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The 8mm/92 [8 x 27 mm R], officially designated as 8 mm Lebel by the C.I.P., [2] is a rimmed cartridge used in the 8mm M1892 revolver and inexpensive handguns manufactured in Belgium and Spain. These are usually copies of the Modèle d'Ordonnance revolver itself or of then reputable foreign firearms ( Colt Police Positive , Nagant M1895 , Rast ...
The term "8mm Lebel" for the French Mle 1892 revolver ammunition, is only applied outside France for commercial reasons and has nothing to do with the Lebel rifle. However, the term "8mm Lebel", used to identify a rifle cartridge, is widely recognized to distinguish the French rifle cartridge from other 8 mm rifle cartridges , such as the 8× ...
Originally chambered for an 8mm black-powder cartridge closely resembling the .32-20 WCF round, later models issued during World War I and thereafter fired the same 8mm cartridge loaded with smokeless powder. The Mle 1892 revolver is a double-action solid-frame design, with chambers being accessed by swinging out the cylinder to the right.
ART.D stands for 8mm Lebel Balle D (manufactured 1898–1932). A.A. Amorçage Anglais ("English Primers") (1915?-1918) – A suffix on the cartridge designation at the 12 o'clock position used on British-made cartridges during World War I. British primers were of a different type than the French models, lacking a cover over the annulus.
8mm Lebel replacement. Rimless rifle cartridge. Same bullet diameter as .30-06. Short-lived due to confusion with 7.92mm Mauser. 7.5×54mm French: 1929 France R 7.57x54mm 2700 2232 58 0.308 54mm Case-shortened 7.5×57mm MAS. Standard French rifle cartridge until the introduction of the FAMAS in 1979. 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930 [3] USSR [8] 2 [13 ...
8×57mm IS/8mm Mauser: 8.20 (.323) 57.00 (2.244) 11.95 (.470) 11.94 (.470) 10.95 (.431) 9.08 (.345) 82 (3.228) 8×60mm S: 8.20 (.323) 60.00 (2.362) 11.95 (.470) 11.98 (.473) 10.95 (.431) 9.08 (.357) 82.5 (3.25) 8×63mm patron m/32: 8.20 (.323) Rebated: 62.81 (2.473) 12.18 (.480) 12.43 (.489) 11.51 (.453) 9.1 (.358) 84.62 (3.331) 8×64mm S: 8.20 ...
The CSRG 1915 Chauchat was operated with Balle D 8mm ammunition, which was standard for the French until 1932 when they went to an improved Balle N 8mm Lebel cartridge. The Chauchats, as they were retired, were not converted to the Balle N , and as a result, they do not operate well with the Balle N cartridge (French World War I weapons ...
The Patrone 88 (cartridge 88) or M/88 is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge.It was a first-generation smokeless propellant cartridge designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission (G.P.K.) (Rifle Testing Commission) as the then new smokeless propellant introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel started a military rifle ammunition revolution.