/98 Bayonet Production Table, 1938-1945 .......................................................................... 843
S84/98 Closeup ............................................................................................................................. 844
S84/98 Representative Makers and Codes ................................................................................... 845
Bayonet Production Data .............................................................................................................. 846
Documented S98/98 Delivery Totals for 1944 ............................................................................. 848
Pressures of War and Finish Quality ............................................................................................. 848
1939 - 1944 Groupings ................................................................................................................. 849
Mixed Collector Group ................................................................................................................. 853
Commercial Group, Non-WaA Inspected 1939 -1944 ................................................................. 854
Riveted Grip ‘asw/sgx’ ................................................................................................................. 856
Bayonet Frogs (Seitengewehrtaschen) ....................................................................................................... 857
Representative Bayonet Frogs from 1939 to 1943-1944 Period - Group 1 ................................... 858
Representative Bayonet Frogs from 1939 to 1943-1944 Period - Group II .................................. 859
SG42 (Seitengewehr 42) Tool Kit Bayonet ................................................................................................ 861
Mündungsschoner or Muzzle Cover .......................................................................................................... 863
K98k Rear Sight Protector ......................................................................................................................... 865
K98k Action Covers .................................................................................................................................. 867
Karabinerriemen - Slings ........................................................................................................................... 869
Reinigungsgerät 34 1939-1944.................................................................................................................... 873
Patronentasche K98k .................................................................................................................................. 878
Reichsbetriebsnummer System ..................................................................................................... 882
1945 Change to Manufacturing .................................................................................................... 884
Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe Marked Pouches .............................................................................. 884
Gewehr Granat Gerät - Rifle Grenade Device ......................................................................................... 885
Luftwaffe Spigot Launcher and GG/P40 Grenade ..................................................................................... 889
Optical Sighting Device (Light Point Projector) for G/K43 and K98k ...................................................... 891
Bibliography and References .................................................................................................... 910

I think thats it.