Iran used the VZ9829 bayonet with the VZ9829 rifles, VZ30 carbines, and M1949 carbines that bayonet was a VZ23 Long with blade edge down. The VZ23 Short was used with VZ9822 rifles, the VZ24 bayonet was used with VZ24 rifles, and the VZ23 Long was used with VZ23 rifles all were blade edge up. Someone should make a project of that and post period photos here.

Yugoslavia later made their own copies called the M24 Israel had some ex-Yugoslavian M24 bayonets and maybe some ex-Yugoslavian FN1924 Long.įor other countries, since the bayonets were marked only with sn, probably the only way to know for sure who used what would be in period photographs. Greece, Lithuania, Yugoslavia, and the Dutch East Indies were other users of the FN1924 Long bayonet. Generally speaking the Short was used with short rifles and the Long was used with carbines but countries could (and did) specify which bayonet they wanted.īelgium, for example, used the Long with their FN1950 short rifles. The FN1924 Long was used by Venezuela with a larger muzzle ring for the FN1949 rifle. That would probably be with the FN1930 rifle and the FN1930 carbine would probably have the FN1924 Long bayonet.Īdded: Anthony Vanderlinden, author of FN Mauser Rifles, pointed out that Venezuela used the FN1924 Long bayonet with the FN1930 short rifle and carbine, not the FN1924 Short bayonet. It was dropped on the K98k early in WWII to speed up production. The numbers on the back of the sight are for setting range while in the prone position without raising up to see the numbers on the top of the sight and possibly getting your head blown off. Regards, Bill All my Mausers (half of my collection) are here (Index is in post 1).

Fn Belgian Mauser Serial Numbers