Berthier Rifles

The Berthier Rifles and Carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8 x 50R mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890's to the beginning of World War II and by some French law enforcement units until the 1970's. Developed from the cavalry and artillery carbines issued in 1890-92, known as the "mousquetons Berthier", two full length Berthier rifle models had already been introduced before World War I. They were the fusil Mle 1902 and fusil Mle 1907 which were issued to Indochinese and Senegalese Tirailleur troops. During World War I, a modified version of the Mle 1907 rifle called Fusil Mle 1907-15 was manufactured in very large numbers for issue to French Colonial troops, French Foreign Legion and Allied troops during the war. It also was issued to regular French troops due to the shortage of Lebel Model 1886 rifle during World War I. The Fusil Mle 1907-15 was manufactured in at four locations the French arsenals Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne and Chatellerault. Also by private companies Delaunay-Belleville, Continsouza and Remington UMC. Due to the small 3 rd magazine capacity of the Berthier Mle 1907-15 to be a major disadvantage, that led to the introduction of a 5-round magazine Berthier Fusil Mle 1907-15 M16. It was manufactured beginning in 1890 until 1918. The total number of Berthier rifles manufactured was 435,000 units.

Specifications

Type: Rifle

Caliber: 8 x 50R mm

Capacity: 3,5 rounds

Fire Modes:single shot (Bolt Action)

Fusil Modèle 1907-15 Rifle

Berthier Model 1907-15 Rifle

The Berthier Model 1907-15 Rifle appears in the following movies:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Mata Hari		French soldiers		1931
Beau Geste	Gary Cooper	Beau Geste		1939
	Ray Milland	John Geste
	Robert Preston	Digby Geste
	Albert Dekker	Schwarz
	Harold Hubert	Voisin
		Legionnaires
State Department: File 649		Caravan guard		1949
The Intervention (Interventsiya)		French soldiers		1969
Two Mules for Sister Sara		French soldiers		1970
Papillon		Various		1973
March or Die	Terence Hill	Marco Segrain		1977
Fort Saganne		French and Arabic soldiers		1984
Twelve Monkeys		French soldiers		1995
A Very Long Engagement	Gaspard Ulliel	Manech Langonnet		2004
		French soldiers

Fusil Modèle 1902 Rifle

Berthier Model 1902 Rifle

The Berthier Model 1902 Rifle appears in the following movies:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Intervention (Interventsiya)		French soldiers		1969

Fusil Modèle 1916 Carabine

Berthier Model 1916 Carabine

The Berthier Model 1916 Carabine appears in the following movies and TV series:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ho!		Gendarmes		1968
The Pariah (La Scoumoune)		Prison guards		1972
Borsalino and Co.		French soldiers		1974
The Gang (Le Gang)		French gendarmes		1977
Outside the Law		French shopkeeper		2010
Outside the Law		French riot police		2010
Battle of Warsaw 1920	Natasza Urbanska	Ola Raniewska		2011
Battle of Warsaw 1920		Polish soldiers		2011

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Bors		French mounted policemen	Ep. 10 "A papagáj akció" (Operation Parrot); Stock footage	1968