{"id":17950,"date":"2021-03-11T06:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/forgotten-weapons-discussion-french-arms-being-backwards-and-forwards-looking-at-the-same-time\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T06:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:22:04","slug":"forgotten-weapons-discussion-french-arms-being-backwards-and-forwards-looking-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/forgotten-weapons-discussion-french-arms-being-backwards-and-forwards-looking-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Weapons Discussion: French arms being backwards and forwards-looking at the same time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSQ0zz1iA1k?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hosted in Finland by @varusteleka Ian joins the lads of Bloke on the Range to discuss how the French could be simultaneously so backwards and yet so forwards-looking.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD AS PODCAST: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1p9c2FrNO_IdoBZRtV2xWeAhQvrpT-Gho\/view?usp=sharing<br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1p9c2FrNO_IdoBZRtV2xWeAhQvrpT-Gho\/view?usp=sharing<br<\/a> \/><br \/>2:02 \u2013 The Lebel as the embodiment of French backward and forward thinking<br \/>4:50 \u2013 The 1866 Chassepot: metallic vs paper cartridges, comparison to contemporary needlefire rifles<br \/>11:44 \u2013 Early French auto-loading rifles: Meunier, Chauchat, RSC 1917 <br \/>16:32 \u2013 French machine guns before and during WWI: Hotchkiss, St. \u00c9tienne, Puteaux, Ben\u00e9t-Merci\u00e9<br \/>22:45 \u2013 French interwar arms development: 7.5x58mm and subsequent ka-booms, 7.5x54mm, FM 24 and 24\/29 LMG, legacy usage of French small arms <br \/>31:55 \u2013 French interwar arms development: self-loading rifle development to MAS-40, MAS-36 as the backup rifle, delays due to French politics in late 1930s<br \/>40:30 \u2013 Interwar and WWII pistols: replacing the Ruby, 7.65 French Long (.30 Pedersen), SACM 1935A, MAS-1935S, legacy usage of Mle 1892 revolvers and Ruby pistols in WWII<br \/>47:35 \u2013 Interwar and WWII Submachine guns: MAS-38, Thompsons bought from US, captured Erma EMPs <br \/>56:18 \u2013 Postwar French arms and development: MAS-44 (briefly) MAS-49 and 49\/56, legacy use of MAS-36, MAT-49, AA-52 machine gun, MAC1950 <br \/>1:03:42 &#8211; Postwar French arms and development: rifle grenades (back to WWI), MAS-36\/51, MAS 49\/56 vs FAL and G3, optics mounting <br \/>1:13:47 \u2013 Post-colonial conflicts and arms: France encounters the AK, SIG SG 540 as a stopgap, the FAMAS<br \/>1:27:23 \u2013 Beyond the FAMAS: HK416, loss of French state arsenals, FAMAS safety and selector<\/p>\n<p>Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BlokeOnTheRange<\/a><br \/>Teespring: <a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/bloke-on-the-range-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/bloke-on-the-range-store<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blokeontherange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blokeontherange\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted in Finland by @varusteleka Ian joins the lads of Bloke on the Range to discuss how the French could be simultaneously so backwards and yet so forwards-looking. DOWNLOAD AS PODCAST: https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1p9c2FrNO_IdoBZRtV2xWeAhQvrpT-Gho\/view?usp=sharing2:02 \u2013 The Lebel as the embodiment of French backward and forward thinking4:50 \u2013 The 1866 Chassepot: metallic vs paper cartridges, comparison to contemporary&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/forgotten-weapons-discussion-french-arms-being-backwards-and-forwards-looking-at-the-same-time\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forgotten Weapons Discussion: French arms being backwards and forwards-looking at the same time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}