Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot by Mutzig Captured by Germany and Converted to Carbine Royal Air Force They didn't just sit and

They didn't just sit and wait for their orders

The Type 99 was issued as a standard rifle grenade to Japanese infantrymen in the Second Sino-Japanese War and throughout the various campaigns of World War II

with a partly bright finish

The Stag Horn grip is beautifully carved

and the original chin strap is still installed

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot by Mutzig Captured by Germany and Converted to Carbine Royal Air Force They didn't just sit andOriginal Item: Only One Available. Despite the fact that the French needle fire Chassepot rifle was far superior to the needle fire Prussian Dreyse rifle, the French took a swift and decisive beating in the war of 1870 71. In fairness to the French, the defeat was due to Napoleon III's foolhardiness in allowing himself to get captured at the Battle of Sedan and the show was then over. During and after the conflict, about 665,000 Chassepot rifles had