Preorders now open for my book, "Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016"! Get your copy here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-201?ref=yr14b9 The Model 1866 Chassepot was France's first military cartridge-firing rifle. It used a self-contained paper cartridge on the same basic principle as the Prussian 1841 Dreyse rifle, but was a substantial improvement on that system. The Chassepot fired an 11mm bullet at about 1350 fps

Preorders now open for my book, "Chassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles 1866-2016"! Get your copy here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-201 The French Army had been planning a semiauto infantry rifle since 1921, but indecisiveness and bureaucracy delayed its development. A major trial was held in 1931, and elements of two experimental rifles were chosen to be combined into what would eventually become the MAS 1944. It was put thro

[#Objets] Voici le fusil Chassepot, le fusil de le Commune et de la guerre de 1870 ! L'adjudant-chef Laurent, expert armement, vous présente le fusil Chassepot modèle 1866, première arme réglementaire française à production industrielle et à chargement par la culasse. Ce fusil, qui utilisait des cartouches en papier, est à retrouver dans les collections permanentes du musée de l’Armée. #fusil #militaria #histoire #histoiredefrance #guerrede70 #Chassepot #Invalides #museearmee | Musée de l'Armée

FUSIL INFANTERIE CHASSEPOT Manufacture de Saint Etienne Modèle 1866...