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 …

Mar 24, 2021 · Modele 1917 components were fabricated at three separate sites and assembled at Tulle, St-Etienne and Chatellerault. Ammunition was loaded into the rifle via a five-round en …

Nov 17, 2015 · The RSC 1917 was not a perfect design, but it was good enough and the only true semiauto infantry rifle fielded by anyone in significant numbers during the war. Did you know …

May 18, 2017 · This was a powerful semi-automatic rifle, and despite the fact that it only saw action in the later years of the war, almost 100,000 units were produced by 1918. Improving on …

The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 (also called the RSC M1917) was a semi-automatic, gas-operated, infantry rifle that the French Army placed in service during the latter part (1918) of …

Sep 22, 2015 · Modele 1917 components were fabricated at three separate sites and assembled at Tulle, St-Etienne and Chatellerault. Ammunition was loaded into the rifle via a five-round en …

RSC Model 1917 rifle is gas-operated, magazine fed weapon that fires in semi-automatic mode only. It uses conventional gas piston system with long stroke piston, located in the gas cylinedr …

May 3, 2019 · The culmination of work begun by French arms experts in the early 1900s produced the now-largely forgotten "Fusil Automatique Modele 1917" - one of the few semi …

The RSC Mle 1917 was a semiautomatic rifle designed and adopted by the French during WWI.

The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 (English: Model 1917 Automatic), or RSC M1917 (RSC standing for its designers, Ribeyrolles, Sutter and Chauchat, who previously designed the …