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The small 3-shot magazine capacity was adopted after field testing, where the cavalry expressed a preference for a non-protruding magazine that did not interfere with the balance or handling of the rifle. The Berthier carbine was adopted by the French Army on March 14, 1890, and a short rifle version of the Berthier rifle was adopted in 1907.
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 ...
Lewis M1918 automatic rifle [12] 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 ...
This volume ( in English )contains a detailed technical chapter describing the Lebel rifle and its ammunition. This volume primarily describes all French semi-automatic rifles since 1898, notably the Mle 1917 and Mle 1918 semi-automatic rifles, the Meunier (A6) rifle as well as the MAS 38-40 to MAS49 and 49/56 series.
Berthier Mle 1907/15 M16 rifle. Many late world war I era French rifles such as this Berthier rifle and other late World War I variant of Berthier and Lebel rifles were still in heavy use by French forces in World War II due to newer French rifles the MAS-36 and MAS-40(not in production) not being available in sufficient quantities for the French military.
Owen Gun: 9 mm Maschinenpistole 760(e) Thompson M1928 (with vertical foregrip).45 Maschinenpistole 760/2(e) Thompson M1928 (with horizontal forend).45 Maschinenpistole 761(e) Thompson M1921.45 Panzerabwehrbüchse 782(e) Boys anti-tank rifle: 13.9 mm Panzerabwehrwaffe 789(e) PIAT: 83 mm Leichtes Maschinengewehr 135(e) Vickers-Berthier light ...
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 ...
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]