used. Users : Local copy by IMBEL as the "M954 Mosquetão". Only a few units were made and it was never fully adopted. : Used post-war. : Used post-war. : Used post-war in French Indochina :Received a very small number from Nazi Germany :Bought from Czechoslovakia before the 1954 coup See also List of World War II firearms of Germany M1 Garand AG-42 MAS-49 rifle SVT-40 Type 4 rifle References External links Modern Firearms - Gewehr 43 / Gew.43 / Kar.43 semi-automatic rifle G43 / K43 Collectors Homepage Axis Ordnance Report, US intelligence report on the Kar 43 written in 1945. 7.92×57mm Mauser semi-automatic rifles Rifles of Germany Short stroke piston firearms World War II infantry weapons of Germany World War II semi-automatic rifles Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1943