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The Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, often abbreviated to MAS ("Saint-Étienne Weapons Factory" in English), was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Saint-Étienne, Loire. Founded in 1764, it was merged into the French state-owned defense conglomerate GIAT Industries in 2001.
The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm for officers in the French military during the First World War.
Mle. 1874 Gras Rifle Mfg in 1877 at St. Etienne Arsenal samples of the Greek M1939 bayonet The Fusil Modèle 1874 or Gras was the French Army 's primary service rifle from 1874 to 1886. Designed by Colonel Basile Gras , the Gras was a metallic cartridge adaptation of the single-shot, breech-loading, black powder Chassepot rifle.
Barbarossa (also released as Barbarossa: Siege Lord or Sword of War) is a 2009 Italian English-language epic historical drama film set primarily in northern Italy during the late 12th century.
American Civil War Paraguayan War Franco-Prussian War Boshin War Second Schleswig War First Sino-Japanese War: Production history; Designer: Casimir and Eugene Lefaucheux: Designed: 1854: Manufacturer: Various: Unit cost: $17 per one revolver and 50 rounds (1861) [3] Produced: 1858–1865: Variants: numerous: Specifications; Mass: 980 g (35 oz ...
www.saint-etienne.fr 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Étienne ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿etjɛn] ⓘ ; Franco-Provençal : Sant-Etiève ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département , in eastern-central France, in the Massif ...
Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-091-3. Frédéric Zarch (2000). Catalogue des films projetés à Saint-Étienne avant la première guerre mondiale (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-182-8. Blandine Devun (2005). La vie culturelle à Saint-Etienne pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, 1939-1944 (in French ...
Until World War I, no other firearm was produced in such large numbers. Properly trained French infantry were expected to be able to fire three volleys a minute with the 1777. A trained infantryman could hit a man sized target at 80 yards but anything further required an increasing amount of luck [ 2 ] and the musket became wildly inaccurate at ...