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The Ruby pistol was a semi-automatic pistol of .32 ACP calibre made by Gabilondo y Urresti and other Spanish companies. It saw use in both World Wars as the service weapon of the French Army under the name Pistolet Automatique de 7 millim.65 genre "Ruby". The pistol was closely modeled after John Browning 's 1903 Pocket Hammerless design ...
This was the standard squad automatic weapon of the French infantry and cavalry in the battle of France. Breda Model 30 Captured from Italian troops. Bren light machine gun - supplied by the British. Chauchat. FM-24/29. MAC 1931. MAC 1934. Model 1924/1929D machine gun. French Hotchkiss model 1914 machine gun.
The French gun-making company Darne, which became famous for its innovative shotguns, began making military weapons in 1915, when it was contracted by French government to manufacture Lewis machine guns. In 1916 this same company announced the development of its own indigenous design of machine gun. This belt-fed weapon was designed especially ...
The US M1918 155 mm GPF was a copy of the French 1917 field gun and used by the US Army, Philippines and US Marines up to 1945. [8] The United States Army paid for and subsequently copied, the Model 1918 (M1918) gun. During the Second World War the 155 mm guns were taken out of storage and used for coast defense on American shores and in Allied ...
Patilla style miquelet lock inlaid with gold and silver, late 1600s. Chiselled and pierced patilla style miquelet lock. Miquelet lock is a modern term used by collectors and curators for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of snaplock, originally as a flint-against-steel ignition form, once prevalent ...
Following his departure from the French State arsenal system (APX) and joining Saint-Chamond, Rimailho adapted a Mondragon designed 75 mm field gun for production for the Mexican Army. It was the proprietary Canon de 75mm TR Saint-Chamond (Modele 1915) , designed to fire the regular French 75 mm ammunition.
Chauchat. The Chauchat ("show-sha", French pronunciation: [ʃoʃa]) 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 " ("Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG"). Beginning in June 1916, it was placed into regular service with French ...
Feed system. 12 round tube magazine. Sights. Tangent leaf sights up to 1000 metres, Fixed-blade front sight. The Tigre rifle was a Spanish copy of the Winchester Model 1892 made by Garate, Anitua y Cia., an Eibar arms manufacturer between 1915 and 1938.