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After Prussia and others adopted the Mauser M1871 as their standard rifle Bavaria modified their Werder rifles into the "M1869 Aptiertes Werder", chambered for the same 11×60mmR cartridge as the Mauser M1871 used. The Werder remained the primary Bavarian arm until replaced by the Gewehr 1888.
The Werder pistol model 1869 was an infantry and light cavalry falling block pistol invented by Johann Ludwig Werder in Bavaria and based on his rifle design of 1868. [1] It was one of the first centerfire pistols to be adopted for use by a European military. [2]
Bavarian breechloading rifle M1858/67, Lindner-Braun conversion. The Podewils rifle-musket was a 13.9mm calibre rifle used in the Bavarian army since 1858. [1] It was the most common infantry weapon of the Bavarian army in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 [2] and the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. [1]
The Mauser Model 1871, adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71" ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves), was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal.
Since production already ended in the 1970s, it is currently planned to have several thousand new cases milled. As of 2019, it remains in use primarily on combat vehicles as an anti-aircraft gun, but also as a blind machine gun. [12] Heckler & Koch 121. MG5A2 Germany: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO [38] Intended to replace MG3.
The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty ( Wehrhoheit ) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919.
II Royal Bavarian Corps: 5th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hessen" 6 August 1722: Bamberg: II Royal Bavarian Corps: 6th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Emperor William, King of Prussia" 18 June 1725: Amberg: III Royal Bavarian Corps: 7th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Leopold" 27 June 1732: Bayreuth: III Royal Bavarian Corps
Of the Bavarian equipment offered to the United States for purchase, the M-1842 was evaluated as the only weapon of sufficient quality for Union usage. An unknown number of the weapons were sold to the Union, with sources referencing around 3000 muskets being sold as surplus by the US government in 1865 after the conclusion of the Civil War.