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Dreyse needle gun — Needle gun Type Bolt action Place of origin … Wikipedia
Dreyse, Nikolaus von — ▪ German inventor original name Johann Nikolaus Dreyse born Nov. 20, 1787, Sömmerda, Thuringia [now in Germany] died Dec. 9, 1867, Sömmerda German firearms inventor and manufacturer. The son of a locksmith, Dreyse worked from 1809… … Universalium
Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse — (November 20, 1787 – December 9, 1867) was a German firearms inventor and manufacturer. He is most famous for submitting the Dreyse needle gun in 1836 to the Prussian army, which was adopted for for service in December 1840 as the Leichte… … Wikipedia
Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse — (November 20, 1787 December 9, 1867) was a German firearms inventor and manufacturer. He is most famous for producing the Needle gun in 1836,Fact|date=June 2008 which was eventually adopted by the Prussian army for service in 1841 as the Dreyse… … Wikipedia
Minié rifle — French Army P1851 Minié rifle. British Army … Wikipedia
Vetterli rifle — Infobox Weapon name= Repetiergewehr Vetterli, Modell 1869/70 caption= origin= Switzerland type= Service rifle is ranged=yes service= 1869 – c. 1890 used by= Swiss Army/Italian Army wars= designer= Johann Friedrich Vetterli design date=… … Wikipedia
repeating rifle — ▪ firearm also called Repeater, firearm designed for use with a magazine of cartridges, each of which is fed into the chamber or breech by lever or bolt action or other means. Before the invention of the cartridge that contained powder,… … Universalium
Needle gun — For other uses, see Needle gun (disambiguation). Dreyse needle gun, model 1865. A needle gun is a firearm that has a needle like firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to impact a percussion cap at the bullet base. A needle… … Wikipedia
small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… … Universalium
German military rifles — The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid 19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified. This article … Wikipedia
