Summary
French Chauchat machine gun. Gas operated, sighted to 1300 yds. Magazine for 20 cartridges; takes French label cartridges. First used in the Great War.
Collected during World War I, 1914-1918, and transferred to Museum Victoria from the Australian War Memorial in 1923.
Physical Description
Machine gun, gas operated.
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Donation from Australian War Memorial (AWM), 1923
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Marked "G. S. R. G. 39944."
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