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Dual barrel French Chauchat rifle
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Dual barrel French Chauchat rifle
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Besides the 8mm Lebel version, the Chauchat machine rifle was also manufactured in U.S. .30-06 Springfield and in 7.65×53mm Argentine Mauser caliber to arm the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) and the Belgian Army, respectively. The Belgian military did not experience difficulties with their Chauchats in 7.65mm Mauser and kept them in service into the early 1930s, as did the Polish Army. Conversely, the Chauchat version in U.S. .30-06 made by "Gladiator" for the A.E.F., the Model 1918, proved to be fundamentally defective and had to be withdrawn from service. The weapon has a poor reputation in some quarters, with some experts assessing it as the worst machine gun ever fielded Although this may be the case, outside of the muddy conditions of the trenches, many say the gun is easy to control, has a good sight picture, and is actually quite reliable when not jammed with mud and dirt.
the aluminum barrel fins expand faster than steel so when they expand too much they sieze the gun up
all you have to do is let it cool down. a lot of people who are uninformed will say it is a bad gun. its not.
Loads of small arms from WW1 were used for decades and decades after WW2. Enfields, Mausers, Maxims, Colts, FNs, Mannlichers, etc. The fact that the chauchat was killed off so quickly is all the proof any rational person needs about what hot garbage it was.
It was killed quickly because technology at the time was improving so rapidly.
Please stop acting like you know everything and actually educate yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCwP3Dm52Ls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AXW-rYpyUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIFv8XUBB2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RtTck6tLIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUJalo1u2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfdaEPDcGc