Lebel Model 1886 rifle - Knowledge (XXG)

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fitted with a two-piece wood stock, and features a spring-loaded tubular magazine in the fore-end. Taking aim at intermediate distances is done with a ramp sight graduated between 400 and 800 meters. The ladder rear sight is adjustable from 850 to 2,400 meters. Flipping forward that ladder sight reveals the commonly used fixed combat sight up to 400 meters. The Mle 1886 Lebel rifle has a 10-round capacity (eight in the under barrel tube magazine, one in the elevator, and one in the chamber). The Lebel rifle features a magazine cutoff on the right side of the receiver. When activated, it prevents feeding cartridges from the magazine.

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Catalog of Military Rifles", 2003): "The rifle shoulders nicely and is comfortable with a 13.5" length of pull. Align the hard to see sights and squeeze. When the hammer drops the Lebel slaps hard on both ends. The bolt handle is a bit out of reach due to its forward placement, but the action is fairly smooth and easy to run from the shoulder. You just have to give it a bit of a tug at the end to snap the shell carrier up ... With quality ammunition and a good bore these rifles are capable of fine accuracy. ... A rugged and reliable design, the Lebel soldiered on far longer than it should have."

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double taper handicapping French firearms design for decades to come. The repeating mechanism, derived from the French Mle 1884 Gras-Kropatschek repeating rifle, was implemented by Albert Close and Louis Verdin at the Chatellerault arsenal. The bolt's two opposed front locking lugs, inspired from the two rear locking lugs on the bolt of the earlier Swiss

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began much too late (in 1937) although its prototype had already been approved in 1929. As a result, MAS-36 rifles to equip French infantry were in short supply when World War II broke out in September 1939. Furthermore, a thoroughly tested French semi-automatic rifle was also ready to be placed into

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after whom the rifle (and the caliber) are named. However, Lebel did not lead the team responsible for creating the new rifle. He amicably protested during his lifetime that Tramond and Gras were the two superior officers who jointly deserved that credit. Nevertheless, his name, which only designated

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that entered service in the French Army in 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its fore-stock tube magazine, one round in the elevator plus one round in the chamber; equaling a total of ten rounds held. The Lebel rifle has the distinction of being the first military firearm to

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and MAS 1949-56 series. Another adverse result of all these delays is that Lebel rifles—many of which had since been shortened into a carbine-length version, the Mle 1886 M93R35—were still in the hands of front-line and reserve troops at the outbreak of the war. More than 3 million were available in

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Nevertheless, the Lebel rifle was preferred by French infantrymen over the M1907-15 Berthier rifle with its limited three-round magazine capacity. The difference was the Lebel's larger magazine capacity in an emergency (eight rounds plus two extra rounds). In the words of David Fortier (in "Standard

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Firstly the 11mm Gras cartridge case was necked-down into an 8mm case (similarly to how 8×60mmR Guedes was created by Portuguese a few years earlier, except that cartridge used black powder and therefore was longer), a transformation carried out by Gras and Lt. Colonel Desaleux, which necessitated a

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This volume (in English) contains a highly detailed technical "Introduction" 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

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printed until 1939. Those "civilian market" Lebels sold by Manufrance were strictly identical in fit and finish to the military issue Lebels, except for the lack of a bayonet lug and no stacking rod. Furthermore, a large game hunting version of the Lebel called the "Lebel-Africain" was also offered

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smokeless ammunition allied to its longer range and flatter trajectory brought a revolution in infantry armament. A soldier equipped with a Lebel could outrange troops carrying rifles chambered for black-powder, large-caliber lead-bullet ammunition. Using smokeless powder, he could remain virtually

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While being up to its time, the Lebel rifle design was not without any shortcomings and became outdated much faster than any of the magazine rifles of other European militaries that followed French example during late 1880s and 1890s. While ammunition had to be loaded into the design one at a time,

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In operation, the bolt is turned up to the vertical position until the two opposed front locking lugs are released from the receiver. At the end of the bolt's opening phase, a ramp on the receiver bridge forces the bolt to the rear thus providing leveraged extraction of the fired case. The rifle is

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8mm Lebel ammunition was powerful for its time. It ranked slightly higher in muzzle energy than .303 British and slightly lower than the German 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. The chief negative characteristic of 8mm Lebel ammunition was the geometry of its rimmed bottlenecked case, due to the will to

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provided a flatter trajectory and increased the range of the Mle 1886 rifle to about 4,000 yards and its maximum effective wounding distance (when fired indirectly at massed area targets) to 1,800 yards. More importantly, due to the bullet's flatter trajectory, the realistic effective range of the

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in the winter of 1887-1888 found that the Lebel could fire 43 rounds of smokeless powder ammunition per minute compared to just 26 of black-powder ammunition for the M-71/84. The inferiority of the Mauser M71/84 and its 11mm black-powder ammunition was one reason why Bismarck opposed going to war

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The Lebel rifle was a hard-hitting and solidly built weapon with a reputation for reliability in adverse environments including those of trench warfare. The Lebel rifle was quite accurate up to 300 yards and still deadly at three times that distance, thanks to the spitzer and boat tail "Balle D"

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Boulanger ordered to produce a million rifles by May 1, 1887, but his proposal how to achieve that was entirely unrealistic and the overall speed was clearly impossible (he was sacked the same year for provoking a war with Germany). The Lebel rifle was manufactured by three government arsenals:

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The last type of Lebel military issue ammunition to be introduced was the Cartouche Mle 1932N, using a cupro-nickel, silver-colored, jacketed spitzer boat-tailed lead-cored bullet which was only suitable for Lebel and Berthier rifles marked "N" on top of the receiver and barrel. This 8mm Lebel

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The Mle 1886 rifle proved to be a sturdy and serviceable weapon, but one which became rapidly outdated by advances in military rifle and ammunition designs. As early as 1888, the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission had introduced in response a completely new turnbolt magazine rifle with a

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In the early years of the twentieth century, the Lebel rifle was sold in the French overseas colonies for the protection of civilians or for hunting purposes. Brand new Lebels could be purchased by authorized civilians and were featured in catalogs of the French mail-order firm

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boat-tail bullet ammunition, accuracy at longer distances was impaired by the existing open sights. Consequently, the APX Mle 1916 and APX Mle 1917 models of the Lebel rifle with adjustable telescopic sights were issued in numbers during WW-1, beginning in late 1916.

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weapons and how they came to be designed and manufactured. This is regarded as the fundamental research volume on the subject. The author is a retired armament engineer who spent most of his career at Châtellerault and had full access to all the archives and the

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for sale by Manufrance during the pre-World War II years. This particular version featured a shorter barrel, a turned-down bolt handle and a slimmer, better finished stock. However, it had to compete as a hunting weapon against the bolt-action Mauser and

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This volume (in English) provides a detailed description of all the types of 8mm Lebel ammunition, including Balle M, Balle D (a.m.) and Balle N. The 7×59mm Meunier cartridge (for the semi-automatic A6 Meunier rifle) is also illustrated and described in

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machine rifle. The Lebel cartridge's heavily tapered case shape and substantial rim forced weapon designers to resort to magazines with extreme curvatures as for the Chauchat machine rifle. In contrast, rimless straight-wall cartridges such as the

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Krause, Keith; German, Eric G.; LeBrun, Emile; McDonald, Glenn; Jones, Richard; et al. (Illustrated by Jillian Luff, photography by Frank Benno Junghanns) (1 August 2012). Allen, Alessandra; Inowlocki, Tania; Strachan, Donald (eds.).

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Kropatschek rifles, still chambered for the 11mm Gras black-powder cartridge, were later adopted by the army as a transitional repeating firearm. The Mle 1885 had a two-piece stock and a massive steel receiver and closely resembles

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Châtellerault, St-Etienne and Tulle, mostly during late 1880s and early 1890s. It featured a two-piece stock and a massive receiver designed to withstand the higher pressures developed by the new smokeless powder-based cartridges.

