The Ribeyrolles 1918 was an attempt to manufacture an
automatic rifle
An automatic rifle is a type of Self-loading rifle, autoloading rifle that is capable of fully automatic firearm, automatic fire. Automatic rifles are generally selective fire, select-fire weapons capable of firing in Semi-automatic firearm, semi ...
for the
French forces. It was chambered in the experimental 8×35mm
round
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, used straight blowback, was fed from a 25-round detachable
magazine
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and had an effective range of 400 meters. The cartridge, which some argue was the first purpose-built
intermediate cartridge
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, was obtained by necking down the
.351 Winchester Self-Loading.
Another source indicates that it was chambered in a cartridge designated 8×32mmSR.
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Its official name was ''Carabine Mitrailleuse 1918'' ("Machine Carbine 1918" in English); in a 2007 book it appears as "fusil automatique Ribeyrolles 1918".
The Ribeyrolles had the distinction of being fitted with a lightweight bipod on the front (indicating an intended use as a
squad automatic weapon
A squad automatic weapon (SAW), also known as a section automatic weapon or light support weapon (LSW), is a man-portable automatic firearm attached to infantry squads or sections as a source of rapid direct firepower. Weapons fulfilling th ...
) and a rifle bayonet identical to that of the
Berthier Model 1907/15.
See also
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Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun
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Fedorov Avtomat
The Fedorov Avtomat (also anglicized as Federov, ) or FA is a select-fire infantry rifle and one of the world's first operational automatic rifles, designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov in 1915 and produced in the Russian Empire and later ...
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Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917
The ''Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917'' ("Model 1917 Automatic Rifle"), also called the RSC M1917, was a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle placed into service by the French Army during the latter part of World War I in May 1916. It was chambered ...
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MP 18
The MP 18 is a German submachine gun designed and manufactured by Theodor Bergmann, Bergmann Waffenfabrik. Introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army (German Empire), German Army during World War I, the MP 18 was intended for use by the ' ...
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Vollmer M35 __NOTOC__
The Vollmer M 35 (also known as Vollmer-Maschinenkarabiner or MKb 35) consisted of a series of experimental automatic rifles developed by Heinrich Vollmer in the 1930s. The Vollmer rifles were chambered in an intermediate cartridge that ...
References
External links
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* {{cite web , title=8x35 Ribeyrolle / 8 mm Ribeyrolles / 8x35 SR / SAA 3875 , url=http://www.municion.org/8/8x35Ribeyrolle.htm , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905125251/https://municion.org/8/8x35Ribeyrolle.htm , archive-date=5 September 2008 , url-status=dead , language=Spanish , publisher=Municion.org , access-date=31 December 2020
Ribeyrolles 1918 - France's First Assault Rifle or a Failed Prototype?on Forgotten Weapons
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Assault rifles of France
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