Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle by Waffenfabrik Bern Serial 157025 - 10.4×38mm African Militaria Aeronautical contents list with instruction

Aeronautical contents list with instruction sheet

Army 25th Infantry Regiment

Forty-six Paratroopers from the 509th participated in the liberation of Ventotene

because of other Allied units at the Battle of Arnhem

• 3 mountain infantry battalions (BCA) each comprising :

Original Swiss Vetterli Repetiergewehr M1878 Magazine Rifle by Waffenfabrik Bern Serial 157025 - 10.4×38mm African Militaria Aeronautical contents list with instructionOriginal Item: Only One Available. Introduced in 1867, the Vetterli rifle system utilized the "Winchester" tube magazine system for cartridge storage under the barrel. The original 1867 model had an external hammer, like a Winchester, but in 1868 this was changed to an internal cocking bolt spring. The cleaning rod was moved to the side of the rifle, but this proved problematic, so the model of 1869 moved it back to the under barrel position. In 1871,