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Charleville musket
Fusil modèle 1777
Description
A family of French flintlock muskets; the 1777 model armed the armies of the Revolution and Napoleon. It was the template for the first Springfield musket.
Historical use
- Napoleonic Wars
- American Revolutionary War
Technical data
- Year
- 1777
- Service
- 1777–1840
- Country
- France
- Maker
- Manufacturas de Charleville, Saint-Étienne y Tulle
- Type
- Musket
- Mechanism
- Flintlock
- Calibre
- .69 (17,5 mm)
- Weight
- 4.5 kg
- Length
- 1,530 mm
- Rate of fire
- 3 rds/min
- Units made
- ≈ 150,000
Source: Wikidata Q1899116
