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Lebel rifle

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Lebel rifle

French service rifle of World War I, introduced 1886. An 8-mm caliber weapon, using a bolt breech action, and with a tubular magazine beneath the barrel, it was the first service rifle ever to use a small caliber bullet and smokeless powder.


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