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magazines, an ever-present risk in the muddy environment of the trenches. An insistence on using only good, undeformed magazines with strong springs was the most practical solution to this problem. Chauchat gunners were also known to load their magazines with 18 or 19 rounds, instead of the maximum 20, in order to avoid the dreaded first-round failure to feed. The
Chauchat's long recoil system is often cited as a source of excessive stress on the gunner when firing, though recent and extensive firing tests have demonstrated that it is the Chauchat's ergonomics and its loose bipod, rather than its recoil, that makes it a difficult gun to keep on target beyond very short bursts. On most of the Gladiator-made guns, the sights also made the Chauchat shoot systematically too low and to the right, a failing which was soon recognized but never corrected. Overheating during uninterrupted periods of full automatic fire (about 120 rounds with the 8mm Lebel version) often resulted in the barrel sleeve assembly locking in the rear position due to
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623:, it was decided to adopt the Chauchat, above all else because the pre-war CS (Chauchat-Sutter) machine rifle was already in existence, thoroughly tested, and designed to fire the 8mm Lebel service ammunition. Furthermore, due to its projected low manufacturing costs and relative simplicity, the newly adopted (1915) CSRG machine rifle could be mass-produced by a converted peacetime industrial plant. The term CSRG is made up of the initials of Chauchat, Sutter, Ribeyrolles and Gladiator, the respective manufacturers. Paul Ribeyrolles was the general manager of the Gladiator company, a peacetime manufacturer of motor cars, motorcycles, and bicycles located in Pre-Saint-Gervais (a northern suburb of Paris). The fairly large Gladiator factory was thus converted into an arms manufacturer in 1915 and became the principal industrial producer of Chauchat machine rifles during World War I. Later on, in 1918, a subsidiary of
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French model. Rather, they were newly manufactured guns which had been delivered directly to the A.E.F. by the
Gladiator factory. As documented from the original American and French military archives, most of these Mle 1918 Chauchats in .30-06 were flawed from the beginning due to incomplete chamber reaming and other dimensional defects acquired during the manufacturing process at the Gladiator factory. Very few .30-06 Chauchats reached the front lines of northern France; however, when they did, it was reportedly not uncommon for U.S. units to simply discard their Chauchats in favor of
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spare ammunition. The
Chauchat gunners each wore semi-circular pouches on the waistbelt, containing one spare magazine each, as well as a pack containing a further eight magazines and 64 loose rounds, and a haversack containing a further four magazines. Riflemen would be discouraged to fire, as this slowed the advance, their job was to leapfrog while being covered; firing by the platoon and half-platoon was only permitted to cover its own advance or that of a neighbouring platoon, or to deal with enemy pockets on their way.
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offensive; standard issue for other arms occurred in
October. Experience at Verdun showed how difficult it was to keep men in the front lines supplied with fresh water, so every man was given a second water bottle and a second haversack to carry necessities for a day or two of unsupported fighting; plus two gas masks (one in the ready position, one in a tin box); tools like an M1909 folding pick/shovel; extra ammunition and grenades, and sandbags for consolidating the objective.
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reported in "The
Chauchat Machine Rifle" volume, did expose severe extraction problems caused by incorrect chamber measurements and other substandard manufacturing. During World War I, in 1918, the preserved U.S. archival record also documents that American inspectors at the Gladiator factory had rejected about 40% of the .30-06 Chauchat production, while the remaining 60% proved problematic when they reached the front lines. Supplies of the newly manufactured and superior
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they were made of thin metal and open on one side, allowing for the entry of mud and dust. The weapon also ceased to function when overheated, the barrel sleeve remaining in the retracted position until the gun had cooled off. Consequently, in
September 1918, barely two months before the Armistice of November 11, the A.E.F. in France had already initiated the process of replacing the Chauchat with the
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by the combined action of
Chauchat automatic fire coming from the sides and VB rifle grenades fired from the front, within less than 200 yards (182.9 meters); in military terms, assault distance. Captured terrain would be defended by emplaced Chauchat fire bases suppressing enemy counter-attacks until heavier machine guns could be brought from the rear.
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1015:"Soldat Carpentier, 20e RI, near Nogentel, Oise, 31 August 1918... he advanced on the enemy, firing while walking, the rest of the platoon led by Sergeant Berthault. He succeed in maneuvering around the flank of an island of resistance and in capturing, with his comrades, four machine guns and twenty-five German gunners".
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been issued in late 1917; as well as a flash hider. The initial two-man
Chauchat team was considered effective and grew to a four-man squad by October 1917 (the squad leader, the gunner, the first ammo bearer who handled the magazines plus one additional ammo bearer). Both the gunner and the assistant gunner (
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A specially lightened assault order was introduced in June 1915. The pack was now to be left behind in the second line; instead, rations and spare ammunition were rolled up in a blanket and worn bandolier-style. Steel helmets were standard for the infantry in
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Chauchat magazines were successfully tested in May and June 1918, but came too late to be placed into service. Stronger open-sided standard magazines, as well as tailored canvas gun covers protecting the gun against mud during transport, had previously
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The French regimental records and the statistics of medals given to Chauchat gunners document that they were an essential contribution to the success of these updated infantry tactics. Those were applied to suppress enemy machine gun nests, that would be approached by fire on the move, and destroyed
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The rifle grenadiers and bombers (hand grenadiers) each carried a special haversack, which held the grenades in individual pouches inside. The rifle grenade cup was carried in its own pouch attached to the user's waistbelt. The men of the new fire and support teams were given new equipment for their
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The Chauchat's construction was a mix of new, high quality components, re-used parts proven in other designs, and the shoddy and sub standard. This combination did not help in the reliability of the weapon. The recoiling barrel sleeve, as well as all the bolt moving parts, were precision milled from
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The muddy trenches of northern France exposed a number of weaknesses in the Chauchat's design. Construction had been simplified to facilitate mass production, resulting in low quality of many metal parts. The magazines in particular were the cause of about 75% of the stoppages or cessations of fire;
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The remaining ones were modified to address the numerous deficiencies in the unrefined design, the most visually obvious one was being covers against mud and dust on all the orifices. Less obvious modifications were a better bipod and a latch to tighten upper receiver to the lower. Postwar-upgraded
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While the performance of the M1915 Chauchat in 8 mm Lebel was combat-effective, judging by the numbers of decorated U.S. Chauchat gunners found in the U.S. Divisional Histories, the performance of the M1918 Chauchat in .30-06 was soon recognized as abysmal (and in large part the reason for the
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rifles and cease to function as an auto-rifle squad altogether. Whereas instruction manuals in both French and English for the 8mm Lebel Chauchat are still commonly found today, instruction manuals for the US 30-06 "American Chauchat" have never been seen in U.S. and French military archives or in
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While rate of fire restrictions (250 rounds/minute) made the gun manageable in its 8mm Lebel version, the U.S. .30-06 version fired more powerful cartridges that exacerbated the problems of overheating. Furthermore, the 18,000 Chauchats in .30-06 delivered to the A.E.F. were not conversions of the
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Squad (Corporal, 2x hand grenadiers, 2x grenade carriers, 2x riflemen) and a LMG Squad (Corporal, 3x rifle grenadiers, 2x ammo carriers, 1x LMG gunner), the 2nd half-platoon had a LMG Squad (Corporal, 3x rifle grenadiers, 2x ammo carriers, 1x LMG gunner) and a Rifle Squad (Corporal, 6x riflemen).
