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Lebel Model 1886
Description
The first military rifle designed for smokeless powder, allowing smaller calibres and longer range. It made every other army's rifle obsolete overnight.
Historical use
- First World War
Technical data
- Year
- 1886
- Service
- 1886–1920
- Country
- France
- Maker
- Manufacturas de Châtellerault, Saint-Étienne y Tulle
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Bolt action
- Calibre
- 8 × 50 mm R Lebel
- Weight
- 4.4 kg
- Length
- 1,300 mm
- Barrel
- 800 mm
- Capacity
- 8 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 3,450,000
Source: Wikidata Q241738
