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”
