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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 ...
Flare guns. Hebel M1894; Sidearms. Bayard M1908; Beholla M1915; Bergmann–Bayard M1910; Dreyse M1907; Frommer M1912 Stop; Langenhan M1914 Selbstlader; Luger P04 and P08; Mauser C96; Mauser C78 and C86 Zig-Zag; Mauser M1910 and M1914; Reichsrevolver M1879 and M1883; Schwarzlose M1908; Steyr M1912; Submachine guns. Bergmann MP 18-I; FIAT Mod ...
No Mle 1918 RSC rifles are known to have been used in WWI. The Mle 1918 was significantly shorter and lighter than the Mle 1917 RSC and corrected basically all of the Mle 1917 RSC drawbacks. One of the primary complaints from French soldiers regarding the Mle 1917 RSC was its excessive length at 1330mm (52").
The Chauchat ("show-sha", French pronunciation:) was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG" ("Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG").
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In response, French military authorities introduced a modified Berthier rifle in 1916, designated Fusil Mle 1907/15-M16 but generally called the 1916 rifle (Fusil Modele 1916). The new rifle had a re-designed magazine well, which now could hold "en-bloc" clips with a 5-round capacity, though they would still accept the original 3-round chargers.
The Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun chambered for the 8mm Lebel cartridge became the standard machine gun of the French Army during the latter half of World War I. It was manufactured by the French arms company Hotchkiss et Cie , which had been established in the 1860s by American industrialist Benjamin B. Hotchkiss .
The Ribeyrolles 1918 was an attempt to manufacture an automatic rifle for the French forces.It was chambered in the experimental 8×35mm round, used straight blowback, was fed from a 25-round detachable magazine and had an effective range of 400 meters.