remington umc also contracted to produce a french army order for 200,000 mle 1907/15 rifles. although very well finished, the remington order was rejected by french government acceptance inspectors, who alleged that the rifles did not meet french barrel rifling and chamber dimensional standards. the contract was canceled after approximately half of the rifles were manufactured; and those rifles were sold on the private market. rifles issued to american 'african-american soldiers of the us 93rd division', were of french manufacture and not us made (b. canfield, us weapons of ww1). many of these rifles subsequently appeared on the surplus market in the united states, often converted for hunting or sporting purposes. these rifles hold special significance to african-american historians. in combat service, most infantrymen found the berthier rifles and carbines, with their one-piece stocks and fast-loading "en bloc" magazine, to be an improvement. however, the limited ammunition capacity of the berthier mle 1907/15's magazine (3 rounds) was viewed as a great disadvantage by troops in close contact with the enemy or participating in assaults or trench raids.