Wänzl rifle

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Wänzl rifle
Type	Breech-loading rifle
Place of origin	Austrian Empire
Service history
In service	1867–1918
Used by	Austrian Empire Qing Empire
Wars	Boxer Rebellion Balkan Wars World War I (rear echelon troops)
Production history
Designer
No. built	70,000
Variants	Wänzel Infanterie Gewehr M1854/67 Wänzel Infanterie Gewehr M1862/67 Wänzel JägerStutzen M1854/67 Wänzel JägerStutzen M1862/67 Wänzel Extra-Corps Gewehr M1854/67 Wänzel Extra-Corps Gewehr M1862/67 Wänzel WallGewehr M1872
Specifications
Length	41.4 in (1,050 mm) to 52.6 in (1,340 mm)
Cartridge	14×33R rimfire & centerfire
Action	Front-hinged trapdoor
Feed system	Single-shot

Various Wänzl rifles

The Wänzl or Wänzel rifle was a breechloading conversion of the Lorenz M1854 and M1862 rifles. The Austro-Hungarian Empire used the Wänzel as their service rifle until they had enough Werndl-Holub M1867 rifles to arm the military.

The rifle was a lifting block breechloader chambered for the 14×33mm Wänzel rimfire cartridge. The Austrians converted a total of 70,000 Lorenz muskets to Wänzels.

See also[]

• Springfield M1873
• Snider-Enfield rifle
• Tabatière rifle
• Weaponry of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Sources[]

• Manowar's Hungarian Weapons

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