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in July 1973, but no particular problem was described in the official report, which is accessible on open file. Conversely, an exhaustive firing test of the M1918 Chauchat in .30-06 was also carried out in 1994 near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by R. Keller and W. Garofalo. Their testing, which is
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barrels that had been shortened from the muzzle end. The barrel radiators were made of ribbed cast aluminum. On the other hand, the outer breech housing was a simple tube, and the rest of the gun was built of stamped metal plates of mediocre quality. Side plate assemblies were held by screws that
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started being equipped with semi-automatic rifles, some with scopes. This differentiation induces an interdependence of the men which increases the psychological resistance superior to that of the aligned bayonet-men of 1914. Above all, the infantry platoon can maneuver other than in line, as an
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but left its arms industry on the territories occupied by the Germans, started to acquire Chauchats for its infantry in the spring of 1916, getting over 1400 in a year, all in 8 mm Lebel. In order to simplify squad-level logistics in the spring of 1917 a version chambered in their standard
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The Chauchat was one of the first light, automatic rifle-caliber weapons designed to be carried and fired by a single operator and an assistant, without a heavy tripod or a team of gunners. It set a precedent for several subsequent 20th-century firearm projects, being a portable, yet full-power
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were defective and caused about two thirds of all stoppages. For instance, it was a common practice for the gunners to oil up the inside of the magazines to facilitate movement of the 8mm Lebel rounds. Also, loose earth, grit, and other particles easily entered the gun through these open-sided
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From October 1917 the platoon had two LMG/rifle-grenadier sections, one hand grenade section and one rifle section. This new system would fight the Battle of La Malmaison, from 23 to 27 October, with the French interarms infantry beating back enemy attacks where the German infantry attacked
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The exact number on record of Chauchat machine rifles manufactured between 1916 and the end of 1918 is 262,300. The Gladiator factory manufactured 225,700 CSRGs in 8 mm Lebel plus 19,000 in the U.S. caliber .30-06 between April 1916 and November 1918. SIDARME manufactured 18,600 CSRGs,
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service cartridge, making it the most widely manufactured automatic weapon of World War I. The armies of eight other nations—Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Serbia—also used the Chauchat machine rifle in fairly large numbers during and after World War I.
1402:, the Chauchat was not designed for sustained defensive fire from fixed positions. The tactical edge expected from the light and portable Chauchat machine rifle was to increase the offensive firepower of advancing infantry during the assaults. This particular tactic became known as
611:, assisted by senior armorer Charles Sutter. Not less than eight trial prototypes were tested at APX, between 1903 and 1909. As a result, a small series (100 guns) of 8 mm Lebel CS (Chauchat-Sutter) machine rifles was ordered in 1911, then manufactured between 1913 and 1914 by
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articulated unit at intervals thanks to its autonomous combat groups. The qualitative leap in a few years is enormous and modern squads and platoons still function in the same manner, albeit with more sophisticated equipment such as portable radios and night vision devices.
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The principal role of the Chauchat was to provide a mobile barrage during the advance. This required skilled teamwork on the part of the crew, changing the magazines while on the move to keep up the volume of fire. As the center of the tactical device, the Chauchat gunner
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In 1914, when World War I broke out, French troops did not operate any light machine gun. It was clear that this type of weapon had become indispensable in modern warfare, because of the increase in firepower it could provide to an infantry section. Spurred by General
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exclusively in 8mm Lebel, between October 1917 and November 1918. The SIDARME-manufactured Chauchats were generally better finished and better functioning than those made by Gladiator. The French Army had a stock of 63,000 CSRG's just before the Armistice.
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semi-automatic rifle: extraction and ejection of the empties takes place when the barrel returns forward, while the bolt is retained in the rear position. Afterwards the barrel trips a lever which releases the bolt and allows it to chamber another round.
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ammunition was tested, which had a new curved box magazine lacking cutouts for the mud to get inside. During the war, Belgium acquired almost 7000 Chauchats, and reportedly about a half of those were either produced in 7.65 or retrofitted to the
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A number of captured Chauchats were used by German front-line infantrymen in flamethrower units and assault troops because they had no equivalent light machine guns of their own until their attempt at one such portable weapon - the
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Poland received French military assistance, notably infantry weapons and artillery, after World War I. As a part of those French weaponry transfers, Poland received over 2,000 Chauchats, which they used extensively during the
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standard, with 3250 in active service and an unknown number (taking into account combat losses) in reserve. These numbers, however, are inconsistent with the fact that 4000 of Belgian M1915/17s were sold to Yugoslavia (see
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the Armistice they got the word to turn in their Chauchats and draw Browning Automatic Rifles. That BAR was so much better than that damned Chauchat. If we'd only had the BAR six months before, it would have saved so many
615:(MAS). Because they were light, they were used temporarily during the early part of World War I to arm observation crews on French military aircraft. Only one CS machine rifle is known to have survived in a Prague museum.
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light machine gun. It was mass manufactured during World War I by two reconverted civilian plants: "Gladiator" and "Sidarme". Besides the 8mm Lebel version, the Chauchat machine rifle was also manufactured in U.S.
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gun's bad reputation). The most common problem was a failure to extract after the gun had fired only a few rounds and became slightly hot. A modern-day test firing of the M1918 .30-06 Chauchat was performed at
1406:. Colonel Chauchat had already formulated this tactical vision since the early 1900s, in his many proposals to the highest levels of the French military command structure, including General Joffre.
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between Soviet Union and Finland, over 5,000 surplus Chauchats were donated by France to Finland, which was short on automatic weapons. The weapons arrived too late to see action but were used in
2973:(Translated from the French Edition of February, 1916 and Revised to June 9, 1917, at Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, France, War Document #732). University of Michigan Library. 1918.
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manuals recommended firing in short bursts or semi-auto. In 1918, the A.E.F. officially labeled the Chauchat in its user manuals as an "automatic rifle", a product of mistranslation of the term
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The Mle 1915 Chauchat's performance on the battlefield drew decidedly mixed reviews from the users when the war was stagnating in the mud of the trenches in 1916. This brought about a survey,
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The French infantry section/platoon took its modern form in the years 1916-1918. It was then equipped with six portable light machine guns (Chauchat) and four to six rifle grenade launchers (
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could become loose after prolonged firings. The sights were always misaligned on the Gladiator-made guns, creating severe aiming problems that had to be corrected by the gunners.
1801:), this finally corrected all the problems associated with the Chauchat, and was manufactured in large numbers (232,000) and widely used by the French Army until the late 1950s.
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with three magazines, each one loaded with 9 rounds, as part of their regular equipment. The squad leader and the magazine carrier were both equipped with a rifle or with a
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capability in a compact package of manageable weight (20 pounds, 9 kilograms) for a single soldier. Furthermore, it could be routinely fired from the hip and while walking (
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lightened machine guns - that were issued to them during early 1917. The German army tried to modify some of these guns to fire the
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The most complete (209 pages), best documented and profusely illustrated (246 illustrations) source on the subject.
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I spent the last few weeks back in the hospital, but I'll tell you one thing the boys later told me: The day
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Istruzione Provvisoria sul Fucile Mitragliatore C.S.R.G. – Cal. 8 (Chauchat)
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measure, and in 1926-1928 rechambered them from 7,65-mm Belgian to captured
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solid steel and always fully interchangeable. The barrels were standard
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2551:"The Chauchat Light Machine Gun: Not Really One of the Worst Guns Ever"
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Provisional Instruction on the Automatic Rifle, Model 1915 (Chauchat)
2397:. Men-at-Arms. Vol. 501. Osprey Publishing. pp. 21–23, 43.
1950:"That 'Damned, Jammed Chauchat': France's Infamous Light Machine Gun"
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in May and June 1940 were still equipped with Chauchat machine guns.
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2293:"Prvi puškomitraljez u naoružanju srpske vojske - CSRG M1915 "Šoša""
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French Chauchat gunner (left) and VB grenade launcher (right), 1918.
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2156:. Men-at-Arms. Vol. 325. Oxford: Osprey Military. p. 39.
2106:. Men-at-Arms. Vol. 325. Oxford: Osprey Military. p. 38.
1755:), being unsatisfactory, was never deployed in significant numbers.
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The Chauchat machine rifle or "automatic rifle" functioned on the
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Unpublished Report based on material in the Polish Army Archives.
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Machine Guns of World War 1: Live firing classic military weapons
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A Belgian machine gunner armed with a Chauchat, guarding a trench
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare
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Encyclopedia of Civil War and Military Intervention in the USSR
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After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the
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Israeli Soldier vs Syrian Soldier : Golan Heights 1967–73
1670:: at least 100,000, many of them converted to 7.92×57mm Mauser
1540:: delivered by France from 1917 and 3,950 received from Poland
885:(BAR) were allocated sparingly and only very late, during the
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2783:. Men-at-Arms. Vol. 498. Osprey Publishing. p. 38.
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2424:. Men-at-Arms. Vol. 514. Osprey Publishing. p. 19.
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Forgotten Weapons – Chauchat: Shooting, History, and Tactics
2762:Гражданская Война и Военная Интервенция в СССР, Энциклопедия
2321:. 1924. p. 41 – via National Library of Scotland.
906:
As documented by World War I veteran Laurence Stallings (in
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Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et d'Homecourt
530:, a Browning-designed system already applied in 1906 to the
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Provisional Instruction on the C.S.R.G. - Cal. 8 (Chauchat)
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China's Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
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machine gun and the Chauchat machine rifle (designated as "
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2963:. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1917.
1904:
History of the French Foreign Legion: 1831 the Present Day
1438:: 6,935 (about half of them converted to 7.65×53mm Mauser)
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Captured from Republicans or intercepted during transport
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French cavalrymen with a Chauchat machine gun during the
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was awarded to three American Chauchat gunners in 1918:
3006:] (in Italian). Rome: Ministero della Guerra. 1942.
2632:. Combat. Vol. 18. Illustrated by Johnny Shumate.
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Greek soldiers with a Chauchat LMG (center) during the
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The design of the Chauchat dates back to 1903, and its
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3075:
Chauchat Automatic Rifle 1915 (Animation of mechanism)
2694:] (PhD thesis). University of Latvia. p. 225.
2191:. Warrior. Vol. 134. Oxford: Osprey. p. 31.
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fired the 8mm Lebel cartridge at the slow rate of 240
631:, also participated in the mass manufacture of CSRGs.
2961:
Handbook of the Chauchat Machine Rifle, Model of 1915
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and also on the international surplus weapon market.
1181:. The Chauchat was still in frontline use during the
856:(AEF) arrived in France without automatic weapons or
757:, and as a result, they do not operate well with the
493:(A.E.F.), where it was officially designated as the "
2901:. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
2854:. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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2781:
The Spanish Civil War 1936–39 (2): Republican Forces
2311:"Belgium. Table F: Material in Service in the Units"
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received at least 1,400 Chauchats, locally known as
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weapon, either on automatic or semi-automatic mode.
2805:"Nouvelles militaires de l'étranger : Turquie"
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1821:
List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
1090:The Belgian Army, which held a large sector of the
761:cartridge (French World War I weapons converted to
698:The Chauchat machine rifle (CSRG) delivered to the
51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
2139:. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. pp. 61–62.
1484:brought back 130 Chauchat guns from Russia in 1920
4422:World War I infantry weapons of the United States
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789:French soldiers with an FM Chauchat, Somme, 1918.
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4372:Obukhovskii 12-inch/52-caliber Pattern 1907 gun
2986:"Le fusil-mitrailleur de 8 mm CSRG modèle 1915"
2660:[Czech aircraft machine gun vz. L/28].
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1639:: several Red Army units used Chauchats during
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2019:. Warrior. Vol. 79. Osprey Publications.
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1881:(7th (illus.) ed.). Krause. p. 317.
1737:used captured examples, later used by the Army
910:, 1963) and by U.S. Divisional Histories, the
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3537:Cartridges used by France during World War II
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3100:
1173:cartridge, stored in semi-circular magazine.
2880:U.S. Infantry Weapons of the First World War
2852:The War with Germany - A Statistical Summary
2723:România în războiul mondial : 1916-1919
2362:
2352:"Instruction sur le Fusil-Mitrailleur 15-27"
656:about magazine design and feeding mechanism.
489:was also extensively used in 1917–18 by the
3041:"The Chauchat: Far from the Worst Gun Ever"
2953:The Doughboys - Story of the AEF, 1917-1918
2937:
2539:
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2226:U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
1962:
1346:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
765:will have a noticeable "N" markings). Only
595:, the Hungarian inventor of the commercial
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2918:Demaison, Gerard; Buffetaut, Yves (1995).
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2599:
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2572:"Les mitrailleuses du mur de l'Atlantique"
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2054:"The Five Worst Light Machine Guns (LMGs)"
1844:
4442:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1908
2947:
2920:The Chauchat Machine Rifle (Honour Bound)
2779:de Quesada, Alejandro (20 January 2015).
2418:Athanassiou, Phoebus (30 November 2017).
2334:"Belgian Model 1915/27 Improved Chauchat"
1366:Learn how and when to remove this message
745:The CSRG 1915 Chauchat was operated with
477:(1914–18). Its official designation was "
111:Learn how and when to remove this message
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2760:Khromov, S.S., ed. (1987). "Пулемёты ".
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2220:House, Capt. Jonathan M. (August 1984).
2150:Windrow, Martin; Chappell, Mike (1999).
2100:Windrow, Martin; Chappell, Mike (1999).
2079:"Medal of Honor Recipients: World War I"
1947:
1811:Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun
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708:Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun
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16:French automatic rifle/Light machine gun
4447:World War II infantry weapons of Greece
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2726:(in Romanian). Vol. I. p. 56.
2606:"Hungarian Small Arms of WWII: Part II"
2594:
2563:
2549:Morgan, Martin K.A. (6 February 2017).
2511:
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2421:Armies of the Greek-Italian War 1940–41
2395:Armies of the Greek-Turkish War 1919–22
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2052:Oldham, Chuck, ed. (4 September 2013).
1879:Military Small Arms of the 20th Century
1826:List of infantry weapons of World War I
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412:630 metres per second (2,100 ft/s)
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4125:37 mm McClean Automatic Cannon Mk. III
2913:. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons.
2743:Military and Service Weapons of Russia
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2498:Jaeger Platoon: Finnish Army 1918–1945
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1901:
1382:US soldiers practicing marching fire,
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958:, ammo bearer) carried at all times a
866:Automatic Rifle, Model 1915 (Chauchat)
495:Automatic Rifle, Model 1915 (Chauchat)
4303:280 mm Schneider Mortar Model 1914/15
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1177:forces used captured guns during the
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4437:World War I Russian infantry weapons
4427:World War I Italian infantry weapons
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2922:. Collector Grade Publications Inc.
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2467:Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
2282:
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2185:Sumner, Ian; Rava, Giuseppe (2009).
2083:U.S. Army Center of Military History
2014:
1873:
1787:Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault
1344:adding citations to reliable sources
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613:Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne
49:adding citations to reliable sources
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3605:US infantry weapons of World War I
1932:
773:bullet is brass colored while the
601:Atelier de Construction de Puteaux
479:Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG
14:
4458:
3909:small arms & ordnance of the
3495:Lance Grenades de 50 mm modèle 37
3363:Pistolet automatique modèle 1935S
3358:Pistolet automatique modèle 1935A
3026:Moss, Matthew (30 January 2017).
2978:
2938:Regenstreif, Philippe A. (1994).
2332:McCollum, Ian (9 December 2019).
1816:Hotchkiss M1909 light machine gun
1060:
710:and the 13-kilogram (29 lb)
683:Bolt of the Chauchat machine gun.
634:
244:Louis Chauchat and Charles Sutter
3967:M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali
2739:Боевое и служебное оружие России
2612:: 50 – via thefreelibrary.
2604:Scarlata, Paul (1 August 2018).
2569:
2457:Konstankiewicz, Andrzej (2003).
2153:French Foreign Legion, 1914-1945
2103:French Foreign Legion, 1914-1945
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417:Effective firing range
322:1,143 millimeters (45.0 in)
135:
25:
4250:BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII
4022:M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun
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1143:puškomitraljez 7,9 mm. M. 15/26
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36:needs additional citations for
4354:76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15
4027:Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
3462:Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
2899:America's Munitions, 1917–1918
2815:(41): 131–134. November 1924.
2658:"Čs. letecký kulomet vz. L/28"
2521:Shih, Bin (9 September 2021).
2085:. 16 July 2007. Archived from
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1920:
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1165:Chauchat entered service with
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883:M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
541:M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
425:Maximum firing range
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1:
4417:World War I weapons of Greece
4397:French World War I small arms
3053:Shooting a CSRG 1915 Chauchat
3039:Suciu, Peter (12 June 2016).
3011:McCollum, Ian (3 July 2012).
2882:. Andrew Mowbray Publishers.
2589:Demaison & Buffetaut 1995
2494:"Light machine guns (part 2)"
2445:Demaison & Buffetaut 1995
2378:Demaison & Buffetaut 1995
2299:(in Serbian). 29 August 2018.
2277:Demaison & Buffetaut 1995
1927:Demaison & Buffetaut 1995
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1764:Crown Prince Carol of Romania
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1171:6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer
854:American Expeditionary Forces
627:named SIDARME and located in
558:American Expeditionary Forces
491:American Expeditionary Forces
2745:] (in Russian). Moscow:
2578:(in French). pp. 28–34.
2358:(in French). 17 August 2017.
1990:(in French). pp. 12–21.
1845:Fitzsimons, Bernard (1978).
1296:The Chauchat saw service by
1272:, ex-Yugoslav and ex-Polish
1169:in 1917. The guns fired the
1148:
933:(2nd Division, 9th Infantry)
836:Chauchat in American service
689:long barrel recoil principle
428:2,000 metres (2,200 yd)
333:470 millimeters (19 in)
7:
4153:87 mm light field gun M1877
3635:Colt M1892 series revolvers
3472:Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun
3467:Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun
3329:French infantry weapons of
2955:. New York: Harper and Row.
2878:Canfield, Bruce N. (2000).
