User blog comment:Deathblade 100/What's the Price of a Mile? Poilus vs Frontovik/@comment-379205-20190529180212

119's "A Spirit of Resistance and The Madness of the War" Edge:


 * Rifles: The Mosin-Nagant is fed with a stripper clip and has a ballistically superior round. The Lebel may have a larger magazine, but it is slower to reload because of its tube feed. Essentially, the Lebel was obsolete by the time the war started, with the French seeking to replace it with the Meunier semi-automatic rifle when the war began. Edge: Frontovik


 * LMGs: The Chauchat was not the horrible weapon that the internet often claims it to be, or at least the 8mm Lebel version wasn't, but it still had the design flaw of the open magazine, which could let dirt and mud in. The Madsen also has a superior rate fire, range, and magazine size. Edge: Frontovik

TO BE CONTINUED