Berthier rifle
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The Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army, and French Colonial Forces, from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II. After the i
Cutaway in the museum of MAS, showing how a Berthier operates
M1916 Berthier carbine with a 5-round magazine
Serbian soldiers in trench armed with M1907/15
Female soldier Milunka Savić with M1907/15
Lebel Model 1886 rifle
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The Lebel Model 1886 rifle 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. I
Berthier rifle
…8mm Lebel, used in the French Army, and French Colonial Forces, from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). After the introduction of the Lebel rifle in 1886, the French Army wanted a repeating carbine using the same ammunition as the Lebel to replace their single shot carbine based on the Gras rifle…
Lebel M1886. From the Swedish Army Museum.
Original Mle 1886 cartridge with cupronickel-coated Balle M became the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and adopted by any country
Lebel rifle breech portion
Schematic image Nos. 3 and 4