2465:] (in Polish). Lublin:
1906:. Spellmount. p. 167.
1804:
1394:derivatives), and like the
1384:Fort Custer Training Center
1249:
1020:Carpentier was awarded the
736:Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun
314:9.07 kg (20.0 lb)
10:
4463:
4173:120 mm howitzer Model 1901
4148:76 mm divisional gun M1902
4055:Smith & Wesson Model 3
3447:FM 24/29 light machine gun
2911:Ordnance and the World War
2907:Crozier, Maj.-Gen. William
2897:Crowell, Benedict (1919).
2850:Ayres, Leonard P. (1919).
1777:FM 24/29 light machine gun
1774:
797:by regiment, requested by
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580:operation is based on the
571:
556:Mauser caliber to arm the
469:or "machine rifle" of the
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4240:BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
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2809:Revue militaire française
2705:Smith, Joseph E. (1969).
2684:Dambītis, Kārlis (2016).
1735:Turkish National Movement
1175:Turkish National Movement
1115:Fusil-Mitrailleur 1915-27
893:, who was quoted saying:
844:Soldiers of the American
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4432:World War I machine guns
4201:76 mm mountain gun M1909
3440:and other larger weapons
2626:Campbell, David (2016).
2135:Windrow, Martin (1981).
2015:Hoff, Thomas A. (2012).
1984:"Centenaire du Chauchat"
1452:: Used captured examples
1409:
1256:Second Sino-Japanese War
1208:National Firearms Centre
878:Aberdeen Proving Grounds
420:200 metres (220 yd)
4268:42-line siege gun M1877
4158:42-line field gun M1877
2707:Small Arms of the World
1210:which is a part of the
1046:Demi-Sections de Combat
887:Meuse-Argonne offensive
4412:Machine guns of France
4278:6-inch siege gun M1904
4273:6 inch siege gun M1877
4245:152 mm siege gun M1910
4120:37 mm trench gun M1915
3977:Lebel Model 1886 rifle
3400:Lebel Model 1886 rifle
3169:Lebel Model 1886 rifle
2863:. Windrow and Greene.
2859:Bruce, Robert (1997).
2737:Shunkov, V.I. (2012).
2255:"The Belgian Chauchat"
1902:Jordan, David (2005).
1783:squad automatic weapon
1767:
1668:Second Polish Republic
1423:
1420:occupation of the Ruhr
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1131:puškomitraljez M. 1915
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870:Armistice with Germany
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654:is missing information
398:Rate of fire
292:Chauchat Mle 1918 (US)
4313:305 mm howitzer M1915
4235:152 mm howitzer M1910
4230:152 mm howitzer M1909
4183:122 mm howitzer M1910
4178:122 mm howitzer M1909
3962:Winchester Model 1907
3957:Winchester Model 1895
3774:Winchester Model 1912
3769:Winchester Model 1897
3184:Winchester Model 1907
2188:French Poilu, 1914-18
2058:Defense Media Network
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1716:1948 Arab–Israeli War
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1113:guns were designated
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832:private collections.
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458:French pronunciation:
227:1948 Arab–Israeli War
4407:Long recoil firearms
4308:BL 9.2-inch howitzer
4293:11-inch mortar M1877
4168:QF 4.5-inch howitzer
3452:St. Étienne Mle 1907
3353:Modèle 1892 revolver
3273:11mm French Ordnance
3202:St. Étienne Mle 1907
3151:Modèle 1892 revolver
3118:infantry weapons of
3013:"The Worst Gun Ever"
2576:La Gazette des Armes
2089:on 12 December 2007.
1988:La Gazette des Armes
1340:improve this section
1302:1948 Arab-Israel war
1159:Battle of Dumlupınar
629:Saint-Chamond, Loire
589:semi-automatic rifle
408:Muzzle velocity
45:improve this article
4331:9 cm Mortar Type GR
4288:9-inch mortar M1877
4283:8-inch mortar M1877
4032:Vickers machine gun
3732:M1895 Colt–Browning
3283:8mm French Ordnance
2949:Stallings, Laurence
2315:Armaments Year-Book
2259:Historical Firearms
2017:US Doughboy 1916–19
1482:Czechoslovak Legion
1450:Kingdom of Bulgaria
1224:to Republican Spain
981:Tactical Innovation
816:"Fusil Mitrailleur"
777:is a shiny silver.
609:Ecole Polytechnique
554:7.65×53mm Argentine
465:) was the standard
4402:Light machine guns
4346:Anti-aircraft guns
4193:Mountain artillery
4093:Model 1914 grenade
4017:Madsen machine gun
3865:.30-06 Springfield
3784:Remington Model 10
3742:Colt–Vickers M1915
3724:Heavy machine guns
3709:M1909 Benét–Mercié
3691:Light machine guns
3348:MAB Model D pistol
2940:The CSRG in Poland
2279:, pp. 167–170
1982:Vuillemin, Henri.
1768:
1714:: used during the
1612:Kingdom of Romania
1567:: 546 used by the
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1396:Madsen machine gun
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1163:
1127:Royal Serbian Army
1088:
978:
850:
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685:
550:.30-06 Springfield
357:.30-06 Springfield
298:FM 15/27 (Belgium)
236:Production history
4384:
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4364:Coastal artillery
4298:11-inch gun M1877
4225:BL 60-pounder gun
3873:
3872:
3755:
3754:
3653:M1903 Springfield
3572:
3571:
3296:
3295:
3146:MAS 1873 revolver
3018:Forgotten Weapons
2790:978-1-78200-785-2
2643:978-1-47281-330-5
2634:Osprey Publishing
2556:American Rifleman
2532:979-8-47355-784-8
2431:978-1-4728-1918-5
2404:978-1-47280-684-0
2356:ABL-History Forum
2338:Forgotten Weapons
2319:League of Nations
2198:978-1-84603-332-2
2026:978-1-84176-676-8
1958:. pp. 71–73.
1955:American Rifleman
1913:978-1-86227-295-8
1888:978-0-87341-824-9
1860:978-0-906704-00-4
1791:fusil-mitrailleur
1766:firing a Chauchat
1654:Kingdom of Serbia
1641:Russian Civil War
1538:Kingdom of Greece
1464:Republic of China
1376:
1375:
1368:
1196:Polish–Soviet War
1183:Greco-Italian War
1179:Greco-Turkish War
944:, 107th Infantry)
938:Thomas C. Neibaur
829:M1903 Springfield
808:thermal expansion
704:rounds per minute
677:
676:
586:Remington Model 8
560:(A.E.F.) and the
532:Remington Model 8
467:light machine gun
450:
449:
295:Wz 15/27 (Poland)
217:Spanish Civil War
212:Greco-Turkish War
207:Polish–Soviet War
202:Russian Civil War
152:Light machine gun
121:
120:
113:
95:
4454:
4163:107 mm gun M1910
4108:
4107:
3982:Mannlicher M1895
3900:
3893:
3886:
3877:
3876:
3827:VB rifle grenade
3687:
3686:
3599:
3592:
3585:
3576:
3575:
3528:VB rifle grenade
3505:Brandt Mle 27/31
3323:
3316:
3309:
3300:
3299:
3278:12 mm Lefaucheux
3240:VB rifle grenade
3109:
3102:
3095:
3086:
3085:
3076:
3065:
3054:
3048:
3035:
3022:
3007:
2993:
2990:Armes Francaises
2974:
2964:
2956:
2943:
2933:
2914:
2902:
2893:
2874:
2855:
2837:
2831:
2825:
2824:
2801:
2795:
2794:
2776:
2770:
2769:
2757:
2751:
2750:
2734:
2728:
2727:
2717:
2711:
2710:
2702:
2696:
2695:
2681:
2675:
2674:
2671:
2654:
2648:
2647:
2623:
2614:
2613:
2601:
2592:
2586:
2580:
2579:
2567:
2561:
2560:
2546:
2537:
2536:
2518:
2509:
2508:
2506:
2504:
2490:
2481:
2480:
2454:
2448:
2442:
2436:
2435:
2415:
2409:
2408:
2390:
2381:
2375:
2360:
2359:
2348:
2342:
2341:
2329:
2323:
2322:
2307:
2301:
2300:
2289:
2280:
2274:
2263:
2262:
2251:
2242:
2241:
2239:
2237:
2228:. Archived from
2217:
2211:
2210:
2182:
2176:
2175:
2147:
2141:
2140:
2132:
2126:
2125:
2097:
2091:
2090:
2075:
2069:
2068:
2066:
2064:
2049:
2043:
2037:
2031:
2030:
2012:
2006:
2005:
1998:
1992:
1991:
1979:
1960:
1959:
1945:
1930:
1924:
1918:
1917:
1899:
1893:
1892:
1871:
1865:
1864:
1842:
1747:
1745:
1744:
1732:
1728:
1726:
1725:
1710:
1708:
1707:
1699:Spanish Republic
1697:
1695:
1694:
1680:
1678:
1677:
1666:
1664:
1663:
1652:
1650:
1649:
1635:
1624:
1622:
1621:
1610:
1608:
1607:
1597:
1595:
1594:
1586:
1582:
1580:
1579:
1563:
1561:
1560:
1550:
1548:
1547:
1536:
1534:
1533:
1523:
1521:
1520:
1512:
1508:
1506:
1505:
1494:
1492:
1491:
1476:
1474:
1473:
1462:
1460:
1459:
1448:
1446:
1445:
1434:
1432:
1431:
1371:
1364:
1360:
1357:
1351:
1320:
1312:
1240:Continuation War
1097:7.65×53mm Mauser
1072:7.92×57mm Mauser
987:VB rifle grenade
967:Berthier carbine
822:American service
672:
669:
663:
647:
639:
464:
459:
433:Feed system
367:7.65×53mm Mauser
362:7.92×57mm Mauser
277:
139:
130:
123:
122:
116:
109:
105:
102:
96:
94:
53:
29:
21:
4462:
4461:
4457:
4456:
4455:
4453:
4452:
4451:
4387:
4386:
4385:
4376:
4358:
4340:
4317:
4260:Siege artillery
4254:
4217:heavy artillery
4214:
4205:
4187:
4143:76 mm gun M1900
4135:Field Artillery
4129:
4097:
4079:
4041:
3993:
3947:Fedorov Avtomat
3913:
3911:First World War
3904:
3874:
3869:
3831:
3788:
3779:Browning Auto-5
3751:
3737:M1914 Hotchkiss
3718:
3681:
3674:
3658:Pedersen Device
3639:
3606:
3603:
3573:
3568:
3549:7.5×54mm French
3532:
3509:
3500:Brandt Mle 1935
3481:
3457:Hotchkiss M1909
3432:
3415:Submachine guns
3409:
3377:
3334:
3327:
3297:
3292:
3249:
3221:
3212:Hotchkiss M1914
3207:Hotchkiss M1909
3188:
3155:
3122:
3113:
3074:
3063:
3052:
3045:Recoil Magazine
2996:
2984:
2981:
2967:
2959:
2930:
2890:
2871:
2846:
2841:
2840:
2832:
2828:
2803:
2802:
2798:
2791:
2777:
2773:
2758:
2754:
2735:
2731:
2718:
2714:
2703:
2699:
2682:
2678:
2665:
2656:
2655:
2651:
2644:
2624:
2617:
2602:
2595:
2587:
2583:
2568:
2564:
2547:
2540:
2533:
2525:. p. 160.
2519:
2512:
2502:
2500:
2492:
2491:
2484:
2477:
2455:
2451:
2443:
2439:
2432:
2416:
2412:
2405:
2391:
2384:
2376:
2363:
2350:
2349:
2345:
2330:
2326:
2309:
2308:
2304:
2291:
2290:
2283:
2275:
2266:
2253:
2252:
2245:
2235:
2233:
2232:on 25 July 2006
2218:
2214:
2199:
2183:
2179:
2164:
2148:
2144:
2133:
2129:
2114:
2098:
2094:
2077:
2076:
2072:
2062:
2060:
2050:
2046:
2038:
2034:
2027:
2013:
2009:
2000:
1999:
1995:
1980:
1963:
1946:
1933:
1925:
1921:
1914:
1900:
1896:
1889:
1872:
1868:
1861:
1853:. p. 584.
1849:. Vol. 6.
