CODE 03-040-941

NAME – G40k

NAME (NATIVE) – Gewehr 40 kurz {Rifle 40 short]

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1941

CALIBER – 7.92x57mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 99.5 cm (39.17 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 49 cm (19.29 in)

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

LOAD – Pointed (Spitzer) Full Metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 8.20 mm (0.323 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 12.83 g (198 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 733 m/s (2405 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3448 j (2543 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.67 kg (8 lb 1.5 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 3.80 kg (8 lb 6 oz) with 5 rounds s.S Patrone

SIGHTS – Open, Iron, Adjustable, Front sight – Inverted V blade, Rear sight – V-notch on tangent sight, graduated from 100 to 1000 meters (109 to 1094 yards) in 100 meter (109 yard) increments

OPERATION – Manual, bolt action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 10 to 15 rpm

FEED DEVICE – Integral 5-round box magazine, double column, double feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 6.67 g (0.24 oz) – 5 round stripper clip

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.13 kg (4.6 oz) 5 rds s.S. Patrone

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Eighteen 5-round stripper clips (90 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 2.52 kg (5 lb 8.9 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Mauser-Werk A.G., Oberndorf, Germany

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – None, evaluation specimens only

     An experimental attempt to produce a shorter version of the Kar 98k from a 1940 directive. The project was shelved by July 1942 after only a reported 28 specimens had been produced. Outside of its shortened barrel length, the weapon is otherwise almost identical to the Kar 98k except for the rear sight only being calibrated out to 1000 meters, minor changes in the fittings, and the trigger guard having a distinctive shape