Mauser 的词源

这种步枪是德国军队的一种步枪，1874年开始服役。它于1871年首次推出，由彼得·保罗·毛瑟（Peter Paul Mauser，1838-1914年）和威廉·毛瑟（Wilhelm Mauser，1834-1882年）兄弟发明。

After many and most varied experiments, the supreme military authorities of the German empire have now finally decided to supply the whole of the German army—with the exception of the Bavarians, who have a most excellent weapon already in the Werder gun—with a gun of a new pattern, made by a Würtemberg gunsmith of the name of Mauser, who lives at Oberndorf. This new pattern is called the Mauser gun or rifle. This Mauser gun is said to be in every way vastly superior to the chassepot. [G.L.M. Strauss, "Men Who Have Made the New German Empire," London, 1875]

在经过许多不同的实验后，德国帝国的最高军事当局最终决定为整个德国军队配备一种新型步枪——除了巴伐利亚军队，他们已经拥有一款非常优秀的武器——这款新枪是由一位名叫毛瑟的伍尔特堡枪匠在奥伯恩多夫制造的。这种新型步枪被称为毛瑟步枪。人们说，这款毛瑟步枪在各方面都远远优于查斯波步枪。[G.L.M. 施特劳斯，《新德意志帝国的缔造者们》，伦敦，1875年]