1843:
1839:
1834:
1807:
1799:7.5x54mm French
1779:
1773:
1742:
1740:
1723:
1721:
1705:
1703:
1692:
1690:
1675:
1673:
1661:
1659:
1647:
1645:
1619:
1617:
1605:
1603:
1592:
1590:
1577:
1575:
1571:(by April 1936)
1558:
1556:
1545:
1543:
1531:
1529:
1518:
1516:
1503:
1501:
1489:
1487:
1471:
1469:
1457:
1455:
1443:
1441:
1429:
1427:
1412:
1372:
1361:
1355:
1352:
1337:
1321:
1310:
1294:
1280:and ex-Belgian
1252:
1232:
1212:Royal Armouries
1191:
1151:
1123:
1102:modelle 1915-17
1080:
1063:
1022:Croix de Guerre
983:
951:
891:Lemuel Shepherd
862:Hotchkiss M1914
858:field artillery
838:
824:
783:
673:
667:
664:
657:
648:
637:
574:
514:, a detachable
457:
376:
338:
301:
281:Approx. 262,000
261:
231:
171:In service
166:Service history
148:Automatic rifle
126:
117:
106:
100:
97:
54:
52:
42:
30:
17:
12:
11:
5:
4460:
4450:
4449:
4444:
4439:
4434:
4429:
4424:
4419:
4414:
4409:
4404:
4399:
4382:
4381:
4378:
4377:
4375:
4374:
4368:
4366:
4360:
4359:
4357:
4356:
4350:
4348:
4342:
4341:
4339:
4338:
4333:
4327:
4325:
4319:
4318:
4316:
4315:
4310:
4305:
4300:
4295:
4290:
4285:
4280:
4275:
4270:
4264:
4262:
4256:
4255:
4253:
4252:
4247:
4242:
4237:
4232:
4227:
4221:
4219:
4207:
4206:
4204:
4203:
4197:
4195:
4189:
4188:
4186:
4185:
4180:
4175:
4170:
4165:
4160:
4155:
4150:
4145:
4139:
4137:
4131:
4130:
4128:
4127:
4122:
4116:
4114:
4105:
4099:
4098:
4096:
4095:
4089:
4087:
4081:
4080:
4078:
4077:
4072:
4067:
4062:
4057:
4051:
4049:
4043:
4042:
4040:
4039:
4034:
4029:
4024:
4019:
4014:
4009:
4003:
4001:
3995:
3994:
3992:
3991:
3985:
3979:
3974:
3972:Berthier rifle
3969:
3964:
3959:
3954:
3949:
3944:
3939:
3934:
3929:
3923:
3921:
3915:
3914:
3907:Russian Empire
3903:
3902:
3895:
3888:
3880:
3871:
3870:
3868:
3867:
3862:
3857:
3852:
3847:
3841:
3839:
3833:
3832:
3830:
3829:
3824:
3819:
3814:
3809:
3804:
3798:
3796:
3790:
3789:
3787:
3786:
3781:
3776:
3771:
3765:
3763:
3757:
3756:
3753:
3752:
3750:
3749:
3747:M1917 Browning
3744:
3739:
3734:
3728:
3726:
3720:
3719:
3717:
3716:
3711:
3706:
3701:
3695:
3693:
3684:
3676:
3675:
3673:
3672:
3670:Berthier rifle
3667:
3662:
3661:
3660:
3649:
3647:
3641:
3640:
3638:
3637:
3632:
3630:M1909 revolver
3627:
3625:M1917 Revolver
3622:
3616:
3614:
3608:
3607:
3602:
3601:
3594:
3587:
3579:
3570:
3569:
3567:
3566:
3561:
3556:
3551:
3546:
3540:
3538:
3534:
3533:
3531:
3530:
3525:
3519:
3517:
3511:
3510:
3508:
3507:
3502:
3497:
3491:
3489:
3483:
3482:
3480:
3479:
3474:
3469:
3464:
3459:
3454:
3449:
3443:
3441:
3434:
3433:
3431:
3430:
3425:
3419:
3417:
3411:
3410:
3408:
3407:
3405:Berthier rifle
3402:
3397:
3391:
3389:
3379:
3378:
3376:
3375:
3370:
3365:
3360:
3355:
3350:
3344:
3342:
3336:
3335:
3326:
3325:
3318:
3311:
3303:
3294:
3293:
3291:
3290:
3285:
3280:
3275:
3270:
3265:
3259:
3257:
3251:
3250:
3248:
3247:
3242:
3237:
3231:
3229:
3223:
3222:
3220:
3219:
3214:
3209:
3204:
3198:
3196:
3190:
3189:
3187:
3186:
3181:
3176:
3174:Berthier rifle
3171:
3165:
3163:
3157:
3156:
3154:
3153:
3148:
3143:
3138:
3132:
3130:
3124:
3123:
3112:
3111:
3104:
3097:
3089:
3083:
3082:
3071:
3060:
3049:
3036:
3023:
3008:
2994:
2980:
2979:External links
2977:
2976:
2975:
2965:
2957:
2945:
2935:
2928:
2915:
2903:
2894:
2888:
2875:
2869:
2856:
2845:
2842:
2839:
2838:
2836:, p. 682.
2826:
2796:
2789:
2771:
2752:
2729:
2712:
2697:
2676:
2649:
2642:
2636:. p. 10.
2615:
2593:
2581:
2562:
2538:
2531:
2510:
2482:
2475:
2449:
2437:
2430:
2410:
2403:
2382:
2361:
2343:
2324:
2302:
2281:
2264:
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2142:
2127:
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2032:
2025:
2007:
1993:
1961:
1931:
1929:, pp. 4–5
1919:
1912:
1894:
1887:
1866:
1859:
1851:Columbia House
1836:
1835:
1833:
1830:
1829:
1828:
1823:
1818:
1813:
1806:
1803:
1775:Main article:
1772:
1769:
1757:
1756:
1738:
1718:
1701:
1688:
1671:
1657:
1643:
1629:
1626:Russian Empire
1615:
1601:
1588:
1572:
1554:
1541:
1527:
1514:
1498:
1485:
1478:Czechoslovakia
1467:
1453:
1439:
1411:
1408:
1374:
1373:
1324:
1322:
1315:
1309:
1306:
1293:
1290:
1260:Fall of France
1251:
1248:
1246:in 1959–1960.
