Olson,Ludwig, Mauser Bolt Rifles 3rd edition, 1988 Walter, John, The German Rifle, Arms and Armour Press (London: 1979).
#German mauser gewehr 98 half moon series#
Rarer still is the green Bianchi "pancake" accessory pouch, of which only 15 were produced. The Gewehr.98 In an occasional series Compiled by Peter Kuck Line art from the Bannerman Catalog Bibliography Heinz Lehner, The originals Kar98, 4th edition Gun Collectors digest 1985. It is thought that 55 of the external wire cutting scabbards were manufactured and 40 sets of the green nylon suspension with Bianchi belt clip.
Although this was possibly an improvement so far as the wire cutting capability, weight of the whole apparatus exceeded the maximum acceptable to the Army. Paralleling this development was a secondary pattern with an external wire cutter mechanism. Phrobis won the competition with their design which, with some slight modifications, was adopted by the Army. A scarce variant of the MPBS M9 was designed by M. This set includes a note from Mickey Finn from Buck in 1988.īuck made a very rare prototype wire cutter scabbard. The former owner of this example acquired it directly from Mr. Another unusual feature is the bayonet itself has never had the factory edge applied to the blade, indicating the bayonet was likely selected from those for test or evaluation purposes. The pommel/catch assembly is that used on the XM9 trials bayonets, being made from a modified M7 pommel cap. The M9 which accompanies this scabbard is an early 3rd model Phrobis "3-Line" marked example (marked 'M9 over Phrobis III over U.S.A.). US M9 1986 Phrobis Prototype Scabbard & 3rd Gen BayonetĮxtremely rare green prototype wirecutter scabbard with prototype webbing canvas Bianchi pancake accessory pouch.