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The Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army, and French Colonial Forces, from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). After the introduction of the Lebel rifle in 1886, the French Army wanted a repeating carbine using the same ammunition as the Lebel to replace their ...
450-600 round/min. Muzzle velocity. 2,450 ft/s (745 m/s) Feed system. 30 rounds box magazine. Sights. Iron. The Vickers–Berthier (VB) is a light machine gun that was produced by the British company Vickers-Armstrong. It was adopted by the British Indian Army and saw combat during World War II.
Iron Sights. The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 ("Model 1917 Automatic Rifle"), also called the RSC M1917, was a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle placed into service by the French Army during the latter part of World War I. It was chambered in 8mm Lebel, the rimmed cartridge used in other French Army infantry weapons of the time.
De Knight M1902/17 [ 7 ] DWM Parabellum MG 13 [ 13 ] (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version) Fokker-Leimberger M1916 machinen gewehr. Johnston D1918 [ 14 ] Knötgen M1912 machinen gewehr. S.I.A. M1918 [ 13 ] Schwarzlose M1905 machinen gewehr [ 7 ] Grenade launchers. Blanch-Chevallier grenade launcher.
Sights. U-notch and front post. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893, is an 8 mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its fore-stock ...
French forces used some Berthiers and Lebels rechambered for the new 7.5 French round. Berthier M1907/15 M16, Mousqueton M1916, and M34. Fusil Automatique Modele 1917. Fusil MAS-36. Lebel M1886/93, M27, and R35. MAS-36. Most modern rifle in widespread French military service in World war II. Only small numbers were produced before the war so ...
During the 1950s the French military adopted the semi-automatic MAS-49 rifle as their standard service rifle. Though intended to replace the Lebel Model 1886 and Berthier rifles as well as Berthier carbines, budget constraints limited MAS-36 production and it was used with the former rifles in many French army and colonial units. During World ...
The Chauchat is the only mass produced fully-automatic weapon actuated by long recoil, a Browning-designed system already applied in 1906 to the Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle: extraction and ejection of the empties takes place when the barrel returns forward, while the bolt is retained in the rear position. Afterwards the barrel trips ...