{"id":10001,"date":"2014-11-26T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=10001"},"modified":"2014-11-26T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:00:42","slug":"comparison-of-rifles-used-by-belligerent-armies-in-1914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/comparison-of-rifles-used-by-belligerent-armies-in-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPARISON OF RIFLES USED BY BELLIGERENT ARMIES IN 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, November 26, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South<\/em><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cRain in the morning.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY: This report from The Army and Navy Journal comparing the capabilities of the rifles carried by the belligerent armies engaged in the war appeared in the Montreal press earlier in the month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe German soldier is armed with a rifle in the magazine of which he carries five cartridges, whereas the magazine of the British piece contains ten, and that of the French eight cartridges.\u00a0 Nearly all the nations have adopted rifles with magazines carrying five cartridges.<\/p>\n

The French rifle, with bayonet fixed, is four inches longer that the German piece with bayonet fixed; [the British piece with bayonet fixed] is shorter by seven inches than the German.\u00a0 The Austro-Hungarian is fifteen inches shorter than the French, and, like the German carries five cartridges. The Russian rifle carries five cartridges, and with bayonet fixed, is two inches shorter than the German and nine inches longer than the Austro-Hungarian weapon.<\/p>\n

The Army and Navy Journal prints a table on the rifles of all of the nations of the world, from which the following is taken:<\/p>\n

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The types of guns used by the above nations are:\u00a0 Austria-Hungary, the Mannlicher; Germany, Mauser;\u00a0 England, Lee-Enfield; France, Lebel; Russia, three-line rifle; Belgium, Mauser; Turkey, Mauser; Japan, Arisaka, and Servia, Mauser.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the rifles of the nations, The Army and Navy Journal says that the information that it gives is as complete and reliable as it is possible to get.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be observed,\u201d says the journal, \u201cthat the Lee-Enfield rifle of Great Britain, which is an American invention, carries ten cartridges in its magazine, that of France carries eight, and that of Italy, six. The possession by the British of the only rifle in the world carrying ten cartridges in its magazine is a distinct advantage in making an advance by rushes or in repelling a rush of the enemy when rapid fire counts.<\/p>\n

The rifle of the United States is sighted up to 2,850 yards, the longest distance of any.\u00a0 Great Britain is second, her rifle being sighted to 2,800 yards.\u00a0 The rifle of the United States is the most powerful in the world, its maximum range being 5,465 yards.\u00a0 The British rifle is second.<\/p>\n

The core of the bullet used in all the above-mentioned rifles is hard lead, except the following:\u00a0 the German bullet is soft lead, the French copper, and the core of the bullet of the United States rifle is a mixture of lead and tin.\u00a0 The shape of the bullets used by mostly all the powers is the pointed bullet, first adopted by the French some years ago.\u00a0 Twelve powers, including Great Britain, Italy, Greece, Servia and Roumania, use the ogival\u00a0 bullet.\u00a0 The Austro-Hungarian army has a new steel clad bullet which is said to have double the penetration of the former lead bullet.\u201d\u00a0 [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0 War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment<\/em>, Nov. 26, 1914.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGerman Rifle Carries Only Five Cartridges,\u201d Montreal Daily Mail<\/em>, Montreal, Friday, Nov 13, 1914, pg. 6, col. 3.<\/pre>\n
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