Chauchat
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chauchat-187-16177758
title:
Chauchat
text:
The Chauchat was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG". Beginning in June 1916, it was placed into regular service with French infantry, where the troops called it the FM Chauchat, after Colonel Louis Chauchat, the main contributor to its design. The Chauchat in 8mm Lebel was also extensively used in 1917–18 by the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.), where it was off
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
French automatic rifle/Light machine gun
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauchat
date created:
2003-06-08T03:38:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T17:55:19Z
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