Today's Q&A is all about French guns, because I am getting close to being finished writing a book on French military rifles - the first book to cover this subject in English from the Chassepot through the FAMAS!

01:34 - Favorite French pistol, rifle, and machine gun
03:13 - How did I get interested in French arms?
05:05 - Lebel's effectiveness at preventing tube magazine detonation?
07:45 - Plans to make the RSC after WW1?
10:00 - Why was French arms development overwhelmingly government and not private?
12:01 - Current arms manufacturing capacity in France?
13:30 - How does the FAMAS fit into the general bullpup timeline?
16:16 - Should the RSC have been updated to use the 7.5mm cartridge?
17:30 - Do I speak French?
19:46 - Which was better, the Lebel or Berthier?
20:35 - Why did it take so long to replace the MAS 49/56?
22:18 - Would a modern FAMAS using P-mags be feasible?
24:05 - Why did France not adopt the Maxim gun?
26:02 - Do I plan to get optics for my FAMAS?
30:07 - Why did the French adopt en bloc clips?
31:20 - What French arms are currently available at reasonable prices?
34:36 - Are there French-specific themes to their small arms?
36:35 - Would it have made a difference if France had adopted a semiauto rifle by 1939?
37:04 - What did the French arsenals do under occupation/Vichy?
38:28 - Will my book include the tabatiere?
39:17 - Should France have adopted an intermediate round in place of the 7.5x54?
40:37 - Do I have a Chatellerault M91 Mosin?
42:48 - What could be improved on the FAMAS?
44:17 - Most practical French rifle of WW1?
44:54 - Did France use the Gatling Gun in the Franco-Prussian War?
47:13 - Thoughts on the adoption of the HK 416?
50:20 - Best French rifle adopted at its time?
51:54 - Why does the French government keep WW1 and WW2 stuff classified still today?
53:54 - What was the status of the MAS-40 when WW2 started?
55:46 - Greek use of the Berthier