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Dreyse needle gun
Zündnadelgewehr M1841
Description
The first bolt-action rifle adopted by a major army. Its advantage over muzzle-loaders proved decisive at Königgrätz.
Historical use
- Austro-Prussian War (1866)
- Franco-Prussian War
Technical data
- Year
- 1841
- Service
- 1841–1876
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- Dreyse & Collenbusch
- Designer
- Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Bolt action
- Calibre
- 15,4 mm (cartucho de papel)
- Weight
- 4.7 kg
- Length
- 1,420 mm
Source: Wikidata Q248292
