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Martini–Henry
Description
A British falling-block rifle worked by a lever behind the trigger guard. It was the Empire's weapon of the Victorian age.
Historical use
- Anglo-Zulu War
- Battle of Rorke's Drift (1879)
Technical data
- Year
- 1871
- Service
- 1871–1888
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Maker
- Royal Small Arms Factory
- Designer
- Friedrich von Martini y Alexander Henry
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Single-shot breechloader
- Calibre
- .577/450 Martini–Henry
- Weight
- 3.8 kg
- Length
- 1,250 mm
- Rate of fire
- 12 rds/min
- Units made
- ≈ 1,000,000
Source: Wikidata Q1905626
