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Show SMALL ARMS USED BY THE EUROPEAN ARMIES There hap been some popular discussion dis-cussion of the small arms carried by the contending armies in Europe, a ' point upon which information has not been general Special articles in the War Manual of the World s Work Magazine afford these particulars: The German Infantry uses the Mauser Mau-ser magazine rifle, model of 1898, caliber 111 firing a "spit ball." pointed point-ed like a lead pencil; velocity. 2700 footseconds; sight range up to 2000 yards Cavalry uses Mauser maga zine carbine nnd carries lances French infantry uses the Lebel I magazine rifle, 315 caliber, and the I canlry has a carbine of the same make. The Russian small arm for Infantry lg a "3-line" rifle, 1901 pattern, hold Ing five cartridges: callher, .299; velocity, ve-locity, 203T font-seconds sight ranqe up to 3000 yards. Similar arm for the cavalry, but with shorter barrel and with a bayonet used by no other mounted troops. . Austrian infantry small arm the Mannlicher magazine rifle, 1896 model, mod-el, caliber 315 Cavalry,' carbine of same make. Italy has for its regular infnntrv the Mannlicher Carcano magazine rifle, but the territorials still use the old Vetterli British Infantry and cavalry use the Lee Enfield rifle, caliber .303 The Belgians have the Mauser rifle, as have the Servians; the latter using the model of 1899. Bulgaria has the Mannlicher rifle and carbine, and so has Roumania The Greeks use the Mannllcher-Schoenauer Mannllcher-Schoenauer rifle, model of 1903. oo |