CODE 03-040-944

NAME – Kar 43

NAME (NATIVE) – Karabiner 43

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1944

CALIBER – 7.92×57 mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 112 cm (44.09 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 54.9 cm (21.61 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 groove, Right hand twist, 1 turn in 24 cm (9.45 in)

BULLET TYPE – Pointed (Spitzer) Full Metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 8.20 mm (0.323 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 12.83 g (198 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 745 m/s (2444 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3561 j (2627 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.90 kg (8 lb 9.6 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.35 kg (9 lb 9.4 oz) loaded with 10 rounds s.S. Patrone

SIGHTS – Open, Iron, Adjustable, Front sight – Inverted V blade, Rear sight – V-notch on tangent sight, graduated from 100 to 1200 meters in 50 meter increments

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 500 meters (547 yards)

OPERATION – Gas

TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic

RATE OF FIRE – 40 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 10 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed, also loaded with 5-round stripper clips

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.19 (6.70 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.45 kg (15.9 oz) with 10 rounds s.S. Patrone

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Three 10-round magazines, Eighteen 5-round stripper clips (120 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 3.87 kg (8 lb 8.5 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Carl Walther Waffenfabrik A.G., Zella Mehlis (Thuringia), Germany (Original manufacturer)

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – German military

     This weapon was redesignated the Kar 43 (Karabiner 43) in 1944

(Karabiner 43) in 1944 “from the original designation Gew 43”