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General Liu rifle

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The General Liu rifle was an early Chinese semi-automatic rifle designed by General Liu Qing En, the first superintendent of the Hanyang Arsenal, and built at the Hanyang Arsenal with equipment from Pratt and Whitney Machine Tool between 1914 and 1918. Chambered for the 7.92x57mm S-Patrone cartridge, it fed from a 6-round integral magazine and could switch between gas operation and a straight-pull bolt action by rotating a cylinder at the muzzle, using a muzzle gas-trap system similar to the Bang rifle. It weighed 4.7 kilograms empty, measured 122.5 centimeters overall with a 64.7 centimeter barrel, and fired at a muzzle velocity of about 780 meters per second. Only about ten rifles were ever produced, making it one of the rarest early Chinese self-loading rifle designs of the Republic of China period. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Caliber
7.92x57mm Mauser 1
Service Status
Retired 2
Weapon Class
small arm 2
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1914 3
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Small Arm 2
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Hanyang Arsenal

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Source Wikidata: General Liu rifle
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1. Wikidata: General Liu rifle
Wikidata Q15991123, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
2. Wikipedia: General Liu rifle
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    The General Liu rifle was a semi-automatic rifle named after its inventor and the first Superintendent of the Hanyang Arsenal, General Liu Qing En (1869-1929), as the rifle never received any other designation.
  • Lead
    The General Liu rifle was a semi-automatic rifle named after its inventor and the first Superintendent of the Hanyang Arsenal, General Liu Qing En (1869-1929), as the rifle never received any other designation.
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3. General Liu rifle (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q15991123 (P571 inception): 1914
Quote, Wikidata Q15991123 (P571 inception): 1914
Inception (Wikidata property P571): 1914.
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