About the Book:

This project started in late 2006 with the idea of a text on late war K98k rifles. With effort and patience, we have endeavored to bring an up to date study on the late war German K98k Mauser rifle.  As hundreds of thousands were returned and shipped home, and perhaps millions imported from the near post-war to the present age, this rifle is one of the most prolific and visible combat rifles of all time. This reference takes each manufacturer and gives a brief history, filled in with photos of features and original documentation  with serial data tables and gallery photos of representative examples. Each chapter goes into detail regarding finishes, serialization, and stock configuration, and gives a timeline of the introduction of Kriegsmodell features for each maker. Hopefully, you will find this text useful in describing the condition of Germany and the Mauser K98k producers late in World War 2, with two chapters on accessories and documentation of war trophies. The last chapter was one that we thought useful and necessary as it covers the mechanism and documentation generated by the US government for the control of war trophies,  and the method and variety of capture documentation and practice of “getting the stuff home”.

At this time, we are temporarily sold out of Kriegsmodell books! When we started this project, we printed 1000 copies to sell, hoping that would cover the demand for a few years. However, we sold almost half the books within the first few months! We self published and self printed this book, and the cost to reprint is expensive. We do plan on printing more copies, and you can email me at mike@latewar.com to be put on a backorder list. There is no schedule at the moment for when we will do the second printing. We are currently working on Volume 1 of the project, which should be done by early 2011. This volume will cover 1920-1938, and the birth of the 98k up to the start of WW2.

Thank you to all of the people who bought the book!