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  2. Minié rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Minié rifle was an rifled musket used by the infantry of a number of countries in the mid-19th century. A version was adopted in 1849 following the invention of the Minié ball in 1847 by the French Army captain Claude-Étienne Minié of the Chasseurs d'Orléans and Henri-Gustave Delvigne.

  3. Chassepot - Wikipedia

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    The approximate number of Chassepot rifles available to the French Army in July 1870 was 1,037,555 units. [3] Additionally, state manufacturies could deliver 30,000 new rifles monthly. Gun manufacturers in England and Austria also produced Chassepot rifles to support the French war effort.

  4. Claude-Étienne Minié - Wikipedia

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    Claude-Etienne Minié (13 February 1804 – 14 December 1879) was a French military instructor and inventor famous for solving the problem of designing a reliable muzzle-loading rifle by inventing the Minié ball in 1846, and the Minié rifle in 1849. He succeeded the pioneering work of Henri-Gustave Delvigne and Louis-Étienne de Thouvenin.

  5. French weapons in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The French "Canon obusier de campagne de 12 modèle 1853", on display in Les Invalides. The canon obusier de 12, introduced in the French Army in 1853, an early type of canon obusier, or gun howitzer developed during the reign of Napoleon III, was the primary cannon used in the American Civil War, under the name of 12-pounder Napoleon Model 1857.

  6. List of firearm brands - Wikipedia

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    American Derringer: American Derringer: United States Civilian Anderson Manufacturing Anderson Manufacturing United States Civilian, law enforcement, military Anschütz J. G. Anschütz GmbH & Co. KG: Germany Civilian Rimfire and centerfire rifles. Most used rifles in biathlon: Arctiier Arctiier Armstech United States Civilian, military ArmaLite

  7. Pattern 1853 Enfield - Wikipedia

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    The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle.

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  9. List of modern armament manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym , if any, in parentheses .