CODE – 04-037-917

NAME – Chauchat Rifle, Model of 1917

COMMON NAMES – Cal. .30 Model 1918

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – France

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1917

CALIBER – 7.62x63mm (30-06)

OVERALL LENGTH – 116.1 cm (45.7 in) with flash hider

BARREL LENGTH – 44.5 cm (17.50 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Groove, Right-hand twist

LOAD – M1903 Ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.72 g (150 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 822 m/s (2697 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 2285 j (2423 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 8.62 kg (19 lb)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 9.33 kg (20 lb 9.1 oz) with 16 rounds

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 9.73 kg (21 lb 7.2 oz) with 16 rounds and bipod

TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding bipod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 0.40 kg (14 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, Iron, Adjustable, Front sight – Blade, Rear sight – V-notch tangent, adjustable for range, 200 to 2000 meters in 200 meter increments (219 to 2187 yards in 219 yard increments)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 200 m (219 yards)

OPERATION – Long recoil with gas assist, fires from pen bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, Semi and Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 40 rpm Semi, 80 to 100 rpm Full

CYCLIC ROF – 320 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 16 round removable box magazine, single column, single feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.28 kg (9.9 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.71 kg (1 lb 9 oz) loaded with 20 rds M1906 Ball

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Twenty 10-round magazines (320 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 14.2 kg (31 lb 4 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Gladiator Cycle Company, Le-Pré-Saint-Gervaise, Seine

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – US Military during WWI