Rossignol ENT

Rossignol machine rifle
The Rossignol ENT experimental automatic rifle
Type Automatic rifle
Place of origin France
Production history
Designer Rossignol
Designed 1900
Manufacturer ENT
Specifications
Weight 9.7kg
Cartridge 6×60mm
Caliber 6mm
Action Gas

The Rossignol ENT was an experimental automatic rifle of French origin from the first years of the 20th century. It was the first rifle which used the direct impingement operating system,[1] which found later use in the Swedish Ag m/42 and the French 1940 MAS rifles, and was later used in the American M16 rifle.

Rossignol developed the new impingement system, and modified the Friberg-Kjellman system of opposing, retractable bolt lugs for this experimental rifle.[2] The rifle was produced under the École Normale de Tir, thus the ENT designation, and was produced in at least four variants, "ENT No. 1 or B1, B2, B4, B5".[3]

Specifications

  • Cartridge: 6×60mm[2]
  • Caliber: 6mm
  • Weight: 9.7 kg
  • Operation: Gas direct-impingement

References

  1. ↑ Stan Skinner (20 November 2013). Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-62873-538-3.
  2. 1 2 Gerard Demaison; Yves Buffetaut (18 August 1995). Honour bound: the Chauchat machine rifle. Collector Grade. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-88935-190-5.
  3. ↑ John Walter (25 March 2006). Rifles of the World. Krause Publications. pp. 557–. ISBN 0-89689-241-7.

Further reading

  • Jean Huon (1995). Proud Promise: French Autoloading Rifles, 1898-1979. Collector Grade Publications. ISBN 978-0-88935-186-8.
  • http://i2.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/000643/643512.jpg

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