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At a glance
Measured figures
Carbine
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| Specification | Mannlicher M1895 | Vz. 58 |
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| Type | Straight pull bolt-action rifle[source] | Assault rifle[source] |
| Place of origin | Austria-Hungary[source] | Czechoslovakia[source] |
| In service | 1895–1918 ( Austria-Hungary ) 1895–present (Other nations, ceremonial)[source] | 1959–present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | See Users |
Rifle: 1,272 mm (50.1 in) Carbine: 1,003 mm (39.5 in)[source]
vz. 58 P
Single sourcevz. 58 V stock extended /
Single sourcevz. 58 V stock folded
Single sourcevz. 58 V with bayonet fixed
Single sourcevz. 58 P: 845 mm (33.3 in) vz. 58 V 845 mm (33.3 in) stock extended / 636 mm (25.0 in) stock folded 1,000 mm (39.4 in) with bayonet fixed[source]
stock extended
Single sourcestock folded
Single source57 mm (2.2 in) stock extended 72 mm (2.8 in) stock folded[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Russian Civil War Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia Revolutions and interventions in Hungary Polish-Soviet War Austrian Civil War Second Italo-Ethiopian War Spanish Civil War Sudeten German uprising World War II Greek Civil War 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1958 Lebanon crisis Lebanese Civil War Rhodesian Bush War[source] | Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Nigerian Civil War Communist rebellion in the Philippines Cyprus conflicts Lebanese Civil War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) The Troubles South African Border War Eritrean War of Independence Gulf War Burundian Civil War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War Kivu Conflict First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
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| Designer | Ferdinand Mannlicher[source] | Jiří Čermák[source] |
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| Designed | 1895[source] | 1956–1958[source] |
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| Manufacturer | 1896–1918: Œ.W.G. in Steyr 1897–1926: F.G.GY. in Budapest 1918–1920: Zbrojovka Brno[source] | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod[source] |
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| Produced | 1896–1920s[source] | 1959–1982[source] |
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| No. built | approx. 3,500,000[source] | Approx. 920,000[source] |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Cartridge | M95: 8×50mmR Mannlicher M95/30 & 31.M: 8×56mmR M95/24 & M95M: 7.92×57mm Mauser[source] | 7.62×39mm[source] |
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| Action | Straight-pull bolt action[source] | Gas-operated , hinged locking piece assisted breechblock[source] |
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| Feed system | 5-round internal box magazine, loaded with 5-round en bloc clips or ( stripper clips in M95/24 and M95M variants)[source] | Staggered 30-round detachable box magazine , weight 0.19 kg (0.42 lb) unloaded[source] |
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| Sights | Rear V-notch flip-up sight and front post ( telescopic sight on sniper variant)[source] | Open-type iron sights with sliding rear tangent and shrouded front post 353 mm (13.9 in) sight radius[source] |
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