October, 2024

Type 97

Japanese Empire
Second World War
Made by Kokura in c.1939
6.5x50mm

World War I, French Third Republic, Rifles, Bolt Action, 8x50mm Lebel, 1915, MAC, Lebel, WWI Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske World War I, French Third Republic, Rifles, Bolt Action, 8x50mm Lebel, 1915, MAC, Lebel, WWI Standard Issue Rifles Walter Gurske

Lebel M1886

The first smokeless powder rifle would put represent the most significant advance in small arms technology since the advent of gunpowder itself, but the rifle itself would be rapidly rendered obsolete, despite serving on for more than half a century.

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