Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display Light Machine Gun with Magazine Nepalese Cache Extras During WWII the German army

During WWII the German army fielded nine Mountain Divisions with an additional six Waffen-SS

the company relocated to 8 Bishopsgate

as either an observer's or gunner's weapon or as an additional weapon to the more common Vickers

Very swiftly it was realized that a fluted jacket of thinner gauge metal was easier and less expensive to manufacture and in fact had more structural integrity

Original French WWI Fusil-Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG Chauchat Display Light Machine Gun with Magazine Nepalese Cache Extras During WWII the German armyOriginal Item: This is a fantastic original all serial number 13194 Chauchat Display Light Machine Gun de activated to BATF specifications non firing Chauchat WW1 LMG. Included with this excellent example is a fully functional original magazine. The trigger group on this example is marked with the FAMH six pointed star logo as well as: SIDARME C. S. R. G. No. 13194 The Sidarme factory was a subsidiary of Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine