Imperial Gewehr 71
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- The Gewehr 1871 was the first rifle adopted by the newly-formed German state after its unification at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. It replaced the decades-old Dreyse needle rifles, and fired an 11x60mm black powder cartridge. It was the first significant rifle designed by the Mauser brothers, and would evolve into the iconic and ubiquitous Mauser 98 design over the years.
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I demand thematic costumes from now on!
+ShaDOWDoG667
I third this
+DrBreezeAir Agreed.
+DrBreezeAir Ja Ja
at least a new mustache every video haha
+DrBreezeAir I think my monitor will explode if any Napoleonic era weapons are discussed due to color overload :/
Wow, Johann does a great impression of his non-Prussian cousin Ian!
NormanMatchem lol
Ja ja ja
NormanMatchem 666 likes
The pickelhaube makes the man!
I know, I got fooled for a second....
That mustache. It is glorious
DesertFoxCXVII ala-Kaiser Wilhelm moustache
Damn .... that helmet goes very well with your moustache and goatee .... lose the long hair and you could be cast as an extra in a historic movie about the Franco-Prussian War or WW1
Bart Bols In the military?
PS ... it is not about hating his long hair ... it is about accuracy :)
+Roy Kliffen
Yes back then gas masks where new, facial hair, and long hair are not allowed for a few reasons.
1)beards prevent a solid seal for a gas mask.
2)long hair enables lice and ticks.
Those are reasons. Americans back then had different problems then Europeans at the time.
Well whats interesting is that in the British military hair had to be short chin and lower lip shaven but it was part of the dress code that all soldiers should leave the upper lip unshaven as to grow a moustache...
Nothing like a bunch of moustached men drinking tea and shooting Enfields...
+Pippin Crazy to think that in the old Prussian Army (well before unification), one had to grow facial hair, and if you couldn't grow a mustache or beard, you had to paint one on.
+Bart Bols In the Victorian era long hair had went out and beards were in. You're thinking of the colonial era, sometime in the first half of the 19th century people stopped wearing long hair and short hair was also common before then anyway.
Gasp! It wasn't Johann, it was Ian himself! You're one time machine away from changing history!
That moustache is impeccable. I salute you!
I concur
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Oh god... that helmet... that mustache... those SERIALIZED SCREWS... it's hilarious xD
Congratulations on reaching the 200000 subs milestone, Ian!
Ordnung muss sein! ;p
+hjorturerlend muss*
+Jason “cyberspace entity” Doe The Prussians actually had the reputation to be overly bureaucratic... in the eyes of other overly bureaucratic Germans. The serialized screws, though, that seems like something someone would invent for an Monty Python sketch.
I heard pornhub was looking for youtubers. I can't imagine why but their only qualification was at least 150k subs.
Jason Doe 500k now! :D
At 7:41 I decided to search the marking, and discovered that the rifle he is showing with was from one of the reserve infantry regiments. the 113th (5th Baden) Infantry. The only notable fact is that the unit never saw direct combat before its disbandment.
The weird thing about it is, that the F.W. at 6:40 stands for Friedrich Wilhelm II. von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Your point?
@@samwecerinvictus He was just stating a simple fact.
I am a simple man i see a pickelhaube and awesome facial hair i press like!
The real name of this helmet was ,Helm mit Spitze"/ helmet with point.
What a fine piece of craftsmanship. Serialized screw heads? Wow!
+spiritof78 An archaic idea out of times when weaponparts were for example handforged, and specialy fittet for the individual gun. If the gun gets refurbished or repaired no part can get mixed with parts from other guns and cause problems. Absolutly unecessary when parts got manufactured standardised and in great scale - but you know; old habits dont die easily. Besides those numbers got hammered into the metal manualy - you don`t want to take ol`Hans his job away, wouldn`t you ;)
Just lovely! I would not care how good or bad this shot, id own it just to look at it whenever i wanted!
Stache owns
Marked and proofed screws is something Ikea really needs....
your german gets better and better mein werter herr :D
+no name available A lot better! i just remembered the "Panzerbüsch" (Ian for Panzerbüchse)^^
+no name available I agree, but I would also like to point out two minor mistakes I found. The first one right at the start of the video you'd have to say "vergessene Waffen" instead of "vergessen Waffen" because of the plural. Same reason at the end it should be "meine Herren" instead of "mein Herren". Other than that your german was really good.
