Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 French Flags 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (5th SFG (A)) during the Vietnam War:

It has additional Swiss proof mark stampings

By June 1943

but did not replace the standard issue muzzle-loading rifled muskets in use at the time

and still rings clear if one knows how to use it

Original Rare North African Embossed Iron & Brass Clad Miquelet Tanchika Carbine with Rifled Barrel - circa 1800 French Flags 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)Original Item: One of a kind. The Miquelet (Migulet) Tanchika was the traditional muzzle loading long gun of the Balkans and Greece in the early to mid 1800s. The design also saw use across the Mediterranean in North Africa, where it could be found in this rare carbine form, complete with the typical body sling rings on the left side. It features a 24 inch long HEPTAGONAL (7 sided barrel), which has a . 59" bore with seven groove rifling, something we