M1870 Belgian Comblain Explained

M1870 Belgian Comblain
Origin:Belgium
Type:Service rifle
Is Ranged:YES
Used By:Belgian, Brazilian and Chilean armies
Wars:

Princesa Revolt

Designer:Hubert-Joseph Comblain
Weight:4.3 kg (without bayonet)
Length:130 cm (without bayonet)
Cartridge:11×50mm R Comblain, 11x54mm (1889 Brazilian contract)[6] 7x57 mm Mauser (Rio de Janeiro Police Carbine)[7]
Cartridge Weight:40 gr
Caliber:11mm
Action:Falling-block
Rate:10 shots/min
Range:300 m
Max Range:1300 m
Sights:Iron

The M1870 Belgian Comblain was a falling-block rifle invented by Hubert-Joseph Comblain of Liège, Belgium and produced in several variants known as the Belgian, Brazilian or Chilean Comblain.

W.W Greener wrote in Modern breechloaders: sporting and military in 1871:[8]

Users

M1882 Belgian Comblain

Given by Peru during the War of the Pacific

M1873 Brazilian Comblain and Brazilian Comblain Carbine Model 92

M1874 Chilean Comblain

References

  1. Web site: ArmasBrasil - Carabina Comblain.
  2. VILLELA Jr, M E C. CANUDOS: memórias de um combatente. 2 ed. Rio de Janeiro: EdUERJ, 1997. p. 107.
  3. de Moraes . Ricardo Caetano . June 2020 . A Campanha do Acre. Informativo O Tuiuti.
  4. A Noite – RJ, nº 793 – terça-feria – 27/01/1914, p. 03.
  5. Web site: O EXÉRCITO REPUBLICANO .
  6. Web site: ArmasBrasil - Carabina Comblain Modelo 5.
  7. Web site: ArmasBrasil - Carabina Comblain da Policia do RJ.
  8. https://archive.org/details/modernbreechload00gree Modern breechloaders: sporting and military
  9. Book: Esposito, Gabriele . Armies of the War of the Pacific 1879-83 . Osprey Publishing . 2016 . 9781472814067.

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