9x25mm Mauser
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| 9x25mm Mauser, 9mm Mauser Export | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Pistol | |
| Place of origin |  German Empire |
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| Service history | ||
| Used by | Austria, Hungary, others | |
| Production history | ||
| Designer | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken | |
| Designed | 1907 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Parent case | 7.63x25mm Mauser | |
| Rim diameter | .391 in (9.9 mm) | |
| Case length | 0.982 in (24.9 mm) | |
| Overall length | 1.378 in (35.0 mm) | |
The 9x25mm Mauser (or 9mm Mauser Export) was a cartridge developed for the Mauser C96 service pistol. The cartridge was first produced by DWM in 1907 and later by German munitions makers Geco and RWS through World War II. Other manufacturers included Société Française des Munitions of Paris, France as well as various munitions factories in Austria and Hungary in the 1930s and 40s[1].
Mauser pistols in this relatively powerful caliber were primarily intended for export to Africa, Asia and South America. The 9mm Mauser Export cartridge was produced from 1907 to 1914 and then later from approximately 1930 to 1945.
The basis of this cartridge was the 7.63x25mm Mauser. The case length is the same as the 7.63x25mm Mauser, but the case is straight and does not have a bottleneck shape. The 9mm Mauser should not be confused with the 9mm Parabellum (9x19mm Luger) or the 9x23mm Steyr.
In the 1930s a handful of Austrian, Hungarian and Swiss submachine guns and machine carbines were chambered for this caliber. Originally known as the Steyr-Solothurn S1-100, the Steyr MP30 and MP34 were adopted by the Austrian Army and police and manufactured until 1940[2]. SIG automatic carbine models MKMO, MKMS, MKPO and MKPS in this caliber were produced in Switzerland until the end of 1942. The Pál Király-designed Géppisztoly 39M and 43M in 9x25mm Mauser was produced by Danuvia in Hungary from 1939 through the end of World War II.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Municion.org Historical Ammunition Data. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Steyr - Solothurn S1-100 / MP-34 submachine gun (Switzerland/Austria). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- Hogg, Ian German Handguns, p. 311, Greenhill Books, 2001
- Barnes, Frank C. CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD 3rd Edition, 1972 Digest Books, ISBN 0-695-80326-3
