M.95 (periscope variant)

The M.95 Loopgraafgeweer (Dutch: M.95 Trench gun) was a Dutch periscope rifle, designed in 1916 for the Royal Dutch Army, based on the M.95 (Model 1895), the standard issue rifle of the Dutch armed forces between 1895 and 1942. Though the Netherlands remained neutral during World War I, the Dutch military observed the Western Front with great interest. Following the invention of the periscope rifle in 1915 by Australian troops fighting in Gallipoli, and its subsequent spread to Europe, the Dutch supreme command decided such rifles would be a welcome asset should the Netherlands be dragged into the war. Within the Dutch Army's tactical doctrine the M.95's role would be similar to a sniper's; proving a constant threat to the enemy.