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Vz. 98/22
Summary
The Vz. 98/22 is a Czechoslovak-designed, full-sized, bolt-action rifle, designed and produced in Czechoslovakia. It replaced the Gewehr 98 rifles purchased from Germany after the Treaty of Versailles. The rifles were quickly replaced by the shorter Vz. 24, and were sold to various other nations, most notably Iran and Turkey, where they remained in service to World War II era and beyond.
When Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918, they immediately began planning to establish and arm their own military. In 1922, it was chosen to build a derivative of the Mexican Mauser 1912. It was known as the Vz. 98/22.
The Czechoslovak military was particularly picky about the quality of their new service rifles, and only adopted a small number of them into their own military service. Such Czech service rifles were stamped with a E-22, or E-23 stamp. (The - being a stand in for the Czechoslovak lion typical of Czech military proof markings) The rifles that were not adopted were sold in commission to either Iran, Turkey, or on the public market.
The Vz. 98/22 was quickly replaced by the lighter, and easier to handle Vz. 24, and the remaining vz. 98/22 rifles were either sold to Iran, Turkey, or on the public market. Most of the public sales were still to Iran or Turkey, but some were sold to the Republic of China to supplement other Mauser type rifles. In China, these rifles were used during the Warlord Era, the Chinese Civil War and the Korean War.
Most of these rifles did not see official service in World War II. However, they remained in service in China into the 1950s and Kurdistan rebels still used it in the 2010s.
Many 98/22 rifles displayed a slight curved stamp on the receiver, displaying the words "ČS.ST/ZBROJOVKA/BRNO", translating roughly into "Czechoslovak Armory of Brno." The later models of this rifle has the same text displayed without the curve to the text. If the rifle was adopted into Czechoslovak service, it will have a E-22 or E-23 mark, usually on the side of the receiver, just above the serial number.
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