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I have asked before, hopefully from a French GI, to explain to me how they carried their rifles: Chamber empty or chamber loaded and muzzles up? If chamber empty, cranking the bolt would alert the invading Huns to draw down on the French soldier.
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I think that the correct answer is "none of the above"....from what I understand, they carried their rifles empty and then just dropped them on the ground and threw their hands in the air at the first sign of any oppositional forces.
Not really a 'rifle', but I've heard that the Chauchat was pretty wretched....exposed magazines and the gun itself looks like it was made out of refuse from a junkyard!