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Lebel 1886
The Lebel Model 1886 (Lebel Mle 1886), or known officially as Fusil Modèle 1886, is a French 8mm bolt action rifle which has the distinction of being the first military rifle designed to use smokeless powder cartridges. It incorporated some of the latest advances in rifle design at the time. A bolt head with two opposed front locking lugs that locked into the receiver and cammed surface on the rear of the receiver bridge providing positive extraction. The Lebel rifle was adopted in April 1887 and remained in service in the French Army until World War II, although its tube magazine had long become an obsolete feature. In 1893, the slightly improved Fusil Modèle 1886-M93 was introduced and nearly all earlier rifles were upgraded to the new standard. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle had a 8+2-round capacity and also mounted a spike bayonet. It was manufactured beginning in 1887 until May 1920. The total number of Lebel rifles manufactured at 2,880,000 units.
Due to the lack of unconverted examples and the fact that the M93 version is visually indistinguishable, most if not all film and television appearances of the Lebel rifle are the 1886-M93 version.
Specifications
- Fusil Modèle 1886-M93 Rilfe.
- Caliber: 8x50mmR
- Length: 51.36 inches (130.45 cm)
- Barrel Length: 31.44 inches (79.85 cm)
- Capacity: 10 rounds (8 in the under barrel tube-magazine, 1 in the transporter, and 1 in the chamber. Though French Army doctorate was to only load it with 8 rounds.)
- Weight: 9.73 pounds (4.41 kg)
- Muzzle Velocity: 2,000 - 2,300 feet per second (609 - 701 meters per second)
- Maximum Range: 3,500 - 4,500 yards (3200 - 4100 meters)
The Lebel 1886 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdun: Visions of History | French soldiers | 1928 | ||
| Westfront 1918 | French soldiers | 1930 | ||
| Wooden Crosses | Pierre Blanchar | Adjudant Gilbert Demachy | 1932 | |
| Raymond Aimos | Soldat Fouillard | |||
| French soldiers | ||||
| Shock Troop | French soldiers | 1934 | ||
| The Flying Deuces | French Foreign Legionaries | 1939 | ||
| The Fighting 69th | French troops | 1940 | ||
| Sergeant York | French troops | 1941 | ||
| Casablanca | Moroccan soldiers | 1942 | ||
| The Battle of the Rails (La bataille du rail) | French Resistance fighters, German soldiers | 1946 | ||
| The Poet | Valentin Gaft | André | 1957 | |
| Red sailors and French soldiers | ||||
| Paths of Glory | Ralph Meeker | Corporal Philippe Paris | 1957 | |
| Timothy Carey | Private Maurice Ferol | |||
| Joe Turkel | Private Pierre Arnaud | |||
| French soldiers | ||||
| 55 Days at Peking | French and Italian troops | 1963 | ||
| Mata Hari, Agent H21 | French soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Weekend at Dunkirk | French soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Shock Troops (Un homme de trop) | Resistance fighters | 1967 | ||
| Two Comrades Were Serving (Sluzhili dva tovarishcha) | Red Army soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The Intervention (Interventsiya) | French soldiers | 1969 | ||
| On a Comet | The sailor on a Hikmet's ship | 1970 | ||
| The Old Gun (Le vieux fusil) | Vichy militia and maquisards | 1975 | ||
| The Wind and the Lion | French colonial troops | 1975 | ||
| March or Die | Terence Hill | Marco Segrain | 1977 | |
| Jack O'Halloran | Ivan | |||
| Max von Sydow | Francois Marneau | |||
| French Foreign Legionnaires | ||||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | French Soldiers | 1979 | ||
| The Big Red One | Vichy French troops | 1980 | ||
| The Ace of Aces (L'As des as) | French soldiers | 1982 | ||
| Sahara | French soldiers | 1983 | ||
| The Razor's Edge | Belgian soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Fort Saganne | Gérard Depardieu | Lt Charles Saganne | 1984 | |
| French and Arabic soldiers | ||||
| Capitaine Conan | French soldiers | 1996 | ||
| Legionaire | Jean Claude Van Damme | Alain Lefevre | 1998 | |
| The Mummy | Brendon Fraser | Rick O'Connell | 1999 | |
| The Mummy Returns | Cultist | 2001 | ||
| A Very Long Engagement | French soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Days of Glory | Mathieu Simonet | Corporal Leroux | Lebel Model 1886 M93 M27 | 2006 |
| Flyboys | French troops | 2006 | ||
| City 44 | Józef Pawlowski | Stefan Zawadzki | 2014 | |
| Grzegorz Daukszewicz | "Miki" | |||
| Wonder Woman | French soldiers | 2017 | ||
| Darkest Hour | French soldiers | 2017 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e) | Moscow People's Militia members | Seen in documentary footage | 1976 | |
| Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) | Spanish Morrocan soldiers | Ep.5-6 | 1984 | |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sean Patrick Flanery | Indiana Jones | 1992-1993 | |
| Lenin...The Train | French soldiers | 1988 | ||
| Verdun: Descent into Hell | Peter Stock | Anatole Castex | 2005 | |
| French soldiers | ||||
| Atonement | French troops | 2007 | ||
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons | Romat revolutionaries | 2008 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | lying on the floor | 1979 | |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Francois Republic's regular infantry | 2017 | |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie | Francois Republic's regular infantry | 2019 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mods | Notations | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | . | With and without APX Mle 1921 scope | 2001-2012 |
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | ||
| Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | "Lebel" | 2014 | |
| Verdun | "Fusil Mle 1886 M93 Lebel" | 2015 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "Lebel Model 1886" | "They Shall Not Pass" DLC | 2016 |