To compensate the Portuguese for the loss of these rifles, in 19 The Reich reclaimed a number of issued random K98k rifles from the Wehrmacht and delivered them to Portugal. The above example is of this second type of Portuguese Contract Mauser which copies the K98k, though it is now impossible to say if it was delivered to Portugal or diverted to German service. Losses by the Whermacht forced the Germans to commandeer the rifles for the Reich. Large numbers of these later K98k rifles, however, were never delivered to Portugal. OBERNDORF A.N." replaced the usual "Mod.98" model designation on the left side of the receiver.īy the 1940's, the K98k Mausers being produced for portugal had changed from the earlier Standard Gewehr to virtually exact copies of a circa 1941 Nazi K98k complete with cupped butt-plate, but retaining the marking scheme of the earlier Portuguese contract Mausers with a crested receiver and the Oberndorf receiver roll-stamp. The Portuguese crest was stamped on top of the receiver above the date of manufacture and the proofs and waffenampts were all standard German markings of the period, but the legend "MAUSER WERKE A.G. These early commercial contract Mausers were beautifully blued with deep, clear markings. The post WW1 sale of German rifles to Portugal began as early as 1931, with the delivery of a number of pre-K98k Standard Gewehr rifles (not to be confused with the Standard Model). The "k" is for Kurz, which means "short" in German.
The K98k was the primary infantry rifle for the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Note: Pictures provided courtesy of MILSURPS.COM member Badger
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