https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=General_Liu_Rifle 2026-05-30T22:40:04Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1441289&oldid=prev 2021-09-05T06:06:31Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:06, 5 September 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:GeneralLiuRifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|General Liu Rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name (the rifle lacked a formal designation) of an early Chinese experimental self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Liu Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name (the rifle lacked a formal designation) of an early Chinese experimental self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Liu Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:GeneralLiuRifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|General Liu Rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Specifications==</div></td></tr> </table>

TheExplodingBarrel https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1293566&oldid=prev 2019-09-09T22:45:59Z

<p>minor</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:45, 9 September 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name (the rifle lacked a formal designation) of an early Chinese experimental self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Liu Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name (the rifle lacked a formal designation) of an early Chinese experimental self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Liu Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">served </del>served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GeneralLiuRifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|General Liu Rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GeneralLiuRifle.jpg|thumb|right|400px|General Liu Rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Nanomat https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1289140&oldid=prev 2019-08-13T09:17:09Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:17, 13 August 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name of an <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">experimental </del>early Chinese self-loading rifle <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(real name unknown)</del>, named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Liu Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(the rifle lacked a formal designation) </ins>of an early Chinese <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">experimental </ins>self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Liu Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

Wuzh https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1202434&oldid=prev 2018-07-29T12:15:51Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:15, 29 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name of an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle (real name unknown), named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: Ch'ing-en <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Liu</del>), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is the common name of an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle (real name unknown), named after its designer General Liu Qing En (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Wade-Giles: <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Liu </ins>Ch'ing-en), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

Wuzh https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1202433&oldid=prev 2018-07-29T12:15:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:15, 29 July 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch'ing-en </del>Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pinyin</del>: Liu <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Qing En</del>), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the common name of </ins>an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(real name unknown)</ins>, named after its designer General Liu <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Qing En </ins>(Chinese: 劉慶恩, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wade-Giles</ins>: <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch'ing-en </ins>Liu), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

Wuzh https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1146944&oldid=prev 2017-12-16T07:04:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:04, 16 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wanted to design a modern self-loading rifle for China, and </ins>went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle were first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

Wuzh https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1146757&oldid=prev 2017-12-15T07:57:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:57, 15 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to the USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were </ins>first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

Wuzh https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1146405&oldid=prev 2017-12-14T00:55:10Z

<p>minor grammar edit, overall good addition</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:55, 14 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle was first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle was first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made by Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

PaperCake https://www.buildlogs.org/index.php?title=General_Liu_Rifle&diff=1146257&oldid=prev 2017-12-13T16:05:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:05, 13 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle was first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </del>Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. Two prototypes of the rifle was first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by </ins>Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:04, 13 December 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>rifle was first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made in Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''General Liu Rifle''' is an experimental early Chinese self-loading rifle, named after its designer General Ch'ing-en Liu (Chinese: 劉慶恩, Pinyin: Liu Qing En), the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal. General Liu went to USA in 1914 to procure machinery for the Hanyang Arsenal from the Pratt &amp; Whitney Tool Company. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Two prototypes of the </ins>rifle was first tested in Beijing in 1916, one made by Pratt &amp; Whitney, the other made in Hanyang. The Hanyang Arsenal reported on the gun's qualities and raised a few concerns, but no more was heard about the rifle from Chinese documentations after this report. The US Army Ordnance Office also tested the rifle in 1918. The rifle's production machinery from Pratt &amp; Whitney were delivered to Shanghai in 1919, but the rifle never entered production, and General Liu himself suffered a paralyzing stroke in 1919. The machinery were eventually repurposed for the production of bolt-action rifles instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rifle's method of operation can be between gas-trap semi-auto to straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder located on the muzzle. This served served as a backup should the semi-automatic operation fail, which did indeed happen during testing, caused by inconsistent manufacture due to the lack of proper machinery in China.</div></td></tr> </table>

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