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    The 8×50mmR Lebel (8mm Lebel) (designated as the 8 × 51 R Lebel by the C.I.P.) rifle cartridge was the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and...
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    The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in...
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  • The Austro-Hungarian 8×50mmR Mannlicher or 8×50mmR M93 is a service cartridge dating back to the days of semi-smokeless powder. It was later replaced...
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  • performance of the existing French 8×50mmR Lebel service cartridge of 1886. The original 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel cartridge was an innovative service...
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    15x58mmR), .50-70, .40-70, .45-70 and later in .22 caliber. Later models were produced in .30-03 (Predecessor to .30-06), 7×57mm Mauser, and 8×50mmR Lebel....
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    rifles used in World War I are the Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 in 8×50mmR Lebel and the Winchester Model 1910 in .401 Winchester Self-Loading. During...
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  • update to the 7.5×57mm MAS mod. 1924 cartridge. It replaced the obsolete 8×50mmR Lebel round used during World War I, and served as the French service cartridge...
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    to accommodate the 8×50mmR Lebel smokeless powder cartridge, the Gras was replaced as the standard-issue service rifle by the Lebel in 1886. Converted...
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    62×51mm NATO, 7.62×54mmR, .30-06 Springfield, .303 British, 7.65×53mm Mauser, 7.7×58mm Arisaka, 7.92×57mm Mauser, and 8×50mmR Lebel. The US military's Next...
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  • rifle cartridge that was introduced in the mid-1920s to replace the 8×50mmR Lebel, although it itself was soon replaced with the 7.5×54mm French round...
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    new smokeless propellant introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel started a military rifle ammunition revolution. The Patrone 88 cartridge...
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    8 mm calibre class (such as the French 8×50mmR Lebel, the German 7.92×57mm, the Austrian 8×50mmR Mannlicher, the .303 British, the Russian 7.62×54mmR...
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    new smokeless propellant, introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel, which started a military rifle ammunition revolution. At the time of...
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  • 4×47mmR 11x42mmR Albini-Comblain 11×50mmR Comblain 12x46mmR Musket Spain XPL 5.6×57mmR 6.5×53mmR 7-30 Waters 7.62×53mmR 7.62×54mmR 8×50mmR Lebel 8×50mmR Mannlicher...
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    revolutionary 8×50mmR Lebel, the first military cartridge to use smokeless gunpowder. The Lebel cartridge was itself created by necking down the 11×59mmR. Despite...
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  • Thumbnail for Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917
    during the latter part of World War I in May 1916. It was chambered in 8mm Lebel, the rimmed cartridge used in other French Army infantry weapons of the...
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  • 8×50mmR Lebel) Chauchat Mle 1918 (France – Light Machine Gun – .30–'06) RKM wz. 15 (France, Poland – Light Machine Gun – 7.92×57mm Mauser, 8×50mmR Lebel:...
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  • rounds with pointed (spitzer) bullets: France in 1898 (8×50mmR Lebel Balle D spitzer 198 grains (12.8 g) with boat-tail), Germany in 1903 (7.92×57mm Mauser...
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    smallbore 8×50mmR Lebel cartridge became public. Consequently, all black powder rifles became obsolescent. The next year, the Belgians tried a smokeless 8-mm...
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    nitrocellulose, 29.8% soluble nitrocellulose gelatinized with ether and 2% paraffin. This was adopted for the Lebel rifle chambered in 8×50mmR Lebel.: 139  It...
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    Vielle two years earlier. Essentially, that backfired: hastily developed 8×50mmR Lebel cartridge became an unprecedented high-velocity ammunition but due to...
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    .303 British (redirect from 7.7 x 56 mm R)
    Construction de Puteaux (APX), with their "Balle D" design for the 8×50mmR Lebel cartridge, revolutionised bullet design with the introduction of pointed...
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    A/S 8×58mmR Danish Krag 7×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm 6.5×53mmR 6.5×52mm Carcano 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.62×54mmR 8×50mmR Lebel 8×50mmR Mannlicher...
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    Germany Krag–Jørgensen 6.5×55mm .30-40 Krag 8×58mmR Danish Krag 1886  Norway Lebel 1886 rifle 8×50mmR Lebel 1887  France Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I .303 British...
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  • examples include the .22 Hornet, .30-30 Winchester, 7.62×54mmR, .303 British, 8×50mmR Lebel, and .45-70 Government. As early as 1867 Joseph Whitworth patented...
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  • produced Berthier rifle France 8×50mmR Lebel 5 700 803 1306 3.81 2,000,000 Carcano M91 Italy 6.5×52mm Carcano 6 700 780 1285 3.8 2-3,000,000 Karabin wz.98a...
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    Reservists in the Obrona Narodowa ("National Defense") received Lebels and Berthiers in 8×50mmR Lebel "Balle D" (1923–1937). Police and paramilitary forces were...
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    Schmidt–Rubin ammunition, but the transition was underway in late 1880s (e. g., 8×50mmR Lebel was adopted in 1886 and 7.65×53mm Mauser in 1889). It was one of the...
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    rifle-like cartridges. Most PDWs fire a small-caliber (generally less than 8 mm or 0.31 in in bullet diameter), high-velocity centerfire bottleneck cartridge...
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    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...
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