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
Fusil Gras mle 1874
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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-lo
Berthier rifle
…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. At the time, many armies based their carbines on their standard rifle model, however the Lebel rifle's tube magazine made it difficult to follow this…
The Model 1874 sword bayonet.
samples of the Greek M1939 bayonet
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization anti-Ottoman guerrilla with Gras rifles, circa 1903.
R: 11×59.5 mm R metallic cartridge for Fusil Gras mle 1874