Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Falling Block Carbine with French Chassepot Bayonet - Serial 28637 Browning LMG The Pack has D rings

The Pack has D rings (4) sewn on the rear for suspension from supporting straps

This route would provide supplies and new equipment for a greatly expanded Nationalist force of twenty to thirty modernized divisions

resulted from merging a number of companies of the Fourth Regiment

the Regiment landed by glider in Normandy and participated in the invasion of France

This example is marked PERKUN on the bayonet ricasso

Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Falling Block Carbine with French Chassepot Bayonet - Serial 28637 Browning LMG The Pack has D ringsOriginal Item: One Only. Invented by Joseph Hugo Comblain, a Belgian Gun designer from Liege, this is a single short falling block weapon of ingenious design. It was adopted by Belgium, Brazil and Chile, but was up against the British Martini Henry Rifle of even better design that dominated most of the 1870s. It is marked on the side of the receiver with: COMBLAIN BREVET 28637 NC It was described by W. W Greener in his 1871 book Modern Breechloaders: