PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agoUniform/equipment evolution of French troops during WW1media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
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minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoBrutal that the French military was stuck with the Lebel Model 1886 rifle through the war. The downside of rushing to be the earliest adopter of smokeless powder is that everyone else is going to have better rifles when they catch up.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoTrailblazers open up the path for others to do it better - one always hopes one’s allies and not enemies. Wh-what’s that? M-Mauser 98, you say? The Berthier seemed like an odd choice too, but maybe I’m just not viewing it in the proper context.
minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoThe short version with the Berthier is that it was very limited by the 8mm Lebel cartridge. It is a terrible cartridge to design a rifle around.
Brutal that the French military was stuck with the Lebel Model 1886 rifle through the war. The downside of rushing to be the earliest adopter of smokeless powder is that everyone else is going to have better rifles when they catch up.
Trailblazers open up the path for others to do it better - one always hopes one’s allies and not enemies.
Wh-what’s that?
M-Mauser 98, you say?
The Berthier seemed like an odd choice too, but maybe I’m just not viewing it in the proper context.
The short version with the Berthier is that it was very limited by the 8mm Lebel cartridge. It is a terrible cartridge to design a rifle around.