French Infantry Weapons
Details of the Réglement of 1940
Revolver Lebel modèle 1892
- Calibre: 8 mm
- Weight: 790 g
- Ammunition: drum with 6 rounds
- Operating Principle: percussion revolver
Automatic Pistol Ruby
- Calibre: 7.65 mm
- Operating Principle: Automatic Pistol
Automatic Pistol Star
- Calibre: 7.65 mm
- Operating Principle: Automatic Pistol
Carbine 1892 M16 (modifié 1916)
Carbine Berthier
- Calibre: 8 mm
- Weight: 3100 g
- Ammunition: Charger with 3 rounds
- Operating Principle: Bolt-action
Rifle Berthier modèle 1916
- Calibre: 8 mm
- Weight: 3800 g
- Ammunition: Charger with 3 rounds
- Operating Principle: Bolt-action
Rifle Lebel 86M93 (modèle 1886 modifié 1893)
- Calibre: 8 mm
- Weight: 4220 g
- Ammunition: Tube magazine with 8 round
- Operating Principle: Bolt-action
- Maximum Range: 2000 m
Rifle 07/15 M16 (modèle 1907 modifié 1915 modifié 1916)
- Calibre: 8 mm
- Operating Principle: Bolt-action
Rifle MAS 36
- Calibre: 7.5 mm
- Weight: 3760 g
- Ammunition: Magazine with 5 rounds
- Operating Principle: Bolt-action
Grenade Discharger Cup Tromblon VB for Rifle MAS 36 or Lebel 86M93
- Calibre: 50 mm
- Weight: 1500 g
- Ammunition: Rifle Grenade modèle 15 weighing 490 g, a.k.a grenade VB (Vivien-Bessière)
- Special Ammunition: Grenade VB porte-message (message carrier)
- Maximum Range: 170 m
Light Machine Gun Chatellerault 24/29 (modèle 1924 modifié 1929)
- Calibre: 7.5 mm modèle 29C
- Weight: 9800 g
- Ammunition: Chargers with 20 rounds
- Operating Principle: Recoil
- Maximum Range: 2000 m
- Rate of Fire: 600 rounds per minute
Machine Gun Hotchkiss modèle 14 (1914)
- Calibre: 8 mm
- Weight: 25260 g
- Tripod Weight: 27240 g
- Ammunition: Strip of 24 rounds or 250 round belts
- Operating Principle: Recoil
- Cooling System: Air
- Maximum Range: 2400 m
- Rate of Fire: 400 rounds per minute
- Anti-Aircraft Fire: une rallonge modèle 28 est adaptée
20 mm AA Machine Gun modèle 39
- Calibre: 20 mm
50 mm Mortar modèle 1937
- Calibre: 50 mm
- Weight: 9500 g
- Tube Length: 53.3 cm
- Ammunition: Mortar grenade weighing 793 g
- Maximum Range: 596 m
- Rate of Fire: 30 rounds per minute
60 mm Mortar
- Calibre: 60 mm
- Weight: 19000 g
- Ammunition: Mortar grenade weighing 1360 g
- Tube Length: 72.6 cm
- Maximum Range: 1815 m
- Rate of Fire: 18 rounds per minute
81 mm Mortar modèle 27/31 (modèle 1927 modifié 1931)
- Calibre: 81 mm
- Weight: 61600 g
- Ammunition: Mortar grenade weighing 3175 g
- Tube Length: 125.7 cm
- Maximum Range: 3000 m
- Rate of Fire: 18 rounds per minute
25 mm AT-Gun S.A. modèle 34 (1934)
- Calibre: 25 mm
- Traction: Chenillette UE
37 mm AT-Gun modèle 16
- Calibre: 37 mm
- Traction: Horse-drawn
French infantry regiments had the following complement of support weapons:
- 112 light machine guns
- 48 Hotchkiss machine guns
- 48 tromblons VB or 4 mortars 50 mm modèle 1937
- 9 Mortars 60 mmm (1 per company)
- 8 Mortars 81 mm
- 12 AT-Guns 25 mm, or 37 mm modèle 16
The regiments also had 200 carts or horse-drawn wagons, approximately 50 automobiles, and 9 chenilettes UE.
Chenillette UE modèle 1931 R
- Engine: Renault 38 CV
- Weight: 2600 kg
- Length: 2800 mm
- Width: 1740 mm
- Height: 1250 mm
- Armour: 9 mm maximum
- Maximum Speed: 30 km/h
- Range: 100 km
- Crew: Commander & Driver
Pol-Claude Coussement, (KS)