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Prior experiments with several carbine versions of the Lebel action proved unacceptably heavy and slow to load while on horseback. While retaining most of the action's strong points, the Berthier carbine improved on the earlier Mle 1886 rifle by using a one-piece stock and a Mannlicher-style, charger-loaded en bloc 3 shot clip.
Ribeyrolles M1918 automatic carbine; Cei-Rigotti M1895 automatic rifle; Springfield-Pedersen M1903 Mark I semi automatic rifle; Winchester-Burton M1917 automatic rifle [12] Rossignol ENT automatic rifle; Esser-Barrat rifle; Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle, pre war development abandoned due to war; Machine guns. Berthier M1908 machine gun [7] (Air ...
This is a list of United States Army fire control, and sighting material by supply catalog designation, or Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group "F".The United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog used an alpha-numeric nomenclature system from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.
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 ...
The squad leader and the magazine carrier were both equipped with a rifle or with a Berthier carbine. The additional men provided assistance in carrying loaded magazines, helping manage malfunctions, and protecting the gunner, but mainly to carry more ammunition; thus boosting the combat load.
Also like the M1913, the M1916 rifle had a bent bolt handle, a full-length stock with a lug for an M1913 sword bayonet. Beginning in 1913, large sight protectors were added to the front sight. These rifles featured a 21.75-inch (552 mm) barrel, though a carbine version was also manufactured with a 17.7-inch (450 mm) barrel, though this may have ...
The 75 mm gun M1916 was a US Army field artillery piece used during and after World War I. It was used as an anti-aircraft gun as well as a field piece. It originated as the 3-inch gun M1913 , which was soon modified to the 3-inch gun M1916 , which was later altered to the subject weapon.
In 1925 Vickers in Britain purchased the licence rights of the Berthier Model 1922 [1] for production in their Crayford factory, and as a replacement for the Lewis gun.It was an alternative to the water-cooled Vickers machine gun made by the same company. [5]