- Chauchat C6 GR
- Rossignol B8 US
- No
Chauchat C6 Semiautomatic
By 1900, the French autoloader program had been kicked into high gear, with designers Etienne Meunier, Rossignol, and Louis Chauchat.
The French A series short recoil gas, B series direct impingement, C series long recoil gas. By the end none of these rifles reached adoption nor full production. I would love to see this French gun in a french unit serving both the allies and axis.
- Chauchat C6 US
- Rossignol B8 US
- No
Munier A6 Carbine
1st Free French Division (Allies)
The 1st Free French Division (1re Division Française Libre, 1re DFL) was the principal infantry unit of the Free French Forces in WWII, famed for its role at Bir Hakeim and for being one of the most decorated French divisions of the war.
The Battle of Bir Hakeim (Arabic pronunciation: [biʔr ħaˈkiːm] ⓘ) took place at Bir Hakeim, an oasis in the Libyan desert southwest of Tobruk, during the Battle of Gazala (26 May – 21 June 1942). The 1st Free French Brigade (Général de brigade Marie-Pierre Kœnig) defended the position from 26 May to 11 June against Axis forces of the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel) that captured Tobruk ten days later.
The delay imposed on the Axis offensive by the defence of Bir Hakeim influenced the cancellation of Operation Herkules, the Axis invasion of Malta. Rommel invaded Egypt, slowed by British delaying actions until the First Battle of El Alamein in July, where the Axis advance was stopped. Both sides used the battle for propaganda, Winston Churchill declared the Free French to be the “Fighting French”.
French North African (Axis)
The French North African Army in World War II was primarily the Armée d’Afrique of Vichy France, a force of about 14 zouave regiments, 42 Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan tirailleur regiments, 12 Foreign Legion battalions, and 13 African Light Infantry battalions . It was aligned with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy through the Vichy regime after France’s 1940 defeat, but its loyalty was mixed, and many troops were sympathetic to the Allies
4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment (4e RTT) and 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (7e RTA)
