Without sufficient ammunition for their modern weapons, the German force was reduced to using old Mauser Model 1871's which used black powder cartridges.

The Mauser Model 1871, originally a single shot action, added a tubular magazine in its 1884 update, and the Jarmann M1884, adopted the same year, also used one.

The Mauser Model 1871 was the Mauser brothers' first rifle.

With the subsequent unification of Germany the Dreyse needle-gun was replaced by the Mauser Model 1871 rifle in German service.

The Mauser Model 1889 was a bolt action rifle of Belgian origin.

He was armed with a Mauser sporting rifle, based on the Mauser Model 1898 rifle.

The FR-7 was a modification of the Model 1916 short rifle, which in turn was based on the Mauser Model 1893.

It uses the bolt and barrel from the Mauser Model 1891 rifle and the same become rectilinear.

This made Germany's rifle, the Mauser Model 1871, obsolete due to its large and slow 11 mm round.

The 11mm Mauser was a black-powder cartridge developed for the Mauser Model 1871 rifle, and used later in the 71/84 variant.