* Cartouc he 8mm balle 1932 N-1932 saw the old 8mm Lebel cartridge Would remain France's standard rifle cartridge until the 1980s.
spitzer bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2700 fps. ItĬonsisted of a rimless, bottlenecked case 54mm in length loaded with aġ40-grain FM.1. Shortened and the new round adopted as the 7.5mm Modele 1929 C. When plentiful World War I surplus German 7.9mm Patrone S (7.9x57)Īmmunition was accidently tired in the new LMGs led to the cartridgeįour years later, approval was finally given for the adoption of a WSL, which were used by the French air force to arm aeroplane observers.Īfter the war a painfully slow R&D program resulted in the 1924Īdoption of a new light machine gun chambered for a 7.5mm rimlessĬartridge with a case 58mm long. More exotic weaponry included the semiautomatic Most of these were issued to rear echelon and support units and 30-30 WCF and 6.5mm Japanese Type 30 Arisaka 303 cartridge: Winchester Ml 894Ĭarbines chambered for. Remington-Lee M1899 rifles and carbines in. Rolling Block rifles and carbines in 8mm Balle 1898 D and 7x57 Mauser Of the case, a special cartridge was developed for the Modele 1917, theĨmm balle D (a m) (amorcage modifie-modified primer) which used a heavyĬhronic shortages of arms during the war forced the French to takeĪ number of non-standard rifles into service. * Cartouche 8mm balle D (a m)-to prevent primers from backing out Weapon was that the primers of fired cases often backed up, jamming up Among the many problems that plagued this the French fielded a semiautomatic rifle, theįusil automatique Mle. And while it proved effective, its fat, rimmedĬase caused constant problems in full-auto weapons. Weapons firing the 8mm Balle 1898 D served the French army Prevented from resting against the primer. So the nose of the bullet behind it caught in the groove and was thus To prevent the sharp-nosed bullets from hitting primers of theĬartridge in front of them in the tubular magazine, the Balleġ898's case had a deep groove around the inside diameter of the rim Projectile's velocity was upped to 2380 fps, providing both flatter In addition to being the first "spitzer" typeīullet, it was unique in that it was machined from solid brass.
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* Cartouche 8mm balle 1898 D-in 1900 the French army adapts aġ98-grain pointed, full metal-jacketed (FM.1) boattail bullet to the 8mm As everyone else raced to catch up with them,įrench ballisticians did not let any grass grow under their feet. 1886 firing the revolutionary Cartouche 8mm balle Ordinaire Mie.ġ886 (a.k.a. announced the adoption of the world'sįirst small bore, smokeless powder rifle-the Fusil d'Infanterie In 1886 France threw the world's military authorities on theirĬollective ears when it.
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MLA style: "The military rifle cartridges of france: from verdun to afghanistan." The Free Library.
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