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Weapons #6: Chauchat Automatic Rifle

Handbook of the Chauchat Machine Rifle, Model of 1915 (Ordnance Department Document No. 1930)
Manual from 1917, covering only the French 8MM model of the Chauchat. 45 pages, illustrated with 8 plates.

Handbook of the Chauchat Automatic Rifle, Model of 1915, Caliber 8 MM, and U.S. Caliber .30, Model of 1918 (Ordnance Department Document No. 1930)
An updated technical manual for the Chauchat; includes the U.S. Caliber .30 Model. 69 pages, illustrated with 15 plates.

Provisional Instruction on the Automatic Rifle, Model 1915 (Chauchat)
An early soldiers’ manual that was translated from the French edition of February, 1916 for use by the U.S. Army. 32 pages illustrated with 2 foldout drawings (nice line drawings of the rifle and its components.).

Chauchat Machine Rifle, Model of 1918, Cal. 8 MM
A very rare previously unpublished typescript information paper on the Chauchat with a list of test questions at the end. Includes a very detailed parts list. 10 pages.

United States Marine Corps, Students Lecture, Chauchat Machine Rifle
A brief orientation paper to the Chauchat, written in a format for delivery as a lecture. This is a previously unpublished 2-page typescript document prepared by the United States Marine Corps School of Instruction, Savage Arms Corporation, Utica, N.Y.

Price: $30