Mannlicher system
The Mannlicher system describes a locking system based on the straight pull lock and a box magazine fixed in the center shaft, in which the cartridges are loaded in a loading frame made of thin sheet steel. Ferdinand Mannlicher was the eponymous inventor of this system, which was in competition with the Mauser system .
history
The starting point for the later models was the model 1885 (M1885 ) developed by Mannlicher at the Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (ÖWG) , which was introduced with some modifications as the kuk Ordonnanzgewehr model 1886 in caliber 11 mm. These weapons were locked by a support flap attached to the bottom of the lock cylinder , which was supported in an abutment in the lock housing. While the empty loading frame on the M1885 still had to be removed by hand, on the M1886 it fell out of an opening at the bottom of the magazine box after the last shot had been loaded.
With the introduction of cartridges with a caliber reduced to 8 mm and the use of low-smoke powder , the retaining force of the support flap lock was no longer sufficient. As early as 1888 Mannlicher was working on the development of a rotating head lock , combined with its straight pull system. The result was the Model 1890 Mannlich carbine for the Austro-Hungarian Army .
Another improvement is the Mannlicher model 1895 , which used cartridges with low-smoke powder (cartridge 8 × 50 mm R and later 8 × 56 mm R ). As with its predecessor from 1890, the rotating head lock was locked directly behind the cartridge chamber .
literature
- Steyr Mannlicher - The history of a company (buechsenmacherverlag.de) ( Memento from December 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 764 kB), accessed on June 7, 2011.
- Hans Stögmüller: Josef Werndl and the weapons factory in Steyr , Ennsthaler-Verlag, Steyr 2010, ISBN 978-3-85068-860-4