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Just out of curiosity, was that issued in any appreciable numbers?
It was used by both sides in the Great War, mainly to equip mobile units and aircraft. The Germans even formed two Auto Rifle battalions, but the amount of materials that were required to make the weapon were too much to justify during the blockade and it was mothballed. The allies bought the more reliable Lewis gun during the war, so replaced it during 1915. Russia had the largest stockpile, many of which were captured by the Germans and pressed into use. Several tens of thousand were used in total, which signified the need for the weapon. IIRC some cavalry units in the East used it until the end of the war.