French Berthier M16 Carbine

Kamis, 10 Desember 2020

Sn 10765 10765 The French Berthier carbine was adopted by the French Military in 1916 and saw service with the French Army in the latter stages of WW1. The Berthier Mousqueton M16 differs with its five-rounds charger Mannlicher-type tin magazine protruding ahead of the trig-gerguard such as the Mosin-Nagant 1891.

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19122002 This is my first purchase of a French rifle and it is the first time I have used an online forum so I apologize if I am not following proper procedures for postingresponding.

French berthier m16 carbine. 02042021 This is the french Berthier Mle 1892 M16 infantry carbine designed by engineer Emile Berthier in the late 1880s as a response to the French Militarys request for a weapon suitable for mounted troops ie cavalry and artillery to replace the single shot Gras carbines. It is basically an updated French Berthier Carbine MLE 1892 with an added five round fixed magazine with other improvements. In nice used condition maker marked from the St Etienne Arsenals with a 1917 date on the barrel shank.

Named after its inventor Emile Berthier a French civilian engineer in the Algerian railways the Mle 1892 M16 was an updated version of the Model 1907. Despite this the French wound up cobbling together the majority of their Berthier rifles during rebuilds due to. 26072017 The M16 pattern particularly the carbines would form the standard armament for the French military right up to World War II however with Berthier carbine.

Brench Berthier Mle M16 rifle. This site has been very helpful in learning how to disassemble the rifle along with the historic and practical information about Berthier weapons. Production continued after the war of the Berthier M le 1892 m16 carbines which would continue its manufacturing run until 1938 but all other Berthier designs were discontinued.

This French MLE M-16 Carbine was made back in 1918 by the French civilian contractor Continsouza. Later due to shortages of weapons the carbines saw service in WW2. The Berthier Mousqueton M16 All Berthier firearms evolved from the 1890 Mousqueton de Cavalerie and Carabine de Cuirassier 1890 having a three-round magazine concealed in the stock.

The M16 was intended to be the standard production Berthier model. The Berthier series w. French Berthier Rifle Mle M16 Dated 1917 REF.

07122020 Berthier M16 rifle Lebel Mle 1886 M93 M1892 Mousqueton Courtesy Jay Gillen Its not a hunting rifle though its lightweight and powerful cartridge might allow you to take a boche pig or a coyote Kaiser. The Berthier Rifles and Carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8 x 50R mm Lebel used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II and by some French law enforcement units until the 1970s. MATCHING NUMBERS WW1 Era French 8mm Calibre Berthier Manufacture darmes Chtellerault Model 1916 M16 Cavalry Carbine.

After the war tens of thousands of Berthier rifles and carbine made their way into the hands of Polish Blue Army equipping nearly the entire Polish I and III Corps. This WW1 design is a 5 shot repeater with a handsome colored hardwood stock and handguard A few dings and dents from use and long storage small ship out on the handguard as pictured and a small gouge. During World War I 19141918 the Lebel remained the standard rifle of French infantry whereas the Berthier riflea lengthened version of the Berthier carbinefeaturing a Mannlicher-style 3-round magazine was issued to colonial troops to allied contingents in the French Army and to the French Foreign Legion.

Groups and other data at. At the outbreak of World War I the Model 1907 Berthier rifle was modified for mass manufacturing resulting in the Mdle 0715. The latter however demanded and obtained in 1920 being re-equipped.

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