[====================================================] | NIArms C96 Pistols [====================================================] Prerequisites- ============ HLC_Core CBA_A3 Installation- ============ 1) Extract @NIArsenal to your Arma3 directory or your My Documents/Arma3 directory. 2a.i) add @NIArsenal to your Arma3 launch -mods switch 2b) start up Arma3 2b.ii) Under Expansions, enable HLC MOD Set. About- ============ This is the Mauser Construction 96 Pistol Model of 1912, more colloquially known as the C96 "Wartime Commercial" model. Of the line of C96s, it is both the most common, and while not a replication of any of the large contract batches, it is fairly typical of the majority of the contracts posted post-1910. But we're getting ahead of ourselves- we need to go back to the beginning. The C96 was developed in 1896 for the Mauser by the Feederle brothers (Fedel and Josef), and orginally sold under the banner of the Mauser Military Pistol, with hopes for courting the lucrative military handgun contract market. That didn't pan out immediately, but that didn't stop the pistol selling like hotcakes on the commercial market, nor Mauser producing the C96 non-stop until 1939. As mentioned, state militaries at large seemed uninterested initially, however, in countries where Enlisted Officers were expected to provide their own personal side-arms and ammunition - for example the British Army - it took off quite staggeringly. Britain especially, thanks to gun-makers Westley Richards, created somewhat of a fervor within the Upper Class (whom were at the time the only eligible types for the enlisted officer track) that saw the C96 frequently sold-out from the factory. On the back of this, both the Ottoman Turkish Army and Italian Navy took contracts with Mauser for two different specification C96 pistols(in 1897 and 1899 respectively). A thing to keep in mind is that only in around 1910 did the C96 enter the period of "Stable Production". What this means is that before then, the Feederles and Mauser made all sorts of minor and substantial design changes- massages in machining and specifcation to fine tune the system. By somewhere between 1905 and 1910 the Design had mostly stabilized around a design that's recognizable to us today: + Short-recoil action + 10 round internal magazine, with bridge for loading from charger clips + Single-action trigger + Chambered mostly in 7.63mmx25 Mauser + Sold with optional provision for Shoulder stock that doubles as holster. + 5.5 inch or 3.5 inch barrels (There's exceptions to all of these, but that's for another time. Suffice to know they exist) So let's get a few things out of the way on the design- in hindsight theres a lot that clearly date and put a fixed term to the C96's longevity. The Magazine, which while large for the early 1900s, and fast, if loaded from chargers, is a pain to deal with , and kind of in an unergonomic place, if considered from the stance of just being a free-handed pistol. The bore axis is WAY high, which makes when combined with the hot 7.63mm round, a fairly jumpy gun to control. With the design finally solidified, the Persian Government Ordered 1,000 in 1910, and with sales of individual commercially-sold models remaining high right through, Mauser was riding high throughout the 1910s, Things were about to truly kick-off with the start of WW1 however. While the civilian sales of the C96 dried up fast, the military requisitions more than compensated, with 1916 Mauser seeing large orders from Austria-Hungary and the German state of Prussia. Austria ordered 50,000 of what was a standard Commercial C96, but Prussia, whom in the interests of keeping logistics straightforward, requested 150,000 in the new 9mm Luger cartridge. These contracted pistols were soon earmarked with Grips with a Red 9 on them, after incidents of officers mistakenly ordering and loading 7.63mm ammo (causing catastrophic detonation), requiring the visible distinguishing mark.The other distinguishing feature of the 9mm Prussian Contract handguns was that the sights were marked for ranges only 50-500 meters, instead of 50-1000. With Germany Surrendering in 1918, a new era for the C96 was beginning. With the terms of disarmament in the Treaty of Versailles, and new stricter laws on the amount and specification police and military hand guns within the newly formed Weimar Republic, Production of new C96s basically came to a halt, as Germany's arms were flooding the international markets- commercially, as reparations, and as aid to other nations. The guns the Germany DID retain had to go through a process of re-arsenalling, and that process did not leave many in their factory spec. The Prussian Contract guns perhaps are the most notable altered. One of the new Weimar laws banned weapons over 4 inches being chambered in anything as large as 9mm Parabellum, and as the handguns were turned in to the arsenal they were made to comply. Some stayed in 9mm by chopping and re-crowning the barrel (seen here), some were re-chambered in 7.63 or 7.65mm Luger (sometimes by literally threading a luger barrel on). Some had their tangent sights removed for fixed ones. None of this was operated uniformly, but every gun that stayed in German hands was stamped 1920, regardless of whether that arsenal process was done later. Eventually, the C96 did resume production, however no longer were the previously common 5.5 inch pistols made, instead only the "bolo" models were made.The nickname of "bolo" comes from the fairly extensive and notorious use by the White Russians in the Communist Revolution (Bolo referring to the revolution), whom used and ordered them right up until they no longer existed. The M1921 weren't the first "bolos" but of the bolos made, they're the most numerous, as Mauser kept a steady crank of production for sale up through to 1934. Throughout this period however, the C96 was not Mauser's only available handgun, and it's success or failure was less of a lynch-pin for the company. So, one previously unmentioned story so far is that of the C96's life in China. Like Weimar