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Pattern 1853 Enfield
Description
A rifled percussion muzzle-loader, Britain's infantry weapon of the mid-nineteenth century. Both sides imported it during the American Civil War.
Historical use
- Crimean War
- American Civil War
Technical data
- Year
- 1853
- Service
- 1853–1867
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Maker
- Royal Small Arms Factory
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Percussion cap
- Calibre
- .577 (14,7 mm), bala Minié
- Weight
- 4.3 kg
- Length
- 1,400 mm
- Barrel
- 990 mm
- Rate of fire
- 3 rds/min
- Units made
- ≈ 1,500,000
Source: Wikidata Q680898
