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.

Dec 26, 2023 · Designed in 1886 and adopted the following year by the French military, the Lebel Modèle 1886 has the distinction of being both France’s first repeating service rifle, and the world’s first service rifle chambered for a smokeless round.

The Lebel Model 1886 is an 8mm bolt action rifle with an 8 round tubular forestock magazine. It can hold up to 10 rounds with one in the transporter and another in the chamber. It was the first military rifle to use smokeless powder. Solidly built and reliable in the trench warfare, it was the favorite rifle of the French soldiers in World War I.

Jan 29, 2021 · Despite its impressive record, there are those today who insist on denigrating France’s Fusil Modéle 1886/93 “Lebel” insisting that by the time World War I began it was obsolete and out of date.

Nov 13, 2018 · Did you know the first smokeless-powder, repeating military arm was fielded by France in the late 19th century? Check out the story behind the Model 1886 Lebel rifle.

Jul 5, 2016 · The legendary French Lebel rifle was a revolution in small arms design: It introduced smokeless powder, which gave the rifle double the power and effective range of its competitors like the Mauser 1871/84 or American Springfield Trapdoor.

The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (in French, Fusil Modele 1886 dit “Fusil Lebel”), or the Fusil Mle 1886 M93 (after a bolt modification added in 1893), is an 8mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service with the French Army in April of 1887.

The Lebel Model 1886 (more formally known as the "Fusil Modele 1886") was the standard infantry rifle of the French Army before and during the First World War. The production life of the gun was long enough to be used in World War II.

Jul 23, 2016 · The Lebel Model 1886 saw official service with the French Army from 1887 to 1936 though many were in circulation that it survived long enough to see combat into the Second World War (including use by the French resistance).

May 9, 2024 · Meet the world’s first standard-issue military rifle to use smokeless gunpowder: the French Lebel Model 1886. The Lebel marked not only a massive milestone in firearms technology but also a...