A Short and Convoluted History of the Gewehr 71/84

It was an iteration of one of the earliest designs that the Mauser brothers came up with, and one that simultaneously set the Mauser family of rifles on its path and also represented the end of what rifles would be. Today the Redneck Preppy takes a look at the Gewehr 71/84, service rifle of the German Empire from 1872 to 1888.

0:09 Introduction
1:13 A Close-Up Look at the Gewehr 71/84
6:32 Before the Gewehr 71/84
9:54 The Problems with the Gewehr 71
12:42 Who Were Peter and Wilhem Mauser?
18:51 Getting to the Gewehr 71/84
27:19 Variants
28:44 Users of the Gewehr 71 and 71/84
29:42 The Legacy of the Gewehr 71/84

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