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Schroeder, Matt; King, Benjamin; Kelly, Chelsea; Krause, Keith; German, Eric G.; LeBrun, Emile; McDonald, Glenn; Jones, Richard; et al. (Illustrated by Jillian Luff, photography by Frank Benno Junghanns) (1 August 2012).

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rimmed ammunition, the Lebel rifle remained the basic weapon of French infantry during World War I (1914–1918). Altogether, 3.45 million Lebel rifles were produced by the three French state factories between 1887 and 1916.

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other country's service rifles were being loaded with stripper clips at a much faster rate. The tube fed magazine also greatly affected the rifle's balance when being fired, which could have been another shortcoming.

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was first issued in 1907 as a stop-gap to arm colonial troops, the French defense ministry was planning to leapfrog other military forces with an advanced semi-automatic infantry rifle. This new weapon was the

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production by 1939. But due to the German occupation of France during the Second World War, five more years had to pass before this gas-operated weapon (the MAS-1939 and MAS-40) could be issued as the MAS-44,

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In response to being left behind by Germany's Mauser rifle, the French military decided in 1909 to replace the Lebel and its rimmed cartridge by more advanced designs. Consequently, while the bolt action

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Firstly, in order to avoid accidental percussion inside the Lebel tube magazine and in order to receive the pointed bullet tip of the cartridge that followed, all the French-manufactured military

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Between 1937 and 1940, a carbine-length (17.7 inch barrel) version of the Lebel was issued to mounted colonial troops in North Africa. This short carbine version of the Lebel, called the

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8mm Lebel was increased to approximately 457 yards (418 m) using open sights. The altered ballistic trajectory of the new cartridge necessitated a replacement of the Lebel's rear sights.

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Historically, the Mle 1886 Lebel rifle was the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition. This new propellant powder, made of stabilized nitrocellulose, was called "

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This large illustrated volume (in French) contains the detailed technical history and production statistics for the Lebel rifle as well as detailed technical accounts on the

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invisible to an enemy at longer ranges, yet locate an enemy at any range by the smoke from their rifles. He could also carry more cartridges for the same overall weight.

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reuse 11mm Gras case set of tools. This adversely affected the magazine capacity and functioning of firearms, particularly in automatic weapons such as the

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infantrymen armed with M1886s, perhaps resurrected from a shipment provided by the French in World War I to replace the rifles lost by Italy after the

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The French military initially planned to adopt a wholly new rifle design and spent the year 1885 on determining an optimal caliber as well as testing

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Following the adoption of the Lebel rifle by the French Army, most other nations switched to small-bore infantry rifles using smokeless ammunition.

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and issued to second-line units. About 9,000 were inventoried in 1942, and Italian firms produced new ammunition for them in the 1930s and 1940s.

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During World War I (1914–1918), the Lebel remained the standard rifle of French infantry whereas the Berthier rifle—a lengthened version of the

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Guillou, Luc (1 October 2013). Sorlot, C.; Sorlot, Bertrand; Dugroleau, Stéphanie; Dupont, Régis; Barbier, Elodie; Poggioli, Antoine (eds.).

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Guillou, Luc (1 March 2012). Sorlot, C.; Sorlot, Bertrand; Dugroleau, Stéphanie; Dupont, Régis; Barbier, Elodie; Poggioli, Antoine (eds.).

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The Lebel was designed to be backwards compatible so it could use up existing stores of parts. It used the straight trigger and horizontal

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Huon, Jean (March 1992). Sakon, Gérard; Sorlot, Bertrand; Lamarque, Philippe; Carré, Emeric; Sislian, Nicolas; Licari, Céline (eds.).

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field artillery, now equipped with breech loaders after the lessons of the 1870 war, both outnumbered and outperformed the

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The Lebel's diminutive sights, while accurate, were low and small thus not easy to align and unprotected against shocks.

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The slow-to-reload tube magazine was the Lebel's worst handicap when compared to other military rifles of that period.

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Because of negative factors during the late 1920s and 1930s—a depressed economy, reduced war budgets under the

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was to be tested in 1886 in order to compare it to Lee, and a brand new cartridge was to be designed as well.

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An illustrated chapter in this volume reviews in depth the Lebel and Berthier rifles (and carbines).

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The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany During the Machine Age, 1870-1918

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The lack of a wooden handguard on top of the barrel led to burned hands after prolonged firings.

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Bull, Stephen; et al. (Illustrations by Adam Hook, design by Alan Hamp) (27 May 2021).

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Contains an informative and detailed page dedicated to the Lebel rifle (by David Fortier).

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launcher. While the Lebel rifle was quite effective up to 300 meters with the standard

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heavier Balle "N" ammunition had originally been designed to increase the range of the

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hunting rifles that became available on the French marketplace, in the early 1900s.

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James, Gary (October 2014). "France's Great War Masterpiece. The 1886/93 Lebel".

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ammunition had a circular groove etched around each primer pocket. Moreover, the

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conscripts along with any other available weapons. Some years later, during the

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and the 8×57mm Mauser could easily be loaded in straight vertical magazines.

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cartridge. The early Gewehr 88 was followed 10 years later by the successful

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Upon its introduction, the Lebel rifle proved to be vastly superior to the

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The Mle 1886 Lebel rifle was issued with a long needle-like quadrangular

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round was further protected against accidental percussion by a thick,

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captured many Lebels, especially after the fall of Lille during the

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bullet. Nevertheless, the Lebel rifle was not without its flaws:

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primer cover which was crimped in after 1915, the "Balle D a.m."

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round featuring a boat-tailed spitzer bullet introduced in 1898

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with France that winter, despite being pressed by War Minister

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In 1893, an improved version of the M1886 Lebel was designated

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1,800 m (1,968 yards) (volley fire at massed area targets)

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La Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault (1819–1968)

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Small Arms of WWI Primer 001: Rifle Modèle 1886 M93 "Lebel"

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The author is justifiably critical of the Lebel's sights.

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with smokeless cartridges in 1895, resulting in the .303

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Italian small arms of the first & second world wars

