The Le Français Type Armée is a rare French service pistol based on a 1912 civilian pocket pistol. It features a unique tip-up barrel for loading and is double-action only with a heavy trigger pull, a design considered less suitable for military service. Despite testing, it was not officially adopted by the French military due to its trigger, action, and weight, though some officers acquired them privately.
The Le Français pistol, designed by Etienne Mimard and produced by Manufrance, features a unique tip-up barrel for easy manual loading, ideal for users with limited grip strength. This double-action-only (DAO) striker-fired pistol lacks external safeties, relying on its heavy trigger pull for security. Its internal mechanism is notable for a coil mainspring housed in the grip, connected via a bell crank to operate the slide.
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