Mauser-Koka
{{Short description|Serbian rifle}}
{{Infobox weapon
|name= Serbian Model 1878/80 (Mauser-Koka)
|image= Serbian Mausers.jpg
|caption= Đurić M80/07C & Koka M78/80
|origin= Kingdom of Serbia
|type= Service rifle
|is_ranged=yes
|service= 1881–1918
|used_by= Kingdom of Serbia
|wars=Serbo-Bulgarian War
Balkan Wars
World War I (limited)
World War II (limited)
|designer= Mauser
|design_date= 1871, 1880
|manufacturer= Mauser, Zastava Arms
|unit_cost=
|production_date=
|number=
|variants= Mauser-Koka-Đurić
|weight= 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs)
|length= 1350 mm (53.15 in)
|part_length= 855 mm (33.66 in)
|width=
|height=
|diameter=
|crew=
|cartridge= 10.15×63 mm
11×59mmR Gras (Carbine Conversion)
7×57mm Mauser (Đurić M80/07C)
|action= Bolt action
|rate=
|velocity= {{convert|1,680|ft/s|m/s}}
|range=
|max_range=
|feed= Single-shot
Tube magazine (1884 Carbines)
Box magazine (Đurić M80/07C)
|sights= Iron sights
}}
In 1880, Serbian Major Kosta "Koka" Milovanović (Коста "Кока" Миловановић) developed an updated version of the Mauser Model 1871, still single-shot, but chambered in its unique 10.15×63R caliber. It had unique additions in that it had a bolt guide (much like the M1870 Italian Vetterli) and the "progressive rifling" that was developed by Koka. The Kingdom of Serbia adopted the rifle in 1880.{{Cite web|last=Поповић|first=Оливера|title=Заборављени конструктори српског оружја|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/473997/Zaboravljeni-konstruktori-srpskog-oruzja|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Politika Online}} It was designated Serbian Model 1878/80, also known as Mauser-Koka, Mauser-Milovanović,{{cite book|author1=Donald J. Stocker|author2=Jonathan A. Grant|title=Girding for Battle: The Arms Trade in a Global Perspective, 1815-1940|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KN-oJ_5Gy7UC&pg=PA27|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97339-1|pages=27–|quote=Designated as Serbian Model 1878/80, but also known as the Mauser-Koka or the Mauser-Milanovic after the Serbian officer who ...}} and known in Serbian as Kokinka (Кокинка). The grooves reduced in diameter from breech to muzzle. The muzzle velocity of the Mauser-Milanović was {{convert|1,680|ft/s|m/s}}. It saw first combat in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. Approximately 110,000 Mauser-Milovanović rifles entered the Serbian arsenal. It was further developed in 1907.
Mauser-Koka 1884
File:Koka Mauser 1884 Cavalry Carbine.jpgFile:Artillery Carbine.jpg
The Mauser Models 1884 "Artillery & Cavalry Carbine" were produced in 1884 in 4,000 units each at the Oberndorf plant for the use of the Serbian cavalry and Artillery.{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=311–312}} They were based on the M71/84 and had a five-round tubular magazine.{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=311–312}} By 1914, only 126 Cavalry & 815 Artillery models were left in the military's possession. In 1937, all remaining Model 1884 carbines were converted to the 1870s vintage 11×59mmR Gras cartridge, which was in good supply in Yugoslav Army depots after the Balkan War.{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=313–314}}
Mauser-Koka-Đurić
File:Serbian 80-07C Receiver & External Lug.jpgFile:Skopje 1912.jpg
Starting 1907, about half of the Mauser-Koka inventory was converted in Kragujevac to shoot the 7×57mm from a 5-shot magazine; the new barrels were purchased from Steyr. An additional locking lug was added by milling the receiver on a lathe around 1mm, then heating the locking lug collar red-hot and fitting to the cold receiver. Both the old and new guns (designated M80/07) saw action in the Balkan Wars and World War I. The converted M80/07 are often referred to as "Đurić Mausers" (Ђурић-Маузер).{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=314}} The M80/07 C rifles captured from the Royal Yugoslav Army by the Nazi Germany during the World War II were designated Gewehr 223 (j).{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=425}}
See also
{{Commons category}}
- Serbian Model 1899{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=312–313}}
- Serbian Model 1908{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=317–318}}
- Serbian Model 1910{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=318–320}}
- Yugoslavian Model 90{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=320–321}}
- Yugoslavian Model 03{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=320–321}}
- Yugoslavian Model 24{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=321–324}}
- Yugoslavian Model 24CK{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=323}}
- Yugoslavian Model 24 Carbine{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=326}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|last=Ball|first=Robert W.D.|title=Mauser Military Rifles of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p40IsLJv80AC&pg=PA311|date=2 August 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=978-1-4402-1544-5|pages=311–314}}
- John Sheehan, [http://fmgpublications.ipaperus.com/FMGPublications/GUNS/GUNS0513/?Page=36 1 of 110,000. The Serbian M78/80 is one of the Rarest of Mauser Rifles", Guns magazine, May 2012, pp. 36-39]
- {{cite web|author=Viktor Kovačević|title=KOKA POPRAVLJA MAUZERA|work=Srpsko nasleđe, Istorijske sveske, broj 8|publisher=NIP „GLAS“|date=August 1998|url=http://www.srpsko-nasledje.rs/sr-l/1998/08/article-12.html|language=sr|access-date=18 April 2015|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822032757/http://www.srpsko-nasledje.rs/sr-l/1998/08/article-12.html|url-status=dead}}
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Category:1880s establishments in Serbia