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Lebel 1886
Lebel Mle 1886
The Lebel Model 1886 Rifle, 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 M1886 rifle had a 10-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)
- 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 | ||
| Shock Troop | French soldiers | 1934 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Paths of Glory | French soldiers | 1957 | ||
| 55 Days at Peking | French and Italian troops | 1963 | ||
| Weekend at Dunkirk | French soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Shock Troops (Un homme de trop) | Resistance fighters | 1967 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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" |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sean Patrick Flanery | Indiana Jones | 1992-1993 | |
| Atonement | French troops | 2007 |
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 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mods | Notations | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | . | With and without APX Mle 1921 scope | 2001-2012 |
| Empires: Dawn of the Modern World | 2003 | ||
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2004 | ||
| Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | "Lebel" | 2014 | |
| Verdun | "Fusil Mle 1886 M93 Lebel" | 2015 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "Lebel Model 1886" | 2016 |
R.S.C. Mle 1917
The Ribeyrolles, Sutter and Chauchat (R.S.C.) Model 1917 Semi-automatic Rifle, also known as the Fusil Automatique (F.A.) Model 1917, was a variant of the Lebel 1886 produced during World War I to give the French soldier an edge on the battlefield. Although 85,000 rifles were produced during the war, it was criticized for being too heavy and too long, and it was accused of being too difficult to maintain in a trench enviroment. It also needed a special five-round clip. An improved version, the R.S.C. M1918, was shorter, and used the standard five-round clip of the Berthier rifle. This variant proved itself during the Rif War.
Specifications
R.S.C. Model 1917
- Caliber: 8x50mmR
- Length: 52.4 inches (133cm)
- Barrel Length: 31.4 inches (79.75 cm)
- Weight: 11.6 pounds (5.26 kg)
- Capacity: 5 rounds
R.S.C. Model 1918
- Caliber: 8x50mmR
- Length: 43.25 inches (109.85 cm)
- Barrel Length: 22.85 inches (58 cm)
- Weight: 10.5 pounds (4.76 kg)
- Capacity: 5 rounds
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Republican mages | M1917 | 2017 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mods | Notations | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empires: Dawn of the Modern World | 2003 | ||
| Battlefield: 1918 | M1917 | 2004 | |
| Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | RSC | M1917 | 2014 |
| Verdun | "RSC 1917" "RSC 1918" | M1917, M1918 | 2015 |
| Battlefield 1 | "RSC 1917" | 2016 |