Berthier - a family of French store rifles and carbines, developed by designer-gunsmith A. Berthier for the French army in the late 1880s-1900s.
| bertier rifle | |
|---|---|
 Bertier rifle arr. 1892-1927 | |
| Type of | rifle |
| A country |  France |
| Service History | |
| Years of operation | 1890s — 1960s |
| Adopted | |
| In service | France |
| Wars and conflicts | World War I The Second World War war in indochina war in algeria |
| Production history | |
| Total released | about 2 million |
| Specifications | |
| Cartridge | 8 × 50 mm R |
| Work principles | longitudinally sliding shutter |
| Type of ammunition | 3 or 5 rounds magazine |
Rifle bertier
The first prototype of the Berthier rifle was developed in 1880 [1] .
Content
Options and Modifications
- La carabine de cavalerie is a cavalry carbine of the 1890 model (also known under the name " Manlicher-Berthier "), with a reloading bundle of the Manlicher system store. The magazine capacity is 3 rounds [2] . The first option, the production of which was started in series. The mass of the weapon was 2.72 kg [1]
- La carabine de cuirassiers Mle 1890 - carbine for cuirassiers of the 1890 model (it differed from the cavalry carbine in the modified butt, which had a leather butt plate instead of a metal one) [1]
- Le mousqueton d'artillerie Mle 1892 - carbine of 1892 for gunners, equipped with a bayonet-cleaver [1]
- Le fusil Mle 1902 de tirailleur indochinois - 1902 rifle for arming the native personnel of the French colonial troops in Indochina [1]
- Le fusil Mle 1907 de tirailleur sénégalais - 1907 model rifle for arming units of Senegalese tyrallers as part of the French colonial troops [1]
- Le fusil Mle 1907 M 15 - a rifle of the 1915 model for the French army (equipped with a bayonet from the Lebel carbine rifle, model 1886) [1]
- Le fusil 07/15 M 34 - model of the 1934 model chambered for 7.5 × 54 mm . Magazine capacity - 5 rounds [1] [2]
Operator countries
- France [1] [2]
- Kingdom of Serbia - during World War I, rifles were delivered from France under a military assistance program
- Greece
- Yugoslavia - after the end of World War I, rifles remained in the army warehouses of the mobilization reserve until the occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941 . Subsequently, the rifles were used by the NOAU partisans [3]
- Second Republic of Spain - a number of rifles were used by Republicans during the war in Spain [4]
- Germany - trophy rifles and carbines entered service of auxiliary and security police units (French Carabine Mle 1890 was named Karabiner 551 (f) , Mousqueton Mle 1892 - Karabiner 552 (f) , Mousqueton Mle 1892/16 - Karabiner 553 (f) , Fusil Mle 07/15 - Gewehr 302 (f) , Fusil Mle 07/16 - Gewehr 304 (f) , Fusil Mle 07/15/34 - Gewehr 241 (f) , and the Greek Army Mousqueton Mle 1892 captured carbines were used under the name Karabiner 502 (g) )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rifles of the Bertier system // M.R. Popenker, M. Milchev. World War II: the war of gunsmiths M., “Yauza” - EKSMO, 2009. pp. 417-425
- ↑ 1 2 3 A. B. Zhuk. Encyclopedia of small arms: revolvers, pistols, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns. M., LLC "Publishing house AST", "Military Publishing", 2002. p. 594-595
- ↑ Velimir Vukcic. Tito's partisans. London, Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2003. page 24
- ↑ Fusil sistema Berthier 8 mm. M1907 / 15/16
Links
- M.R. Popenker. The rifle and carbine of the Bertier / Bertier system model 1892, 1902, 1097, 1907-15 and 1916 (France) / site "Modern small arms of the world"
- Berthier Rifles / Internet Movie Firearms Database (movie use)