The Fusil Modèle 1874 or Gras was the French Army's primary service rifle from 1874 to 1886. Designed by Colonel Basile Gras, the Gras was a metallic cartridge...
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the Gras rifle and cartridge into the 1950s. Canada Quebec 1874/80/14 (Mle 1914) Gras variants chambered in 8mm Lebel, and some Mle 1874's and 1874/80's...
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department, France The Gras rifle: the Fusil Gras mle 1874, was a French service rifle that came into service in 1874, and some countries still used as late...
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Chassepot was replaced in 1874 by the Gras rifle which used a centerfire drawn brass metallic cartridge. Otherwise, the Gras rifle was basically identical...
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Berthier rifle (redirect from Berthier Mle 07-15)
aging Mle 1874 Gras single-shot carbines - still standard for French cavalry, artillery, and gendarme forces even after the introduction of the Mle 1886/M93...
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Woodsmaster Semi-automatic rifle United States 1,700,000 2,500,000 Fusil Gras mle 1874 Single-shot bolt-action rifle France 2,500,000 M14 Battle rifle United...
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French Army Fusil Gras mle 1874 metallic cartridge....
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Fusil modèle 1866 "Chassepot" (France – rifle – 1866) Fusil Gras mle 1874 (France – rifle – 1874) Gallager carbine (USA – rifle – 1861) Gatling Model 1861...
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85 ft (109.07 m) 85 gr (5.5 g) 480 gr (31 g) .433 in (11.0 mm) Fusil Gras mle 1874 France 1,489 ft/s (454 m/s) 878 ft/s (268 m/s) 643 ft/s (196 m/s) 471 ft/s...
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General Basile Gras (2 January 1836 – 14 April 1901) created the Gras rifle for the French Army in 1874 by converting the Mle 1866 Chassepot rifle to fire...
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developed its own model, the Murata rifle, derived from the French Fusil Gras mle 1874. This was Japan's first locally made service rifle, and was used from...
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85 ft (109.07 m) 85 gr (5.5 g) 480 gr (31 g) .433 in (11.0 mm) Fusil Gras mle 1874 France 1,489 ft/s (454 m/s) 878 ft/s (268 m/s) 643 ft/s (196 m/s) 471 ft/s...
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снаряженными дымным порохом - Бердана № 2 образца 1870 г., Гра 1874 г., Гра-Кропачека 1874/85 г., Веттерли 1870/87 г." А. Б. Жук. Энциклопедия стрелкового...
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performance. The new cartridge was comparable to that used in the Fusil Gras mle 1874 and Mauser Model 1871 rifles. Other changes which had been implemented...
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Winchester 1873 Vz. 24 Karabinek wz. 1929 (purchased from Poland) Fusil Gras mle 1874 M1917 Enfield Kropatschek rifle Mannlicher M1886 Mannlicher M1888 Mannlicher...
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Berthier rifles and carbines Model 1917 semi-automatic rifle Fusil Gras mle 1874 Remington Rolling Block rifle - a limited production for France before...
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with varying differences were produced until the design was standardized in 1874. Five versions of the single-shot Vetterli were produced. The first of these...
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Lebel France 1917 Fusil Gras mle 1874 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne Steyr Mannlicher 11×59mmR 8mm Lebel France 1874 General Liu rifle Hanyang...
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Ilg, went to Paris where he traded gold and ivory for 80,000 Fusil Gras mle 1874, 33 pieces of artillery and 5,000 artillery shells. Menelik had also...
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rarer rifles were often modified by the Viet Cong early in the war: Gras mle 1874 carbines were rechambered to .410 bore while Destroyer carbines were...
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post-World War I reparations; about 1,000 Greeks carried antique Fusil Gras mle 1874 rifles. The garrison had been stripped of its best crew-served weapons...
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propelled by a blank cartridge with a firing mechanism taken from the Fusil Gras mle 1874. A high-explosive fragmentation grenade. A Granatenwerfer 16 in action...
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army's single-shot 11mm Mle 1874 Gras and shared the tubular magazine from the navy's Mle 1878 Kropatschek rifle. The Mle 1884 and Mle 1885 Kropatschek rifles...
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85 ft (109.07 m) 85 gr (5.5 g) 480 gr (31 g) .433 in (11.0 mm) Fusil Gras mle 1874 France 1,489 ft/s (454 m/s) 878 ft/s (268 m/s) 643 ft/s (196 m/s) 471 ft/s...
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Gewehr 305(f) Fusil Mle 1907 8 mm Selbstlade-Gewehr 310(f) Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 8 mm Gewehr 361(f) Fusil Gras mle 1874 11 mm Karabiner 551(f)...
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of the various small arms Ethiopia had brought over the years. Fusil Gras mle 1874-Most popular Chassepot Lebel Model 1886 rifle Berthier rifle FN Model...
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300 m (330 yd) and spread at 600 m of 96 cm (38 in). In comparison, the Gras rifle displayed a spread of 89 cm (35 in) and the Mauser rifle (presumably...
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War of the Pacific (section Boundary Treaty of 1874)
uniformly modern arms. Almost all Chilean soldiers were armed with Comblain or Gras rifles. The Chilean navy also possessed two new ironclads, which were invincible...
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mm modèle 1874 fusil d'infanterie de 11 mm Gras modèle 1866-74 fusil d'infanterie de 11 mm Gras modèle 1874 fusil d'infanterie de 11 mm Gras modèle 1866-74...
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number of other rare types of rifles and carbines, among them Fusil Gras mle 1874, Kropatschek rifles and Vetterli rifles. In addition to service weapons...
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