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Firepower through the ages - WW1 Steyr Mannlicher Carbine - MUR3_ftastmn2Featured image : Firepower through the ages - WW1 Steyr Mannlicher Carbine - MUR3_ftastmn2


 The main rifle of the Austro-Hungarian forces of the First World War, it was unusual in having a straight-pull blt mechanism rather than the more usual rotating bolt.

Gallery updated : 11th Jun 2012

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Featured battle : Figueras (17 November 1794)

The Spanish line was held by 50,000 troops. Dugommier, commanding the French ordered a series of attacks on the Spanish wings. The second days fighting followed the same plan. Dugommier was killed in the course of the day but Pérignon continued the ...

Database updated : 14th Mar 2013

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