the mle 1890m16, 1892m16 and mle 1916 ""mousquetons"" ) were again used by french foreign legion and some colonial infantry and cavalry units, including the french spahis. the greek army still fielded berthier mle 07/15m16 rifles during the greco-italian war, most being used in second-line units. the third reich issued many captured berthier carbines to german occupation forces in france, mainly to atlantic wall units, the m34 variant received the german identification code gewehr 241(f). some were used by police units fighting partisans in various eastern european countries including security units operating at the rear of german front lines in soviet union.