Lebel M1886 - How Did That Happen?
France
•
21m
Bloke and Chap discuss the whys and wherefores of how the French 1886 Lebel rifle came about, and why it was obsolete the minute it was introduced. Also digresses into tolerancing, rifle grenades, etc etc etc.
Up Next in France
-
French MAS-36
The Chap takes you through his French MAS-36 rifle, and gives it a good wringing out on the range.
Adopted by France for rear echelon troops while front line soldiers were supposed to get a shiny new semiauto, this rifle ended up as a state of the art front line weapon instead. The Germans als...
-
Chassepot M1866 Needle Rifle With "Or...
The Chap shoots some combustible paper cartridges he made to the original pattern in his French M1866 Chassepot Needle Rifle!
-
Darne Model 1933: An Economic & Modul...
The Darne company was one of relatively few private arms manufacturers in France, best known for shotguns. During World War One they got into the machine gun trade, making licensed Lewis guns for the French air service. After making a few thousand of those, Regis Darne designed his own belt-fed m...
