

^ a b "Weapons Of The Greco-Turkish War Part 1Guns - Guns ".^ "Broń strzelecka polskiego wojska w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej".Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. United Kingdom : Captured in Ethiopia, used by African or Indian troops in Garrison/Guard duties in Abyssinia in the 1941-42 period, and then ended up (along with all the rest of the captured Equipment) in India, the more modern rifles (M95s and Carcanos) and MGs, going to front line training ( Burma Front) and the rest (like M88) to straight training units and guard duty in the boonies of India.Some may have been used items, sold from Austrian military stocks. Kingdom of Siam : According to Steyr sales records, 15,000 M1888 rifles were furnished to Siam, most in the 1890s.Kingdom of Romania: Before Second Balkan War Romania bought circa 60.000 Mannlicher M.90 and M.95.Kingdom of Greece: Captured from Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War and at the end of World War I.Brazil: Both sides during the Federalist Riograndense Revolution.China first bought Mannlicher 88 rifles before the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894–1895 and after that started production of the unlicensed Kuaili 1888 Kiangnan copy. Kuaili 1888 Kiangnan Rifle 7.62x55 Ĭhina also used this rifle extensively during the Qing dynasty and the Republican era. Although the smokeless powder filled M.93 8×50mmR cartridge can be used in this rifle, the generated pressure at 40,000 psi (275.8 MPa) is marginal, as the wedge-lock bolt system this rifle uses was originally designed to be shot with less-potent black powder filled with 11×58mmR ammunition. When in 1890 semi-smokeless powder became available, manufacture of rifles with a longer and thus stronger chamber and modified sights began.

Not to be confused with Mannlicher M1890 Carbine. The M95 uses a more secure rotating-bolt, in contrast to the M88's wedge-lock bolt. It was succeeded by the Mannlicher M1895 as the standard service rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Derived from the M1885 and later M1886 models, it was Ferdinand Mannlicher's third rifle that utilized the "enbloc clip". The Repeating Rifle Mannlicher 1888 better known as Mannlicher M1888 was a bolt-action rifle used by several armies from 1888 to 1945. International intervention on the island of Creteĥ30 metres per second (1,700 ft/s) with M1888 ball cartridgeĥ-round en-bloc clip (stripper clip in M88/24), integral box magazine Mannlicher M1888 rifle, from the collections of the Swedish Army Museum.