+Flo Huber german is really complex sometimes…
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I know. I didn't say this to discourage him or anything, but whatever you want to learn you need someone to point out your mistakes to be able to improve in it, because most times you don't notice them yourself.
Flo Huber yep true
A wonderful rifle. I just bought a Mauser Gewehr 71, got it today in the mail. It's made in 1879 in Amberg, all matching numbers. Even the screws match. Everything is numbered. The rifle is in good condition with a good barrel. I have been looking for a Gewehr 71 for many years, finally found one. A great addition to my collection of Mauser's and other guns from pre-WW1 to WW2.
Spandau, Erfurt and Danzig were all in Prussia, only Amberg is in Bavaria.
+MrMakabar Whoops!
+MrMakabar I was about to make a comment on that but you beat me to it.
PRUSSIA FUCK YEA
yea and spandau is in berlin
+Herr Fenchel
While it is the capital of Thuringia right now (1945-1952 and since 1990), from 1814 to 1945 Erfurt was in Prussia
In Ireland's day of need
Ah, you proved a friend indeed
When ye made the bullets speed,
Oh, my old Howth gun!
When your bark and bitter bite put the Saxon curse to flight!
And he didn't stop to fight
Oh, my old Howth gun!
Deine Videos sind immer wieder sehr lehrreich, ich freue mich immer wenn du was über deutsche Geschichte bringst :) Ich hoffe dein Deutsch reicht aus um das zu lesen ;) Grüße aus Deutschland!
sehr gut Kamerad
Nice pickelhaube, friend. *tips pickelhaube*
Yojimbo Slice M’auser
Mala hehehehehehehe
Gay
I bought one earlier this year, won a silver medal in a black powder military rifle match. It's a lot of fun to shoot, especially since most guys were shooting Trapdoor Springfields, and other guns, but I was the only one who had a Gewehr 71.
Wtf lmao
Really? Not even other guns like the Gras? All Trapdoors?
A wonderful rifle. Congratulations on the silver medal. I just bought a Mauser Gewehr 71 myself, got it today in the mail. It's made in 1879 in Amberg, all matching numbers. Even the screws match. Everything is numbered. The rifle is in good condition with a good barrel. I have been looking for a Gewehr 71 for many years, finally found one. A great addition to my collection of Mauser's and other guns from pre-WW1 to WW2. Can't wait to shoot it.
This rifle is marked for the 113th Infantry Regiment, 5ft company (2nd battalion), weapon No 7. The Prussian unit markings system is explained here: th-cam.com/video/96diVoZfQJM/w-d-xo.html
Always fun to watch someone who enjoys their work
$575? That's a steal!
Chompy yeah, If I had bid on it, it would have went to $2000. Because that's the kind of shit luck I have with gun auctions...
@@JackOSUrulz not just you, me as well.
I find it fascinating how little these rifles sell for given the fact they were the first Mausers and had such history behind them.
dank stache ian
Ian your videos are so informative not only about the weapon but the history that goes with it thank you
Ian should wear his moustache like this more often
My eyes couldn't look away from this moustache of majesty and Preußische Stolz.
Great rifle by the way !
It's pretty amazing how many elements of modern bolts I see in that old 71 bolt
"Wilkommen zu *Vergessene Waffen*" - gotta love Ians prussian cousin.
Vergessene Waffen, lol.
He even shaped his mustache for the video, the madlad.
Cool rifle, cool moustache and cool Pickelhaube! :)
It's amazing how all modern helmets mimic German ones. Even the new high speed helmets look like that without the spike and designs.
I'd love to see a developmental history of military bolt action rifles from the beginning of the smokeless powder era to WW2. Since, for the most part it seems that stuff stayed basically the same, especially considering how rapid other military tech advanced in that time period, and I'd like to know what incremental improvements were made.
It's great when your stache goes along with Pickelhaube.
$575 is not a lot of money to pay and have such an interesting piece of history. I have a Gewehr 71/84 and was told NEVER to remove screw that keeps bolt in place, only to loosen it. apparently ok to do with the Mod 71 ???. Great presentation !
