Turning the Mauser C96 'Broomhandle' into an SMG: the Schnellfeuer
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While many think the first Schnellfeuer originated in 1928 with Spanish arms manufacturer Astra, this example, produced in 1926 by Mauser was the original select-fire, fully-automatic example.
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