Weapons of Austria-Hungary

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Heavy Machine Gun

Skoda 1909 Machine Gun

Skoda 1909 Machine Gun

A water-cooled heavy machine gun produced in Austria-Hungary for the military. Chambered in 8x50mmR, it was robust and reliable, serving through World War I. Its design was based on the Maxim gun with some local improvements.
Salvator-Dormus M1893

Salvator-Dormus M1893

The Salvator-Dormus M1893 is an early Austro-Hungarian machine gun chambered in 8x50mmR. Its unique design was ahead of its time but limited by reliability issues.
Schwarzlose machine gun

Schwarzlose machine gun

A water-cooled, belt-fed machine gun used by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. Chambered in 8x50mmR Mannlicher, it was known for its delayed blowback operation and durability.

Revolver

Rast & Gasser M1898

Rast & Gasser M1898

The Rast & Gasser M1898 is an Austrian eight-shot service revolver chambered in 8mm Gasser. Known for its reliability, it was used extensively by Austro-Hungarian forces during World War I.

Semi-Automatic Pistol

Steyr-Hahn M1912

Steyr-Hahn M1912

An Austrian semi-automatic pistol used during World War I and World War II. It is notable for its robust design and was used by both the Austro-Hungarian and later Nazi German forces.
Mannlicher M1905

Mannlicher M1905

The Mannlicher M1905 was an early semi-automatic pistol designed by Ferdinand Mannlicher. It featured a blow-forward action and was loaded via stripper clips. Though innovative, its design was complex and less reliable compared to later semi-automatic pistols.
Roth-Steyr M1907

Roth-Steyr M1907

A semi-automatic pistol used by the Austro-Hungarian military, notable for being one of the first semi-automatic pistols issued as a standard sidearm. Chambered in 8mm Roth-Steyr.

Infantry Rifle

M1895 Mannlicher

M1895 Mannlicher

An Austrian straight-pull bolt-action rifle designed by Ferdinand Mannlicher. It was used extensively by Austro-Hungarian forces during World War I and is known for its unique straight-pull action.
Steyr M1912 Mauser

Steyr M1912 Mauser

The Steyr M1912 Mauser is an Austrian produced copy of the Mauser 1898 rifle. It was produced largely for export, and used by various South American countries including Chile and Colombia, chambered in 8mm Mauser.
M1867 Werndl-Holub

M1867 Werndl-Holub

An Austrian single-shot breech-loading rifle designed by Josef Werndl and Karel Holub. It was adopted by the Austro-Hungarian army and was known for its robust design and the use of a rotating block breech mechanism.
M1867 Wanzl

M1867 Wanzl

An Austrian conversion of the Lorenz M1854 rifled musket into a breech-loading rifle. It was an interim solution to modernize older rifles before the adoption of more advanced breech-loading designs like the Werndl.
Kropatschek rifle

Kropatschek rifle

The Kropatschek rifle is a bolt-action rifle featuring a tubular magazine, adopted by Portugal and France in the late 19th century. Its innovative magazine design influenced subsequent military rifles.
Mannlicher M1888

Mannlicher M1888

The Mannlicher M1888 is an Austrian straight-pull bolt-action rifle chambered in 8x50mmR, featuring a clip-loading system. It served as the standard Austro-Hungarian service rifle leading up to World War I.
Mannlicher M1886

Mannlicher M1886

The Mannlicher M1886 is an early Austrian repeating rifle chambered in 11mm black powder cartridges, featuring an internal box magazine using en bloc clips. It represented a significant advancement in firepower over single-shot rifles of its era.

Rifled Musket

M1854 Lorenz

M1854 Lorenz

A widely used Austrian muzzle-loading rifled musket, employed in several European conflicts including the American Civil War. It was praised for its accuracy and was one of the last major muzzle-loading rifles before the shift to breech-loading systems.