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-{{infobox weapon
-| name               = Romanian Repeating Rifle Model 1893
-| image              = Mannlicher M1893.jpg
-| image_size         = 300px
-| alt                =
-| caption            = Rifle and carbine variants.
-| origin             = {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
-| type               = [[Bolt-action]] [[rifle]]
-<!-- Type selection -->
-| is_ranged          = yes
-<!-- Service history -->
-| service            = 1893-1945
-| used_by            = [[Kingdom of Romania]]<br>[[Austria-Hungary]]<br>[[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]<br>[[Czechoslovakia]]<br>[[Nazi Germany]]
-| wars               = [[Second Balkan War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[Hungarian–Romanian War]]<br>[[World War II]]
-<!-- Production history -->
-| designer           = [[Otto Schönauer]], [[Ferdinand Mannlicher]]
-| design_date        = 1892
-| manufacturer       = [[Steyr-Mannlicher|Steyr]]
-| production_date    = 1893-1914
-| number             = 195,000
-| variants           = M1893 Carbine
-<!-- General specifications -->
-| spec_label         =
-| weight             = {{convert|4.06|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
-| length             = {{convert|122.7|cm|in|abbr=on}}
-| part_length        = {{convert|72.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}
-<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
-| cartridge          = [[6.5x53mmR]], [[8x50mmR Mannlicher]]
-| action             = Turning [[bolt-action]]
-| rate               =
-| velocity           = {{convert|731|m/s|ft/s}}
-| range              =
-| max_range          = {{convert|2100|m|yd}}
-| feed               = 5-round [[Clip (ammunition)#En bloc|en bloc clip]], integral [[Magazine (firearms)#Box|box magazine]]
-| sights             =
-}}
-{{Distinguish | Swiss Mannlicher M1893}}
-The '''Mannlicher M1893''' (or M93) is a [[bolt action]] rifle that was the standard [[service rifle]] of the [[Kingdom of Romania]] from 1893 to 1938.<ref name=hungariae.com>{{cite web| url=http://hungariae.com/Mann93.htm |title=Romanian Mannlicher M1893 Infantry Rifle |last= |first= |date=8 Dec 2011 |website=hungariae.com |publisher=Manowar |access-date=15 Feb 2015}}</ref> The rifle (and its 1892 predecessor) were the first repeating rifles to be widely issued in the Romanian military.<ref name="Fitzsimons1978">{{cite book|author=Bernard Fitzsimons|title=The Illustrated encyclopedia of 20th century weapons and warfare|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wpg8AAAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Columbia House|page=1828}}</ref>
-==Development==
-Around the year 1890 the Romanian military started its search for a small bore, [[smokeless powder]] firearm to equip its units with. They turned to the nearby [[Steyr-Mannlicher|Österreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft]] in [[Steyr]], [[Austria-Hungary]] where Otto Schönauer was modifing the German [[Gewehr 1888]] rifle. After Ferdinand Mannlicher modifed his en-bloc clip feeding system to allow being fed into the rifle regardless of whether the clip was turned up or down, the Model 1892 rifle was ready for testing by the Romanian Army. After some minor improvements, the final variant, the M1893 was put into production. Unlike the Austrian-issue [[Mannlicher M1895]] [[straight-pull]] bolt-action rifle, the Romanian rifle had a conventional turn-bolt.<ref name="Tucker2013">{{cite book|author=Spencer C. Tucker|title=The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=T0FdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA596|date=16 December 2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-50701-5|pages=596–}}</ref>
-The rifle's adoption caused some controversy, as despite the the weapon's approval by [[Carol I of Romania|King Carol I]], General Budisteanu{{verify spelling|source says "Budishteans" but that doesn't appear to be an extant Romanian name|date=July 2015}} derided the Austrian rifle as ''un baton'' ("a stick), and the rifle's bore, smaller then the usual Mannlicher product, caused difficulties in finding compatible gunpowder.<ref name="Grant2007">{{cite book|author=Jonathan A. Grant|title=Rulers, Guns, and Money: The Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialism|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l03qgaNVU3oC&pg=PA112|year=2007|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-02442-7|pages=112–}}</ref>
-A carbine variant was also introduced, it was {{convert|98|cm|in}} long and featured a bent bolt handle. It was used by cavalry and artillery units.
-==History==
-[[File:Mannlicher M1893 bolt.JPG|thumb|left|300px|Mannlicher M1893 bolt]]
-,000 of these rifles were manufactured in total. 120,000 rifles and 14,000 carbines were delivered to Romania until 1914. Remaining assembled rifles were issued to units of the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]]  at the start of [[World War I]] in original caliber. Unassembled rifles were modified to accommodate the [[8x50mmR Mannlicher]] cartridge and issued to Austo-Hungarian troops. During the First World War many were also captured during the [[Romanian Campaign]] and used in original caliber.<ref name=hungariae.com></ref>
-{{Steyr Mannlicher}}
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-==References==
-<references />
-[[Category:8&nbsp;mm firearms]]
-[[Category:Bolt-action rifles]]
-[[Category:Rifles of Austria]]
-[[Category:Weapons of Romania]]
-[[Category:World War I Austro-Hungarian infantry weapons]]
-[[Category:Mannlicher rifles]]
-[[Category:1893 introductions]]
-[[Category:1893 in Romania]]