General Liu rifle
Semi-automatic / Straight-pull bolt action rifle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The General Liu rifle is a semi-automatic rifle named after its inventor and the first Superintendent of Hanyang Arsenal, General Liu Qing En (1869–1929),[1] as the rifle never received any other designation. It was probably the first Chinese semi-automatic rifle. The rifle used a muzzle "gas-trap" system similar to the Bang rifle[3][4] (other rifles including this system were the Gewehr 41 and early production models of M1 Garand). The rifle's method of operation could be switched from gas to straight-pull bolt action by rotating counterclockwise the cylinder located on the muzzle, to revert to gas-operated reloading the cylinder had to be rotated back (clockwise). The stock had a compartment for cleaning tools.[1]
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General Liu Rifle | |
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Type | Semi-automatic / Straight-pull bolt action rifle |
Place of origin | Republic of China (1912–49) |
Production history | |
Designer | General Liu Qing En[1][2] |
Designed | ca. 1914 |
Manufacturer | Hanyang Arsenal,[1][2] Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool |
Produced | 1914–1918 |
No. built | approx. 10 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4.7 kg (10 lb 6 oz) empty |
Length | 122.5 cm (48.2 in) |
Barrel length | 64.7 cm (25.5 in) |
Cartridge | 7.9x57mm S-Patrone[1] |
Caliber | 7.92 mm |
Action | Gas operated, rotating bolt[3] |
Muzzle velocity | 780 m/s (2,600 ft/s)[1] |
Feed system | Integral magazine, 6 round capacity[1] |
Sights | Rear: Ladder graduated 400–2000 m[1] Front: Blade |
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