A MAUSER, a WW1 machine gun and a couple of berettas were among the guns that were handed in during Lancashire County Council's ‘give up the gun’. In total, of 115 firearms and several hundred ...

It was called the Chauchat, and it was the worst machine gun ever made. The Chauchat (pronounced “sho-sho” by American troops) was officially known as Le Fusil Mitrailleur 1915 CSRG.

It carried a veritable armory, including twin .50 caliber machine guns, a 7.62mm machine gun, a Mark 18 grenade launcher, and, occasionally, a 20mm cannon.