A lot of elements of that bolt design look like they may have found their way into the Mosin Nagant bolt.
Magnificent stache. Magnificent channel.
Almost as many proof marks as a Chinese mystery pistol.
The Chinese might got their hands on one of these and were like... Those proofmarks tho, gotta copy that shit!
"feeling cute, might charge the sohme later idk"
Got to love that Curly Bill mustache
The manual of arms at the time emphasized coordinated volley fire I think for which you don't absolutely need repeating rifles. Militaries were also seemingly obsessed that given repeating (or later on self loading) rifles soldiers would "waste" ammunition. Look at the rifles with magazine cut-offs from around this period.
I like to point out this rifle was serviced to the 113th (5th Baden) Infantry Regiment which was attached XIV Army Corps. This explains the initials FW which were the initials of Grand Duke Frederick I.
And if anyone who owns a 71/84 and sees this.
"DO NOT REMOVE THE BOLT RETAINING SCREW!!! It is pinned to the bolt itself with a tiny cross-pin and will not back out completely without breaking it. It will back out sufficiently to allow the bolt retainer washer to slide over the receiver bridge. Back out the bolt sufficiently to allow the washer to clear ... and no more."
Fun fact (in single shot) they where imported to Ireland 🇮🇪 in 1914 and two years later used against the British on the streets of Dublin in what is known as (the 1916 Easter rising)
The Mauser 1871 was also used in WW1 by the Askari in former "German-South-West-Africa" , today Cameroon and Namibia.
In the Battle of Tanga in November 1814 1100 (!) Askari equipped with the Mauser 1871 were beating 8000 British and Commonwealth troops with Lee-Enfields and Vickers engine guns.
From what I was able to find;
113 is the regimental number
R is the regiment type, by the date of this rifle, it's a standard infantry regiment
5 is the company number
7 is the inventory number
So, as far as I can tell, that rifle went to the 5th Company of the 113th Infantry Regiment, and was the 7th Gewehr 71 in their inventory. The 113th Infantry Regiment in the Imperial German XIV Army Corps was raised 15 February, 1867, and garrisoned in Freiburg im Breisgau, Prussia.
www.cruffler.com/trivia-December99.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Imperial_German_infantry_regiments
I have watched several of your reoprts and they are really great!
That Rifle has seen alot of gruesome things, and also the most brutal conflict in history...
Wow I didn't know my home town was one of the birth places of mauser rifles. I live in Amberg.
@7:48 5. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 113
The stamps on the buttplate indicates it to Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.113, 5. Kompanie. Weapon No. 7
Nice mustache Ian really rocking it.
Awesomely simple and clever rifle and I love the mustache wax, you should stick with itl
One misconception that has endured a long time is that the Turkish Army used the 70,000 or so Winchester M1866 that they had ordered in serious combat during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-78 (which the Turkish Army lost quite decisively). In reality, based on research by various folks in Bulgaria and Turkey where the events took place, those rifles in 44 Henry caliber were very disliked for military purpose due to the deficient cartridge and were exclusively handed over to the irregular forces, who used them to a good effect to commit atrocities against civilians.
That helmet belongs in the head of Gun Jesus. And this rifle in his hands. And that mustache ties it all together.
You know it's a good day when you see Ian start a video with a picklehaulbe on
"Rock Island" national focus provides a bonus on research speed in the area of artillery equipment.
That helmet goes with the stache.
I feel like these guns have the most fun to dollar ratio the best ratio of all the gun ratios..
The second Holstein-Schlesvig war in 1864 was fought by the danes with musket's and this is only a couple years later. Amazing.
I think you look AWESOME with the mustache waxed up, you should do that every day. I haven't waxed mine in a while, I should do that tomorrow...
The mustache is kickin'
Killer mustache Ian!
I honestly wonder how typical a usual lot's highest price prediction is. I would love to snag that Nambu Type 14 and Type 94.
I think we can all stand to have a little more mustache wax in our lives.
I am getting the itch to collect Military firearms. I don't know why but this gun looks very cool to me.
Your beard and mustache looks fantastic!
Pro tip: put the gun to the side as your pulling the bolt back to eject the spent case if needed. rather than waiting until after pulling the bolt to the rear as i see a lot of ppl do. Do it in 1 quick motion.
