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French soldiers with a Chauchat Light Machine Gun, Western Front, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was a great idea - let the troops check how much ammo remained in the mag. Shame about the whole "Real world conditions" thing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The American Model 1915 was a pretty good quick redesign I think.

Trade the magazine window for a witness hole, go from a moon mag to more conventional box mag, move the vertical grip forward.