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7.65x20mm French Longue
In this fourteenth installment of Personal Defense Handgun Calibers, we'll look at a very minimalist take on the PDW/SMG round: the French 7.65x20mm Longue. The story of Longue France begins with the US entry into World War I and the great creators John D. Pedersen and John Moses Browning. With trench warfare deadlocked, these designers were tasked with finding a solution in the form of a hand-loaded automatic weapon. Both come with semi-automatic rifles that fire small, low-recoil .30 rounds. The Pedersen "Device" converted the standard M1903 rifle into a rapid-fire semi-automatic, but retained the Browning autoloading rifle and its .30-18 round (very similar to the .30 Pedersen used with the "Device"). the attention of French artillery officers. The Browning .30-18, as it was called, was apparently cloned to become the 7.65x20mm Longue used with the French Mle between the wars. 1935 rifle and MAS-38 rifle.
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Left to right: .30 M1906 Ball, .30 Pedersen as released in 1919, .30-18, 7.65 French Longue, and modern production .32 ACP and .45 ACP for reference. Note how similar the 7.65 French Longue and .30-18 cartridges are.
The 7.65 Longue is a compact round, similar to the 7.65 Parabellum and 8mm Roth-Steyr, but more powerful than the .32 ACP. The result was a 77 gr (5 gram) bullet with a muzzle velocity of about 350 m/s (1,148 ft/s) from the gun, and 380 m/s (1,246 ft/s) from the long barrel. light machine gun. Ballistics are given below:
Based on the graphics "minimalist" is probably a good way of saying "understated"; The 7.65 Longue has the worst speed, energy and characteristics of all the rounds compared here. However, it is interesting to note that beyond 200m it carries even more energy than the 5.7mm high velocity round, indicating the damaging effect of high muzzle velocity on such a low energy round at medium range. However, given its lackluster performance in the trade, the 7.65 Longue is at least as light, at 8.6-8.7 grams per shot, compared to 12.6 grams for the 9mm M882 and 20.9 grams for the .45 ACP.
Nevertheless, the 7.65 Longue was at least briefly considered fit for purpose, and submachine guns in this caliber continued to be used by the French Army into the 1960s when they were finally replaced by all in favor of high performance 9mm guns like the MAT. -49. Although automatic machine guns are made in smaller calibers, those weapons are not really intended for use at ranges beyond a few meters, unlike semi-automatic pistols in that respect. As such, I think we can consider the Longue 7.65mm "the smallest practical light rifle".
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Nathaniel is a history and firearms enthusiast whose main interest lies in the development of military small arms technology beginning with the smokeless powder era. He can be reached by email at [email protected]
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