WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—An agent of the War Department has come into possession of what he asserts are accurate plans for the new French field gun, and these he offers to place at the disposition ...

The popularized narrative about the French Chauchat light machine gun is one that presents the automatic rifle as an unmitigated failure. Detractors tend to emphasize poor workmanship, delicate ...

The Germans developed their own “offensive” weapon in the MG08/15, which took the sled-mounted MG08 heavy machine gun and added a bipod, pistol grip and side-mounted drum.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- An agent of the War Department has come into possession of what he asserts are accurate plans for the new French field gun, and these he offers to place at the disposition ...