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Type 45 Siamese Mauser

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Type
  
Bolt-action rifle

In service
  
1903-1923

Designed
  
1903

Place of origin
  
Siam

Used by
  
Siam/Thailand


Wars
  
World War I World War II

The Type 45 Siamese Mauser was a service rifle adopted by the government of Siam (now Thailand) in 1903.

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Description

It was a bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser action, originally chambered for the 8×50mmR rimmed centrefire cartridge (not to be confused with the dimensionally similar Austrian 8×50mmR Mannlicher or French 8×50mmR Lebel cartridges). It was later upgraded as the Type 66 rifle and chambered to fire the 8x52mmR cartridge with a spitzer bullet.

The Type 45 refers to the year 2445 in the Thai calendar, which corresponds with 1903 on the Gregorian calendar.

Variants

  • Type 45 Siamese Mauser (copy of the Swedish Mauser and Gewehr 98)
  • Type 47 Siamese Mauser (copy of the Swedish Mauser and Gewehr 98)
  • Type 66 Siamese Mauser (copy of the Arisaka type 38)
  • Type 45/66 Siamese Mauser
  • Type 47/66 Siamese Mauser

    • References

    Type 45 Siamese Mauser Wikipedia
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