Table of Contents
52 relations: Armour-piercing ammunition, Austria-Hungary, Berthier rifle, Blue Army (Poland), Bolt thrust, Bronze, Cartridge (firearms), Chauchat, Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun, Commission internationale permanente pour l'épreuve des armes à feu portatives, External ballistics, Finland, France, French colonial empire, French Third Republic, Full metal jacket (ammunition), Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917, Fusil Gras mle 1874, Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun, Hotchkiss machine gun, Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun, Lebel Model 1886 rifle, List of rifle cartridges, Madsen machine gun, MAS-36 rifle, Modèle 1892 revolver, Nicolas Lebel, Nitrocellulose, Paul Marie Eugène Vieille, Polish–Soviet War, Poudre B, Prvi Partizan, Remington Rolling Block rifle, Rifle, Russian Empire, Second Spanish Republic, Smokeless powder, Spanish Civil War, Spitzer (bullet), St. Étienne Mle 1907, Table of handgun and rifle cartridges, Tracer ammunition, Vickers machine gun, Volkssturm, Wildcat cartridge, Winter War, World War I, World War II, .348 Winchester, 11×59mmR Gras, ... Expand index (2 more) »
- 8×50mmR Lebel firearms
- Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1886
Armour-piercing ammunition
Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
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Berthier rifle
The Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army, and French Colonial Forces, from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940).
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Blue Army (Poland)
The Blue Army (Polish: Błękitna Armia; French: Armée bleue), or Haller's Army, was a Polish military contingent created in France during the latter stages of World War I. The name came from the French-issued blue military uniforms worn by the soldiers.
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Bolt thrust
Bolt thrust or breech pressure is a term used in internal ballistics and firearms (whether small arms or artillery) that describes the amount of rearward force exerted by the propellant gases on the bolt or breech of a firearm action or breech when a projectile is fired.
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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Cartridge (firearms)
A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for convenient transportation and handling during shooting. 8×50mmR Lebel and cartridge (firearms) are pistol and rifle cartridges.
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Chauchat
The Chauchat ("show-sha") was the standard light machine gun or "machine rifle" of the French Army during World War I (1914–18).
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Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun
The Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun is a French prototype automatic weapon.
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Commission internationale permanente pour l'épreuve des armes à feu portatives
The Commission internationale permanente pour l'épreuve des armes à feu portatives (English: Permanent International Commission for the Proof of Small Arms), commonly abbreviated C.I.P., is an international organisation which sets standards for safety testing of firearms.
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External ballistics
External ballistics or exterior ballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
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French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
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Full metal jacket (ammunition)
A full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding metal, cupronickel, or, less commonly, a steel alloy.
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Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917
The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 ("Model 1917 Automatic Rifle"), also called the RSC M1917, was a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle placed into service by the French Army during the latter part of World War I. It was chambered in 8mm Lebel, the rimmed cartridge used in other French Army infantry weapons of the time.
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Fusil Gras mle 1874
The Fusil Modèle 1874 or Gras was the French Army's primary service rifle from 1874 to 1886.
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Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun
The Hotchkiss M1909 machine gun was a light machine gun of the early 20th century that was developed and built by Hotchkiss et Cie.
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Hotchkiss machine gun
The Hotchkiss machine gun was any of a line of products developed and sold by Hotchkiss et Cie, (full name Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie), established by United States gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss.
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Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun
The Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun chambered for the 8mm Lebel cartridge became the standard machine gun of the French Army during the latter half of World War I. It was manufactured by the French arms company Hotchkiss et Cie, which had been established in the 1860s by American industrialist Benjamin B.
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Lebel Model 1886 rifle
The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893, is an 8 mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887.
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List of rifle cartridges
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name.
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Madsen machine gun
The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War, and that the Royal Danish Army adopted in 1902.
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MAS-36 rifle
The MAS Modèle 36 (also known as the Fusil à répétition 7 mm 5 M. 36) is a military bolt-action rifle.
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Modèle 1892 revolver
The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver.
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Nicolas Lebel
Colonel Nicolas Lebel (18 August 1838 – 6 May 1891), after whom the French military's Lebel rifle was named.
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Nitrocellulose
Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
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Paul Marie Eugène Vieille
Paul Marie Eugène Vieille (2 September 1854 – 14 January 1934) was a French chemist who invented modern nitrocellulose-based smokeless gunpowder in 1884.
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Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (late autumn 1918 / 14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic before it became a union republic in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution, on territories which were previously held by the Russian Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy following the Partitions of Poland.
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Poudre B
Poudre B was the first practical smokeless gunpowder created in 1884.
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Prvi Partizan
Prvi partizan (Prvi partizan; abbr. PPU) is a Serbian manufacturer of ammunition and handloading components, based in Užice, Serbia.
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Remington Rolling Block rifle
Remington Rolling Block is a family of breech-loading rifles that was produced from the mid-1860s into the early 20th century by E. Remington and Sons (later Remington Arms).
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Rifle
A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall.
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Second Spanish Republic
The Spanish Republic, commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic, was the form of democratic government in Spain from 1931 to 1939.
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Smokeless powder
Finnish smokeless powder Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to black powder.
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
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Spitzer (bullet)
The spitzer bullet (or spire point) is a pointed projectile that is primarily used in small-arms.
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St. Étienne Mle 1907
The French St.
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Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. 8×50mmR Lebel and table of handgun and rifle cartridges are pistol and rifle cartridges.
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Tracer ammunition
Tracer ammunition, or tracers, are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base.
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Vickers machine gun
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army.
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Volkssturm
The Volkssturm ("people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II.
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Wildcat cartridge
A wildcat cartridge, often shortened to wildcat, is a custom-made cartridge for which ammunition and/or firearms are not mass-produced.
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Winter War
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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.348 Winchester
The.348 Winchester / 8.8x57mmR is an American rifle cartridge. 8×50mmR Lebel and .348 Winchester are pistol and rifle cartridges and rimmed cartridges.
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11×59mmR Gras
The 11×59mmR Gras, also known as the 11mm Vickers, is an obsolete rifle cartridge. 8×50mmR Lebel and 11×59mmR Gras are military cartridges, pistol and rifle cartridges and rimmed cartridges.
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7.5×54mm French
The 7.5×54mm French, 7.5 French, or 7.5 MAS (designated as the 7,5 × 54 MAS by the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. 8×50mmR Lebel and 7.5×54mm French are military cartridges and pistol and rifle cartridges.
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8×50mmR Mannlicher
The Austro-Hungarian 8×50mmR Mannlicher or 8×50mmR M93 is a service cartridge dating back to the days of semi-smokeless powder. 8×50mmR Lebel and 8×50mmR Mannlicher are military cartridges, pistol and rifle cartridges and rimmed cartridges.
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See also
8×50mmR Lebel firearms
- 8×50mmR Lebel
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1886
- 8×50mmR Lebel
- Krag–Jørgensen
- Mannlicher M1886
- Maxim gun
- QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
References
Also known as 8 mm Lebel, 8mm Lebel, 8x50R Lebel, 8x50R mm, 8x51R French, 8×50 mmR Lebel.