The Chauchat named after its main contributor Colonel Louis Chauchat was the standard machine rifle or light machine gun of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG ( in English: Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG ). It was mass manufactured during World War I by two reconverted civilian plants : Gladiator and Sidarme .
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length (km)
1.143
weight (kg)
9070.0
origin
French Third Republic
type
Light machine gun
used in war
Continuation War, Greco-Turkish War (1919–22), Winter War, World War II, Greco-Italian War, World War I, Polish–Soviet War
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