The German Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle, better known as the Kar 98 or Mauser 98k, played a key role in World War II. It was a rifle with a bolt mechanism and a 5-round tank.
In the mid-1930s, Hitler had called for tenders from various arms factories to develop a new rifle, more in keeping with the type of "blitzkrieg" warfare that would take place. Therefore a shorter and lighter weapon was needed than the Mauser 98 with which Germany fought in World War I. Two projects from the Mauser and Sauer firms were presented, but in the end the Mauser Karabiner 98k was chosen. From 1940 it became the standard weapon of the Wehrmacht and by 1945 about 14 million units had been built. The rate of fire of this rifle is about 10-13 shots per minute. It was almost as accurate as the Soviet Mosin-Nagant and somewhat shorter.