The French "Chauchat"
Machine Gun
Chauchat
A gun that could be transported by one men into battle, supplied machine-gun-level fire power, and could be mas-produced through limited manufacturing facilities.
The Chauchat
- Fusil-Militrailuer Modele (1915) (Chauchat)
- Light Machine Gun
- Recognized as "Automatic Rifle"
- Nicknamed "Sho,Sho" by American doughboys
Machine Gun
this weapon was featured a muzzle velocity of 1,970 feet per second and a rate-of-fire of 240 rounds per minute for the role.
Over all length it was 46 inches wit a weight of 23 lbs when loaded with a 20-round magazine.
World War 1
When the united states army arrived in support of the allies during the fighting of 1917,Army authorities secured several french automatic weapons to shore up shortages in their own inventory.
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