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
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
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
Lebel Model 1886 rifle
…Mauser rifle, the French military decided in 1909 to replace the Lebel and its rimmed cartridge with more advanced designs. While the bolt-action Berthier rifle was first issued in 1907 as a stop-gap to arm colonial troops, the French defense ministry planned to leapfrog other military forces with an advanced…
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