Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Falling Block Carbine with French Chassepot Bayonet - Serial 28637 Browning LMG as indicated by the amount

as indicated by the amount of powder burn around the cylinder

so it had been recovered a bit after the conflict

for use in training exercises

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

Original Belgian M-1870 Comblain Falling Block Carbine with French Chassepot Bayonet - Serial 28637 Browning LMG as indicated by the amountOriginal 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: