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[4] In July 1917 the Mle 1907 St-Étienne was gradually withdrawn from front line service and replaced by the distinctly simpler and more reliable Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. Large numbers of the M1907 St-Étienne machine gun were then transferred to military units in the rear, to the French colonies, and to the Italian Army.
The Berthier carbines (and later the rifles) used a lighter, streamlined receiver and a one-piece stock that departed from the Lebel Mle 1886/M93 rifle system. For instance, the locking lugs present on the bolt of Berthier weapons lock into the receiver vertically, instead of horizontally as in the Lebel rifle.
Lebel M1886 rifle. Edged weapons. Clou Français (Nail knife) ... Rifles. Berthier M1907/15; Lebel M1886/93; Mannlicher M1888/90; Mannlicher M1893 (Standard issue ...
Colt M1907 Army Special (American made) Mannlicher M1901 (Austrian made) Nagant M1895 (Belgian made) Ruby M1914 (French made) Rifles. Mannlicher–Schönauer rifles on the Averof Cruiser. Berthier M1892, M1892/16, M1907/15 and M1916 (French made) Gras M1874 and M1874/14 (French made) Lebel M1886/93 (French made) Mannlicher M1895 (Austrian made)
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.
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 tube magazine, one round in the ...
The historical record shows that the Lebel rifle was the result of teamwork carried out against time and under great pressure exerted from above by War Minister General Boulanger. The original bullet or "Balle M" designed under Colonel Lebel's direction was flat nosed in order to pose no risk of accidental ignition in the Lebel's tube magazine.
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