- The Fusil Mle 1886 M93 "Lebel" is an 8mm bolt action infantry rifle which entered service in the French Army in April of 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its forestock tube magazine plus one round in the transporter.
- – Official Verdun Weapons Guide[2]
The Lebel, or 1886 Lebel, was a revolutionary bolt-action rifle developed by the French shortly after the Franco-Prussian war. It was the first widely issued smokeless powder rifle, which revolutionised small arms tactics – no longer would your fire at obscure targets of the enemy and with hotter and more powerful propellants, the range of small arms fire greatly increased.[3]
The depiction of the weapon in Verdun is realistic, in that it shows many of the problems of the Lebel's early and compromising design. With a tube magazine, it can only be loaded one round at a time, though it has a capacity of eight rounds. Its bolt action is also relatively slow compared to many of the carbines and short rifles that would come later.
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| Weapons | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rifles and carbines | Central Powers | Gew. 88/05 • Gew. 98 • Kar. 88 • Kar. 98AZ |
| Entente | Berthier • Gew. 89 • Kar. 89 • Lebel • MLE • Mousqueton (M16) • P14 • P17 • Ross • SMLE (Sawn-Off) • Springfield • RSC 17 • RSC 18 | |
| Machine guns | Central Powers | Madsen • MG08/15 • MG08/18 • MP18i |
| Entente | BAR • Chauchat (CSRG M18) • Hotchkiss • Lewis | |
| Handguns | Central Powers | C96 • Luger (Artillery) • Reichsrevolver |
| Entente | FN1900 • M1892 • M1911 • Ruby • Webley • Webley-Scott | |
| Melee and grenades | Central Powers | Boker Knife • Eierhandgranate • Feldspaten • Geballte Ladung 6x • Geballte Ladung 9x • M15 • M17 |
| Entente | F1 • Mills • Trenchclub • Venguer Knife • Egg Grenade | |
| Other | Wex • M1897 • TankGewehr • Binocs | |
| Call-ins | Artillery • Plane • Gas • Heavy mortar • Smokescreen | |