Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (d. 1914)
Peter Paul Mauser, after 1912 von Mauser, (June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914) was a German weapon designer, manufacturer/industrialist and politician.
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