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The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 (also called the RSC M1917) was a semi-automatic gas-operated infantry rifle that the French Army placed in service during the latter part (1918) of World War I. It was chambered in then-standard 8mm Lebel the rimmed cartridge used in other French Army infantry weapons of the time. Altogether MAT (Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle) had manufactured 86000 RSC M1917 rifles when their production run ended in late November 1918.
