First published at 05:29 UTC on June 29th, 2019.
Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the cente…
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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
Additional reading:
U.S. Infantry Weapons of the First World War
Bruce N. Canfield
The Belgian Army in the Great War: Portable Service Weapons
Pierre Lierneux
The Hotchkiss Company During the Great War
Pierre de la Gorce (probably)
Les Mitrailleuses Francaises
Jean Huon and Alain Barrellier
The Machine Gun, Vol 1
George M. Chinn
Navy Ordnance Activities: World War, 1917-1918
Government Report 1920
A Great munitions centre: Coventry's armaments and munitions industry 1914-1918
Batchelor, L.A.
Safe range space thanks to Triana Protection
Additional photos thanks to Rock Island Auction
Ammunition data thanks to DrakeGmbH
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I would like to happily remind everyone this number represents the public demand for in depth firearm history. I'm proud to see it grow.
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