The New Military Rifle and its Comparison with other Military Rifles, English and Foreign
1886; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 30; Issue: 136 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03071848609416387
ISSN0035-9289
Autores Tópico(s)Military History and Strategy
ResumoRifling, 2 grorcs, 1 turn i n 2 ft.G in. l'liis rille was nlso fitted with a sword bnjonet, n-cigbing 2 lb.04 02.Thc pcculinrity of this arm was tlint tho Gullet, which was splicricnl, was "bcltcd;" in londing, this bclt was p1;icd in the two groorcs, this mcthod being 'adopted to girc tlic bullct x spin.A grcnsc ntcli wns nlso used with this rifle, which nddcd to the dific n l t j o f loading by rnnking it estrerncly uncertain n-hetlicr tho bclt was properly plnccd in the b W O V C S or not.Tliis riflc wns thc first nrrii in tlic English service rrhich hnd n percussion lock, nnd i t nns not niitil tlic jcir 1842 that IL pcrcuwion musket wns gcncrnlly ndoptcd for tlic Scrvicc.Tlic l h u s s i c k riflc reriiainccl in flio Scrvicc nut.3.1851, when i t n-as snpcrscdcd by tlic JliniC, which hnd somc timc prcriously 1:ccn iiitroduced into thc Frciich Aimy.Up to this timc riflcs wcrc oiily issued to riflu rcgiments; but with tlic introduction of thc JliniS riffo i t was intcndcd to arm tlic \rIiolc Army with riflcs.Thc idopt ion of this n f l c wns n gw:it stcp in ndrnncc ; it wns tho '' Vcttcrli," nnd tho " Worndl" is vcry sliglitly bclow that of the Martini-LIenry ; whereas, that of tho "Jcrdan " and '' Gms " is still slightly in cxccss of it, and the "Jnrmann" still considerably in cxccss.At 1,000 ynrds tho Martini-Henry is superior to thu whole, exce t tho Jarmann, which is still sliglitly in cxccss of it.At 1,506 yards tho Jlartini-LIcnry bcats own tho Jarmann.Tho highest point of tho trajectory of thcso arms at tho various rangcs very ncarly followe the docitics, oxccpt in tho caso of the Japuanxi, wliicli maintnius its superiority to thc cnd.
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