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It was a modification of the british designed rifle, it was adopted as ordnance rifle of the USA army as: "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917"
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American forces used the Lewis gun (in .30-06 calibre) throughout the war. The US Navy used the weapon on armed merchant cruisers, small auxiliary ships, landing craft and submarines. The US Coast Guard also used the Lewis on their vessels.[38] It was never officially adopted by the US Army for anything other than aircraft use.[15]
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One can see Lewis guns mounted on a US gunboat in "The Sand Pebbles".
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Thank you for the information, I know it wasn't officially adopted, but of course Marine Corp and US Navy had a certain margin of autonomy, as can be seen from the use of the Johnson semi-automatic rifle in the Second World War.
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You have the model 1910 canteen listed as a water bottle. The model 1910 canteen replaced the model 1878 round canteen that was used up until 1909. Early model 1910 canteen covers have Eagle snaps which look like the buttons on the model 1912 uniform jacket. model 1910 canteens from the year 1910 have a slightly different metal lid then canteens produced from 1912 onward. first production model 1910 candies are spun cast without seams. American canteens did not have date markings until 1917. there is a slightly different model 1917 cavalry canteen cover with a leather strap which goes around the sides and bottom. There is a canteen cup which goes inside the cover under the canteen. Many more variations came about during the second World War on the model 1910 canteen design. even more variations and changes occurred later during Vietnam. however all of the later variations are still considered the model 1910 canteen. I have seen a later more Square plastic canteen with a diagonal extending spout which is used from the early 1970s to the more modern era. This Square plastic canteen might be a model 1972 canteen. however I have seen plastic canteens shaped like the model 1910 design still being manufactured into the 21st century.
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because of my scarce knowledge of English,
I thought that canteen and water bottle were synonymous. Thank you for the clarification and for the interesting accessory news.
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there are also various different types of brass knuckle trench knives. One type has a flat ended screwdriver instead of a blade. the soldier could use the screwdriver as a tool. or he could just shank the German soldier with the screwdriver. The screwdriver also could penetrate the German model 1917 helmet on a downward stabbing action. I believe Soviet Union issue bayonets during the second World War also had a flat ended screwdriver tip.
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Surprised you didn't include the Colt M1917 .45ACP as well. While they and other manufacturers were indeed busy with the M1911, Colt still modified its M1909 revolver to accept the automatic cartridges.
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MI scusi ma ho sbagliato l'indirizzo mail. Qualche volta capita ... con tutta questa confusione di password, mail, twitter, etc., etc.
Quello giusto ha prima il cognome: ravaioli.marcello@gdf.it
Scusi ancora e a presto.
Marcello Ravaioli
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Nessun problema
Le ho inviato un E-mail, così adesso dovrebbe avere il mio.
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Buonasera Sig. Andrea
Seguo da molto tempo ed apprezzo i suoi figurini militari. Vorrei avere un contatto diretto con Lei per una iniziativa editoriale istituzionale cui sto attualmente collaborando. La mia e-mail è: marcello.ravaioli@gdf.it
Grazie e cordiali saluti
Marcello Ravaioli
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Gentilissimo, sono molto lusingato, ma in realtà non ho molto tempo libero da dedicare al disegno, è un hobby, è la mia valvola di sfogo quando sono particolarmente affannato. Ai disegni non ho apposto il watermark, e tranne uno, in cui ho messo un trademark openGnu, più per curiosità che per altro, sono semplicemente pubblicati su dA, e temo che siano già in giro per il mondo, compresi poster a pagamento, ne ho visti diversi esempi navigando, ormai sono di pubblico dominio, ma sinceramente mi va bene così.
Se lei desidera usarli credo che possa farlo, come già hanno fatto in tanti, chiaramente non posso darLe l'esclusiva, visto che sono già in giro per il mondo.
L'unica cosa che mi fa piacere è che sia attribuita la paternità dell'opera, se poi vorrà produrre del valore aggiunto alle mie opere, e nel caso desiderasse sdebitarsi con me, mi farebbe piacere un versamento a Medici Senza Frontiere.
Cordiali saluti
Andrea Silva
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Carissimo Sig. Andrea
Grazie per la Sua cortese e gentile risposta.
La terrò cmq informato della questione. Dal mio recapito ha capito che sono un ufficiale (più precisamente sono il Generale Comandante del Centro di reclutamento ad Ostia) della GdF. L'iniziativa di cui Le parlavo è il catalogo di una mostra che si terrà a Roma quest'anno per il 1918. Ho già collaborato a quella a Venezia al Palazzo Ducale del 2015 e potrà trovare, se vuole farsi una idea, di cosa si trattò perchè ci sono molti richiami su internet. Siccome molti dei suoi figurini sono veramente belli potrei, se Lei non ha controindicazioni, provare a farne dei "finanzieri" e poi spedirglieli per avere la sua approvazione. Se così fosse, ovviamente scriverei che si tratta di sue immagini originali da me poi elaborate con sua approvazione. Sono anche io (nel mio piccolo) un disegnatore e quindi potrei darmi un pò da fare ... in tal caso avrei però bisogno del suo recapito mail. Mi scusi se ho abusato della Sua pazienza. Buon pomeriggio e buon divertimento. Continui così!
Marcello Ravaioli
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Meraviglioso, sono a sua completa disposizione!
Le invierò il mio E-mail.
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The US had also had the American version of the Chauchat
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Yeah, it was just a piece of crap.
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Your telling me. The reason why it was a failure because when they creating the U.S. Chauchat French designers chamber the wrong caliber.
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Unfortunately the French designers chambered the wronged caliber type when designing the American Chauchat
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Hello, i like the shown equipment. Am I right, that the M1911 pistol was used during World War Two also?
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Hi, the old M1911 was the ordnance sidearm of the US army since 1985, when was adopted the Beretta 92FS, so it served in WW2, Corea and Vietnam too.
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Hello, well thank you for the Information!
There is a cool Museum near my Home-Village, www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM…
They have many weapons and stuff from the First World War, but nearly nothing from Americans, so I was curious.
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You are very welcome. Wow, you live very near to the Isonzo front.
I visited the Kaiser Jaeger and Kaiser Schutzen Museum of Innsbruck, and the Kobarit Museum - we used to call it Caporetto 
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You are totally right, it is good to have peace!
I was also in Kobarit, Caporetto, I liked it quite much. I learned there that Erwin Rommel was on the Isonzo Front too! I am especially interested in weapons, but of course also the plans of the Officers are interesting for me. Oh and the Art of this time is always interesting, like what Soldiers did in their spare time. Ah so I guess you are Italian? best regards, there and thanks for the hug
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Oh yes, I'm Italian.
I agree with you, ww1 gave us great art, of course Otto Dix, but first of all a great Austrian artist, Egon Schiele, looking in google image for Schiele soldier, it's possible to find wonderful portrait of russian POW's.
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Ah cool 
If you are interested in my home village, its called Nötsch im Gailtal, there was the so called Nötscher Kreis, consisting of four great artist during midwar and ww2. Franz Wiegele, Anton Kolig and so on, they are quite famous in Austria and some heirs of them are still living. One of my friends is a Kolig descendant and is a bit of an artist too
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You are welcome. I like Italy, the southest point where I was , was Rome. But if I am honest I like the North more. Florence was beautiful too.
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I'm from Bologna, in the southern part of the North, I love the middle of Italy, Umbria and Toscana.
I went in Inssbruck for work lot of time, several years ago. Beautiful city indeed.
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ah the old university city of Italy
Is Umbria more south than the Toscana? Innsbruck is nice, but I was not often there. I have relatives in Tyrol, my Uncle lives as a Vice-Lieutenant in Lienz, eastern Tyrolia.
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I think I found one of those helmets in a surplus store this summer, almost bought it, but they had some good masks, so I got those instead.
american M9A1 and old respirator from the 30s or 40s.
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All we have to choice, maybe another time
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yeah, I got a pretty good helmet shell in a antique stoe for $20 a few weeks later, that fits much better with my collection, so...
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Great, will you submit a photo......?
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yeah, i've got a photo of me with it and my M9A1 floating around somewhere.
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The U.S. also used the Krag-Jorgensen Springfield 1892,1896,1898, and 1899 during the war. The caveat was that it was mainly used as reserve and rear echelon rifles. That was the .30-40 Krag (.30 Army) caliber. Also reputed to have the smoothest bolt in history— to which I must agree.
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