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The Berthier design began as the "Mousquetons Berthier" - a series of bolt-action cavalry and artillery carbines with distinctly different actions from the Mle 1886/M93 8mm Lebel rifle. For instance, the Berthier carbine's bolt lugs lock vertically into the receiver instead of horizontally as in the Lebel rifle.
Rifles. Mauser Model 1871; Mannlicher M1888; Mannlicher M1890 carbine; Siamese Mauser style rifle (Standard issue rifle) Machine gun. Gatling gun (Pre World War 1) Field guns. Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun; Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903; Naval artillery. BL 6-inch gun Mk V (Coast defence gun)
Rifles. Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) Carcano rifle (Italian captured) Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) Lebel M1886/93 (French made) Lee-Enfield rifle (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) Mannlicher M1895 (Austrian made) Mannlicher-Schönauer M1903, M1903/14, M1903/27 and M1903/30 (Austrian made)
During World War I (1914–1918), the Lebel remained the standard rifle of French infantry whereas the Berthier rifle—a lengthened version of the Berthier carbine—featuring a Mannlicher-style 3-round magazine was issued to colonial troops, to allied contingents in the French Army, and to the French Foreign Legion. The latter, however ...
A carbine (/ ˈ k ɑːr b iː n / or / ˈ k ɑːr b aɪ n /), [1] from French carabine, [2] is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. [3] Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, typically ranging from pistol/PDW to intermediate rifle cartridges.
Berthier rifle; Burnside carbine; C. Calisher and Terry carbine; CAR-15; List of carbines; CEAM Modèle 1950; Chapina carbine; CMMG MkG; Colt 933; Colt Advanced ...
In 1913, a semi-automatic rifle was selected to be adopted as a replacement for the Lebel and Berthier rifles in the army's inventory. In 1910 the army tentatively adopted the semi-automatic long recoil-operated Meunier rifle as a replacement for the Lebel rifle. Considerable delays were experienced in the final choice for the ammunition, which ...
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