This German carbine was among the first enemy weapons captured by Americans in WWI. A shortened version of the G98 rifle, it was recovered by a patrol in ‘no man’s land’ (the area between the trenches) following the first German trench raid against the First Division, November 3rd, 1917.
KAR 98A Carbine
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Unit2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Date1917
ConflictWorld War I - Montdidier-Noyon
NationalityGerman
RightsFirst Division Museum
Identifier1960.61
On-DisplayYes
Citation"KAR 98A Carbine." First Division Museum. Accessed April 29, 2024, https://www.fdmuseum.org/collections/kar-98a-carbine/.
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