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Lebel modèle 1886 (prop)

A high-poly model of the Lebel rifle

The rifle of the 1886 model, the "Lebel Rifle" (French Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") is a French magazine rifle, which became the world's first adopted model of a rifled weapon chambered for smokeless powder. In 1898, it also became the first rifle in the world to receive a cartridge with an ogival-shaped bullet (with a pointed nose and a beveled back). After making some changes to the design in 1893, it received the name Fusil Mle 1886 M93. Despite a number of shortcomings, it remained the standard weapon of the French infantry until the second half of the 1930s.