Made in 1871. Still more advanced than a 91/30.
The Mosin, you mean? I don't think so...
How is it more advanced??!?
Huw Edwards It’s not more advanced. It’s just way better built.
You lost like bunch of girls lol. Spread your salt elsewhere you dimwit. Mosin was good enough to kick your @ss back to Berlin and take your half country for 50 years.
@@Vinicantstopcrying That wasn`t because of Mosin, but despite
My late father owned one of these. He bought it in San Francisco in 1962 for $14. It looks like the cleaning rod is missing on this particular Mauser. The cleaning rod screwed in a hole right beneath the barrel. My father took the cleaning rod off of his gun and used it for a fire poker.
Just a little off-topic remark (I really enjoyed this upload to say the least):
There is no "gothic" when it comes to letters or writing at all. It is called Fraktur (fractured letters - because one cannot write them in a single movement of the pen). The term "gothic" refers more to provenience or an epoque and is only used as qualifying term - so there could be a gothic fracture resmbling these marks, yet there also could be (somewhat misnamed) gothic minuscles from the ninth century which are perfectly readable for us today.
(this comments layout goes mostly back to that tradition)
I like the Pickelhaube and the mustache - You could put it off.
That 'tash is getting good too, the wax just makes it superb!
That helmet really suits him .
As ridiculous as that helmet is it actually does match the mustache/gotee quite well.
Ian, thank god you’re here! But where did Johann go?
The beard is more convincing than the helmet!
Dat helm and handlebars doe.
I have a Mod. 71 matching numbers from Soemmerda. Very rare, and very hard to find info on.
It's enjoyable to see the similarity, at least superficially, how the Gewehr 71's bolt is to the Gewehr 88.
Goes to show sort of how rushed that later rifle was developed.
So what is the difference in firing mechanism between things like this and the needle rifles that proceeded it?
Maybe there is something wrong with me but I find the beginning adorable.
4:10 what lever action rifled Turkish army was issued with?
i really want to know :(
They were Winchesters. Model 73, I think. At Plevna, the Russians didn't know what hit them.
Ian, I know I'm late to the party on this video, but I feel like I'm looking at the Mosin Nagant 1891's uncle. The bolt handle, the bolt path in the top of the receiver, the shape of the cocking piece, everything. It's hard to miss that Mosin and Nagant used the Gewehr 71 as the basis for the MN 1891.
I've always wondered how these single-shot bolt-action rifles compare to the UK's single-shot lever-action rifles (Such as the Martini-Henry) of the same period.
I got a 1880-1885 German drilling that shoots 43 Mauser.
I like ur hat! :)
My father always told me: Always watch out for men with funky hats. ;)
Ian could gut a bear with that moustache.
I just noticed a cut out near the chamber that looks just like the 1880 cut out on the Gras rifles in case of cartridge rupture
Known to Irish history as a Howth rifle. These rifles were given by the Germans to the Irish nationalists in 1914, brought by yacht to the Dublin port of Howth and used in the GPO in the Easter Rising of 1916. Single shot rifle's against Lee Enfield's, Vickers machine guns and howitzers. The Rising failed but the Irish rebels eventually won freedom ;)
At least 52 countries, territories, principalities, duchies, bishopries, city states that Bismark willed into what we know as modern Germany
“Pickelhaube”
CC: Pickle how about
So it was not the gun they used in 1864, which was it? - it brought them Victory so it was important. I think it would be highly relevant to make a video about the weapons of the first and second Scheswig wars, to a large extent weapons development is mentioned as having been a factor in determining the final outcome of that conflict.
Ich finde es immer wieder geil, wenn Amerikaner oder Engländer versuchen Deutsch zu sprechen. Echt der brüller. =D
Thanks for this Video! Greets from Prussia. ;)
the Irish volunteers and the Irish citizen army primarily used theses
They were also manufactured in Austria , I have ( and shoot) a Kar.71 dated 1876 marked Oesterreichischer Waffenfabrik Gesellschaft Steyr.
Better disguise than Superman and his gasses...
Ian is the Tarantino of guns
It's the mustache that made the outfit 😆😆
his moustache and beard matches the helmet very well.
5th Baden Infantry Regiment Number 113 garrisoned in Freiburg, Baden.