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The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. 3), which was developed and manufactured during the period 1917–1918.
The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 ("Model 1917 Automatic Rifle"), also called the RSC M1917, was a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle placed into service by the French Army during the latter part of World War I in May 1916. [1] It was chambered in 8mm Lebel, the rimmed cartridge used in other French Army infantry weapons of the time.
An Afghan mujahid carries a Lee–Enfield in August 1985 A Rwandan soldier trains with a Lee-Enfield, 2011 Canadian Rangers, photographed in Nunavut, June 2011 The Lee–Enfield family of rifles is the second oldest bolt-action rifle design still in official service, after the Mosin–Nagant . [ 13 ]
M1917 Browning machine gun, a belt-fed water-cooled machine gun; M1917 Revolver, a .45 ACP revolver produced by Colt and Smith & Wesson; M1917 Enfield, an American bolt-action rifle; M1917 light tank, a light tank in US Army service, a near copy of the Renault FT; 75 mm gun M1917, a US-manufactured variant of the British QF 18-pounder artillery gun
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The Pattern 1914 Enfield had a large, strong bolt action made from nickel-steel, and the bolt travel is long, as it was designed for the dimensionally large and powerful .276 Enfield cartridge. The bolt action had a Model 98 Mauser type claw extractor and two forward lugs; there was also a rear safety lug formed by the base of the bolt handle ...
Enfield rifle may refer to several different weapons, listed below in order of their introduction. Following each are the production start date and bullet or round used. Pattern 1853, 1853, .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket; Snider–Enfield, 1866, .577 Snider / .577/450 Martini–Henry, initially a modification of the ...
The M1917 bayonet was designed to be used with the US M1917 Enfield.30 caliber rifle, as well as seven different models of U.S. trench shotguns. The blade was 17 in (43 cm) long with an overall length of 22 in (56 cm). [ 1 ]