Rifle Grenade Schießgestell

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is a question... these date from about 1915.... at that time the Gewehr 98 was a treasured weapon, in fact, units transfering to the Eastern front would sometimes leave them in the West and get G88 in the East....

I have also read that rifle grenades damaged the rifles, I think the british wrapped wire arounf rifles used to fire grenades, and these rifles were no longer used as regular shooters...

We always see modern photos of the Schießgestell with G98.... would it not have been logical back then to shoot rifle grenades with G88 and save a "good" rifle?

[dond]

Perhaps they were afraid the bolt/chamber of the G88 would not withstand the pressure.

[Chris Boonzaier]

That is very possible, I had not thought of that.... They did not have a Mauser Bolt, it was based on mannlicher... and i assume the rifle grenades were made with the Mauser in mind....