1918 CHAUCHAT AUTOMATIC
RIFLE MANUAL – PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES IN FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR ONE – EXCELLENT
REPRINT: A
quality reprint of the “MANUAL OF THE AUTOMATIC RIFLE
(CHAUCHAT) – DRILL – COMBAT – MECHANISM, dated March of
1918, this is an exact reproduction of the service
manual published by the General Headquarters of the
American Expeditionary Forces in France.
The manual consists of 96
pages of description, nomenclature, parts, care and use
of this historic arm, as well as in excess of 80
illustrations, description and illustrations of the
rifle, detailed exploded drawings of the components,
parts and accessories. In addition, the manual provides
detailed instructions for training troops in the use and
deployment of the rifle to support infantry movements.
This is an important addition to the library of any
serious student of World War One and the arms used
during that conflict, and it provides an interesting
view of the extent to which the U.S. Army went to
acclimate our troops to the conditions on the Western
Front. $15
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