Comments by "Kevin Oliver" (@kevinoliver3083) on "1884 Kropatschek: Groundwork for the Lebel" video.

 @ForgottenWeapons The French procurement was more rational, based on technology developments. The US clung on to the Trapdoir Springfield until it was seriously obsolete.
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@schwaulen Charger loading was added to the Lee-Enfield after nearly 20 years service. And retrofitted to earlier guns, which retained the cut-off. It took another eight years before we stopped including it on new guns.
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The Ottoman troops did not change weapons mid-fight. A percentage of men in some infantry regiments had Winchesters while the majority had Peabody-Martinis. At Plevna they had the fire discipline to only use their Winchesters at short range.
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 @johnfisk811 The majority of Winchesters bought by the Ottomans were full-length military rifles. They were used by light infantry units.
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