Germany, post-WW1 Chinese government had restrictions on who could be armed and with what, and it had a burgeoning Warlord class. The combination of the two lead to thirst for stocked pistols, both by government and Warlords. Initially this was sated by surplus from WW1, but Mauser did start selling to China. However, if you've watched C&Rsenal you know where this is going, in the 1930s in the Eibar region of Spain, copies of the C96s started being pushed out by names like *Astra* and *Bestigui Hermanos* and the bulk of their market was selling to China, the Far East and both sides of the Spanish Civil War. Galling further, they were making *Select-fire* C96 knockoffs. Well, Mauser could NOT let that stand, and by 1932 Mauser had put together what we know as the M1932 (or M712) "Schnellfeuer". Feeding from detachable 10 or 20-round detachable magazines, and capable of automatic fire to the tune of 1000 RPM, the M712 is kind of a monster. At that sort of speed it's wholly unusable without the stock, but of course *that was the point*. These, and the rare and unmentioned M30/M1930 (because they’re basically just the original commercial model in looks), are one of several new weapons that started making under the rule of the Nazis, as direct contravention to the Treaty of Versailles, and the impositions of Weimar Germany. This is being brought up, because it is actually of relevance to the big picture of what was next to come for the world, and just a general display of the attitude of the fascist Nazi regime (that is: if we don't feel it's in our interests, especially towards rearmament, we will not honor it) The Schnellfeuer was eventually contracted and adopted formally as the M712 in the Luftwaffe. With the end of the contract, and the beginning of WW2, This basically spelled the end of the C96’s production run- Mauser were too busy with bulking out Kar98s and other more expedient war material, and in 1939 the C96 removed from catalogs. This was not the end of the C96's service history, and the Mauser to this day still pops up in conflicts worldwide. Heck, China retained their C96s through 3 regime changes, both German and domestically produced, up until 1990, when the stockpiles were abandoned. For the purposes of displaying them in a field condition, presented here are all the C96s in current, worn but fire-able condition. The NIArms pack as delivered gives you a WIDE slough of the entire predominant commercial production life of the C96 Vartiety in it's most common forms, in both collector/fairly-new condition, as well as a current, worn but fire-able condition(and all the rust, wear and cosmoline that implies). Classnames- hlc_pistol_C96_Wartime - Mauser C96 Model of 1912 (Wartime Commercial). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Wartime_stock - Mauser C96 Model of 1912 (Wartime Commercial, with Stock). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Wartime_Worn - Mauser C96 Model of 1912 (Wartime Commercial, Worn Condition). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Wartime_Worn_stock- Mauser C96 Model of 1912 (Wartime Commercial, Worn Condition, With Stock). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Bolo - Mauser C96 Model of 1921 (Post-war Commercial "Bolo" ). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Bolo_stock - Mauser C96 Model of 1921 (Post-war Commercial "Bolo", with Stock). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Bolo_Worn - Mauser C96 Model of 1921 (Post-war Commercial "Bolo", Worn Condition). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Bolo_Worn_stock - Mauser C96 Model of 1921 (Post-war Commercial "Bolo", Worn Condition, With Stock). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Prussian - Mauser C96 M1916 (Prussian State Contract "Red 9"). 9x19mmNATO hlc_pistol_C96_Prussian_stock - Mauser C96 M1916 (Prussian State Contract "Red 9", with Stock). 9x19mmNATO hlc_pistol_C96_Prussian_Rework - Mauser C96 M1916 (Prussian State Contract "Red 9", Re-arsenelled Worn Condition). 9x19mmNATO hlc_pistol_C96_Prussian_Rework_stock- Mauser C96 M1916 (Prussian State Contract "Red 9", Re-arsenelled Worn Condition, With Stock). 9x19mmNATO hlc_pistol_M712 - Mauser Model 1932/M712 ("Schnellfeuer")7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_M712_stock - Mauser Model 1932/M712 ("Schnellfeuer", with Stock). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_M712_Worn - Mauser Model 1932/M712 ("Schnellfeuer", Worn Condition). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_M712_Worn_stock - Mauser Model 1932/M712 ("Schnellfeuer", Worn Condition, With Stock). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_C96_Custom - Mauser C96 Model of 1912 (Wartime Commercial, with Stock,Scoped). 7.63x25mm Mauser Pistol hlc_pistol_DL44 - Blastech DL-44 ("Greedo-Killer") - Energy hlc_10Rnd_763x25_B_C96 - 10 Round Charger Clip of 7.62x25mm Mauser hlc_10Rnd_763x25_B_M712 - 10 Round M712 magazine of 7.62x25mm Mauser hlc_20Rnd_763x25_B_M712 - 20 Round M712 magazine of 7.62x25mm Mauser hlc_10Rnd_9x19_B_C96 - 10 Round P226 magazine of 9x19mm M882 Ball hlc_10Rnd_9x19_JHP_C96 - 10 Round P226 magazine of 9x19mm Mk243 Mod 0 JHP hlc_10Rnd_9x19_SD_C96 - 10 Round P226 magazine of 9x19mm Subsonic FMJ hlc_10Rnd_BLASTER_B_DL44 - Blastech Energy Cell Changelog ============ V1.25 ========= - Case-change to several bones in animation/gesture model.cfg - Materials/RVMATs (global) -- Replaced SMDI format textures with SM format where applicable V1.2 ========= - Re-integrated closure noises to gunshots V1.1 Reissue - Resigned on new Key V1.1 ========= - Implemented New Gunshot soundshaders (Credit:LordJarhead) - all ContextProne changed to use NIA_handsWeapon_context_Toadie (reduces Context prone clipping) - Unified and Standardised all mass values (Weight divided by the mass coef equals ACE-approved kilograms) - IconOverlays in the Gear menu Disabled on all weapons. - Changed the Supply Crate to a labelled NIArms Branded Variant - RVMAT Reflectivity method improved - now uses map-defined EnvMap. 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