PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months agoUniform/equipment evolution of French troops during WW1media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months 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-up3·7 months 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.
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.