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Twelve years later, in 1898, a solid 3503:French weapons in the American Civil War 3389:Pauly-Prélat integrated cartridge (1808) 2828:the MAS 38-39 to MAS49 and 49/56 series. 2048:Allied Infantry Weapons of World War Two 690:(another reason was that the new French 652: 421:ammunition. The new propellant powder, " 4059:World War II infantry weapons of France 3450:Krebs naval electric gyrocompass (1880) 2948:Malingue, Bruce (2006). "Fusil Lebel". 2694:World War I Trench Warfare (1): 1914–16 2639:Rottman, Gordon L. (10 February 2009). 2453:Armies of the Greek-Turkish War 1919–22 1924: 1905: 1830: 1800: 1760: 1689: 1616:The rifle was designed by an Austrian, 1595: 1578:List of infantry weapons of World War I 1099:French arsenals. There are pictures of 947:in 1891; and the U.S. in 1892 with the 719:which originally was chambered for the 2914: 2844:Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets 2028: 1993: 1991: 1744: 1742: 742:was fairly easy and quickly realized. 219:Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle 3217:Mle 1897 Hotchkiss Machine gun (1897) 2970:Standard Catalog of Military Firearms 2950:Le Tir Sportif au Fusil Reglementaire 2690:"Chapter 3: Infantry weapons in 1914" 2642:North Vietnamese Army Soldier 1958–75 2459:. 20 July 2015. pp. 21, 40, 45. 2406:McLachlan, Sean (20 September 2011). 1748: 1740: 1738: 1736: 1734: 1732: 1730: 1728: 1726: 1724: 1722: 1607:(French > "Navy Rifle Model 1878") 7: 2610:Windrow, Martin (15 November 1998). 2320:. Schiffer Publishing. p. 162. 2209:from the original on 8 October 2018. 1998:Thompson, Leroy (20 February 2013). 1886: 901:adding citations to reliable sources 824:primer on each French-made military 788:When it first appeared, the Lebel's 476:Operation, features, and accessories 215:Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault 211:Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 4054:World War I French infantry weapons 1382:Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince 701:field guns in their rate of fire). 439:contributed a flat nosed 8 mm 399:Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel" 194:, Bonnet, Desaleux, Close, Verdin). 3493:Second Italian War of Independence 3087:French weapons of the 19th century 2343:"La carabine tchécoslovaque VZ 24" 1111:. Other were seen in the hands of 14: 3939:Lance Grenades de 50 mm modèle 37 3807:Pistolet automatique modèle 1935S 3802:Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A 3435:Marié-Davy naval periscope (1854) 3207:Hotchkiss "Canon-Revolver" (1872) 2738:Gazette des Armes & Uniformes 2733:"Quelques fusils Lebel atypiques" 2534:(1st ed.). Taurus Editions. 2348:Gazette des Armes & Uniformes 2194:Gazette des Armes & Uniformes 1697:Mackie, Brendan (June 22, 2012). 3455:Smokeless powder Poudre B (1886) 3440:De Bange breech obturator (1872) 3180: 3173: 3166: 3159: 3081: 2815:. Collector Grade Publications. 2612:The French Indochina War 1946–54 2160:The French Indochina War 1946–54 1539: 1524: 1509: 1494: 1479: 1466: 1453: 1439: 1425: 1412: 1400: 1388: 1368: 1354: 1337: 1319: 1306: 1289: 1271: 1258: 1246: 1232: 1219: 1205: 1189: 1170: 1156: 1142: 1107:defeat, or seized later, during 877: 705:spring-loaded box magazine: the 355:Effective firing range 33: 3430:Lepage percussion system (1807) 2158:Windrow, Martin (15 Nov 1998). 1972:The Belgian Army in World War I 1180:: Received rifles sourced from 888:needs additional citations for 531:was three times as powerful as 3906:Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun 2683:. October 15, 1889. p. 3. 2591:(41): 131–134. November 1924. 2392:Ministry of Defense of Georgia 1843:Searson, Mike (20 June 2018). 1631:Fusil d'Infanterie Modele 1884 1227:Democratic Republic of Georgia 1200:: Used by Yunnan Clique forces 363:Maximum firing range 316:4 grooves, right to left twist 241: 152:War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 1: 4044:French World War I small arms 3498:French Intervention in Mexico 3335:Mechanical powered submarine 2052:. The Crowood Press. p. 1944:Armies in the Balkans 1914–18 565:French war minister, General 111:Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) 4034:Bolt-action rifles of France 3478:French Intervention in Spain 3394:Prélat percussion cap (1818) 2692:. In Windrow, Martin (ed.). 