The Model 1892 Revolver (also known as the Lebel Revolver or St. Etienne 8mm) was a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm in the French military during the First World War. The Modèle 1892 Revolver is a solid frame revolver with the cylinder on a separate frame swinging right for manual reloading.
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length (km)
0.23622
weight (kg)
852.768
origin
French Third Republic
type
Service pistol
used in war
World War II, World War I, First Indochina War, French colonial empire
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