This book provides revised and expanded data from the first edition on: the military and commercial background to the K98k, the materials and methods used in the manufacture, inspection, and acceptance of the components of the K98k, a year-by-year chronology of the manufacture of the K98k, with special emphasis on the distinctive markings and features used during each contractor/year of production, exhaustive data on K98k quantities produced, manufacturing times, personnel, costs and more.