1231:
1228:
1190:
1187:
1150:
1147:
1122:
1119:
1079:
1076:
1068:Maxim MG 08-15
1062:
1061:WWI German use
1059:
1038:chars d'assaut
982:
979:
950:
947:
946:
945:
934:
927:
912:Medal of Honor
837:
834:
823:
820:
799:General Pétain
782:
779:
716:selective fire
675:
674:
651:
649:
642:
636:
635:Design details
633:
593:Rudolf Frommer
573:
570:
520:selective fire
462:[ʃoʃa]
448:
447:
442:
438:
437:
434:
430:
429:
426:
422:
421:
418:
414:
413:
410:
404:
403:
402:240 rounds/min
400:
394:
393:
384:
378:
377:
375:
374:
372:6.5×54mm Greek
369:
364:
359:
354:
348:
346:
340:
339:
335:
334:
331:
324:
323:
320:
316:
315:
312:
308:
307:
306:Specifications
303:
302:
300:
299:
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238:
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229:
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187:
186:
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175:
172:
168:
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163:
162:
159:
155:
154:
145:
141:
140:
132:
131:
119:
118:
33:
31:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4459:
4448:
4445:
4443:
4440:
4438:
4435:
4433:
4430:
4428:
4425:
4423:
4420:
4418:
4415:
4413:
4410:
4408:
4405:
4403:
4400:
4398:
4395:
4394:
4392:
4373:
4370:
4369:
4367:
4365:
4361:
4355:
4352:
4351:
4349:
4347:
4343:
4337:
4334:
4332:
4329:
4328:
4326:
4324:
4320:
4314:
4311:
4309:
4306:
4304:
4301:
4299:
4296:
4294:
4291:
4289:
4286:
4284:
4281:
4279:
4276:
4274:
4271:
4269:
4266:
4265:
4263:
4261:
4257:
4251:
4248:
4246:
4243:
4241:
4238:
4236:
4233:
4231:
4228:
4226:
4223:
4222:
4220:
4218:
4212:
4208:
4202:
4199:
4198:
4196:
4194:
4190:
4184:
4181:
4179:
4176:
4174:
4171:
4169:
4166:
4164:
4161:
4159:
4156:
4154:
4151:
4149:
4146:
4144:
4141:
4140:
4138:
4136:
4132:
4126:
4123:
4121:
4118:
4117:
4115:
4113:
4112:Infantry guns
4109:
4106:
4104:
4100:
4094:
4091:
4090:
4088:
4086:
4085:Hand grenades
4082:
4076:
4073:
4071:
4070:FN Model 1903
4068:
4066:
4063:
4061:
4058:
4056:
4053:
4052:
4050:
4048:
4044:
4038:
4035:
4033:
4030:
4028:
4025:
4023:
4020:
4018:
4015:
4013:
4010:
4008:
4005:
4004:
4002:
4000:
3996:
3989:
3986:
3983:
3980:
3978:
3975:
3973:
3970:
3968:
3965:
3963:
3960:
3958:
3955:
3953:
3950:
3948:
3945:
3943:
3940:
3938:
3937:Type 38 rifle
3935:
3933:
3932:Type 35 rifle
3930:
3928:
3927:Type 30 rifle
3925:
3924:
3922:
3920:
3916:
3912:
3908:
3901:
3896:
3894:
3889:
3887:
3882:
3881:
3878:
3866:
3863:
3861:
3860:.38 Long Colt
3858:
3856:
3853:
3851:
3848:
3846:
3843:
3842:
3840:
3838:
3834:
3828:
3825:
3823:
3820:
3818:
3815:
3813:
3810:
3808:
3805:
3803:
3800:
3799:
3797:
3795:
3791:
3785:
3782:
3780:
3777:
3775:
3772:
3770:
3767:
3766:
3764:
3762:
3758:
3748:
3745:
3743:
3740:
3738:
3735:
3733:
3730:
3729:
3727:
3725:
3721:
3715:
3712:
3710:
3707:
3705:
3702:
3700:
3697:
3696:
3694:
3692:
3688:
3685:
3683:
3677:
3671:
3668:
3666:
3665:M1917 Enfield
3663:
3659:
3656:
3655:
3654:
3651:
3650:
3648:
3646:
3642:
3636:
3633:
3631:
3628:
3626:
3623:
3621:
3618:
3617:
3615:
3613:
3609:
3600:
3595:
3593:
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3333:(1939–1940)
3136:Ruby pistol
3120:World War I
2673:(in Czech).
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1795:FM Mle 1924
1771:Replacement
1282:LeMG 126(b)
1278:LeMG 156(g)
1276:, ex-Greek
1274:LeMG 147(j)
1270:LeMG 156(f)
1234:During the
1230:Finnish use
1121:Serbian use
1078:Belgian use
1074:cartridge.
1024:with palm.
963:Ruby pistol
724:Lebel rifle
714:. It was a
700:French Army
578:long recoil
566:Polish Army
528:long recoil
508:pistol grip
483:FM Chauchat
475:World War I
471:French Army
445:Iron sights
387:Long recoil
278: built
197:World War I
4391:Categories
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3984:(captured)
3837:Cartridges
3807:Mills bomb
3523:F1 grenade
3255:Cartridges
3245:Sauterelle
2834:Smith 1969
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2236:14 October
2063:7 December
2042:, p.
2040:Ayres 1919
1832:References
1308:Comparison
1292:Other uses
1286:Hungarians
1244:Interarmco
1236:Winter War
1189:Polish use
991:voltigeurs
989:) and its
956:pourvoyeur
931:Frank Bart
693:gas assist
605:8 mm Lebel
584:-designed
391:gas assist
71:newspapers
60:"Chauchat"
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4211:Howitzers
4103:Artillery
4012:Lewis gun
3988:Gewehr 98
3714:Lewis gun
3704:M1918 BAR
3544:8mm Lebel
3263:8mm Lebel
3179:RSC M1917
2942:(Report).
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2503:28 August
2207:229028405
1875:Hogg, Ian
1400:Lewis gun
1392:Maxim gun
1327:does not
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1200:RKM wz 15
1149:Greek use
1050:Grenadier
920:Nels Wold
803:magazines
712:Lewis gun
668:July 2024
660:talk page
499:8mm Lebel
487:8mm Lebel
344:Cartridge
270:1915–1922
260:Gladiator
174:1915–1948
4065:FN M1900
4047:Sidearms
4037:PM M1910
4007:Chauchat
3855:.45 Colt
3845:12 Gauge
3794:Grenades
3761:Shotguns
3699:Chauchat
3612:Sidearms
3559:.380 ACP
3515:Grenades
3477:Chauchat
3423:Erma EMP
3387:carbines
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3288:.351 WSL
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3128:Sidearms
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1250:WWII use
1034:en masse
936:Private
929:Private
918:Private
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545:Mle 1924
518:, and a
516:magazine
454:Chauchat
286:Variants
267:Produced
249:Designed
241:Designer
128:Chauchat
4323:Mortars
3850:.45 ACP
3680:Machine
3554:.32 ACP
3487:Mortars
3268:.32 ACP
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572:History
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