Karabiner98a Erfurt 1917
Commissioned in 1917 (Mle 1908m16/17), assigned to the finance department in
1919.
R.F.V.
(Reichsministerium der Finanzen).
We call her Kar. 98a to differentiate it from the Kar.
98b followed in 1925 (or Kar. 98az
for "Aufpflanzvorrichtung und
Zusammensetvorrichtung"), but its real name is Kar.98.
It was
manufactured until 1918.
