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Chauchat light machine gun- Worst machine gun every made in ww1.

it was the standard machine gun of the french army during ww1. disended in 1907 the Chauchat light machine gun wead about 9kg or 20 pounds. it fired 8mm lebel cartridge at a slow rate of 250 rounds per minute. around 262,000 Chauchat machine rifles where made between 1915 and 1918. the Chauchat light machine gun was the most widely manufactured automatic weapon of world war 1. American Expeditionary force also used the Chatuchat while they were waiting for the delivery of a new browning M1917 machine gun. modified to fire 30 -06 ammunition in the horrible condition trenches the machine gun was unreliable. dirt could enter the sided half-moon magazine easily which would block the mechanism. and overheating which could cause stress for the gunner. the end. some of things like the jamming part is not in this if you have any questions look up simple history and got to this video of the name of the wiki and you will get it.