German U-Boat Line-Thrower Rifle Conversions
This video analyzes two German Gewehr 98 rifles that were converted by the Mauser factory for use as naval line-throwing rifles. The modifications include entirely new stocks with an increased length of pull to manage recoil, and barrels replaced with launch tubes. The magazines were also altered to accept only a single blank round, keeping the chamber empty. The exact nature of the projectiles is unclear, but these are original military conversions from the Geoffrey Sturgess collection.