1751:, pp. 67–71&108–109 1109:Italian occupation of France 796:A new 197 gr (12.8 g) solid 657:Schematic image Nos. 3 and 4 604:from the army's single-shot 79:1945–present (Limited usage) 3916:Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun 3911:Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun 3773:French infantry weapons of 3399:Lefaucheux cartridge (1836) 3270:Lahitolle 95 mm (1873) 2291:. Men-at Arms 312. London: 2001:The M1903 Springfield Rifle 1604:Fusil de Marine Modele 1878 1301:1919-1922 Greco-Turkish War 1129:Iraqi insurgency after 2003 738:chambered fire arms to the 734:. The adaption of existing 543:) from a deformable alloy. 493:Épée-Baïonnette Modèle 1886 103:French colonial expeditions 4075: 3891:FM 24/29 light machine gun 3483:French conquest of Algeria 3384:Lepage fulminate (1807–10) 3317:Ironclad floating battery 3250:Canon obusier de 12 (1853) 3202:Reffye mitrailleuse (1866) 2968:Schwing, Ned, ed. (2003). 2890:Cambridge University Press 2850:(Report) (12th ed.). 2235:(Report) (12th ed.). 2133:Weaver, W. Darrin (2005). 1058:and issued to rear units. 869:with Lebel rifles in 1912. 673:Competitors and successors 649:Lebel rifle breech portion 274:130 cm (51.2 in) 264:4.18 kg (9.2 lb) 260:4.41 kg (9.7 lb) 135:Second Italo-Ethiopian War 88: 3152: 3116:Lefaucheux M1858 revolver 3034: 3027: 3019: 2710:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2585:Revue militaire française 2530:Giletta, Jacques (2005). 2289:The Algerian War, 1954-62 2077:Rosignoli, Guido (1998). 1862:Brose, Eric Dorn (2004). 1054:. The rifles were marked 289: 285:80 cm (31.5 in) 107:First Italo-Ethiopian War 59:Place of origin 32: 3884:and other larger weapons 3285:Canet 320 mm (1880) 2921:: CS1 maint: location ( 2897:Lombard, Claude (1987). 2287:Windrow, Martin (1997). 1552:Vietnamese National Army 567:Georges Ernest Boulanger 441:full metal jacket bullet 16:French bolt-action rifle 2972:. Krause Publications. 2774:. Krause Publications. 1473:Second Spanish Republic 1101:Italian Social Republic 499:Origins and development 3844:Lebel Model 1886 rifle 3613:Lebel Model 1886 rifle 3255:La Hitte system (1858) 3131:Chassepot rifle (1866) 3126:Tabatière rifle (1864) 3023:Fusil Gras Modèle 1874 2480:Riccio, Ralph (2013). 2316:Riccio, Ralph (2013). 2111:www.thefreelibrary.com 2044:Gander, Terry (2000). 1618:Alfred von Kropatschek 1395:Second Polish Republic 1078: 870: 785: 658: 650: 516: 394:Lebel Model 1886 rifle 386:U-notch and front post 334:Rate of fire 262:(loaded with 8 rounds) 39:Lebel M1886. From the 23:Lebel Model 1886 rifle 3628:Winchester Model 1907 3362:Electrical submarine 3280:de Bange 90 mm (1877) 3275:de Bange 80 mm (1877) 3235:Year XI system (1803) 3102:Delvigne rifle (1826) 1069: 1009:French Foreign Legion 864: 838:Hotchkiss machine gun 780: 656: 648: 539:(invented in 1882 by 506: 435:. Lieutenant Colonel 350:(2,000 to 2,300 ft/s) 115:Monegasque Revolution 63:French Third Republic 26:Fusil Modèle 1886/M93 4029:8×50mmR Lebel rifles 3896:St. Étienne Mle 1907 3797:Modèle 1892 revolver 3717:11mm French Ordnance 3646:St. Étienne Mle 1907 3595:Modèle 1892 revolver 3562:infantry weapons of 3404:Tamisier ball (1841) 3146:Modèle 1892 revolver 2765:on 18 November 2013. 1299:: bought during the 1062:Post-World War I use 974:Mannlicher–Schönauer 955:upgraded their .303 897:improve this article 761:semi-automatic rifle 755:, also known as the 723:. Shortly after the 405:"Fusil Mle 1886 M93" 402:) also known as the 344:Muzzle velocity 338:43 rounds per minute 3727:8mm French Ordnance 3508:Franco-Prussian War 3265:Reffye 75 mm (1873) 3260:Reffye 85 mm (1870) 3245:Valée system (1828) 3240:Paixhans gun (1823) 2811:Huon, Jean (1995). 2790:Huon, Jean (1988). 2753:: Régi'Arm: 26–35. 2614:. Men-at-Arms 322. 2455:. Men-At-Arms 501. 2438:. 16 December 2020. 2414:. pp. 35, 44. 2410:. 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