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it was invented by a Frenchman Claude-Etienne Minié. The name is often erroneously spelled "mini" but it has nothingto do with size.
In fact many military firsts were French inventions: smokeless powder, the small bore repeating smokeless powder rifle, the automatic battle rifle, and the semi-automatic battle rifle were all issued by the French before anyone else.
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What is a minie ball bullet?
The Minie Ball haha i have been shot by one before i had to have my leg amputated. The Minie Ball was used in the Civil War and in a few other wars but it was mainly used in the Civil War. It is conelike with a hollow bottom and three or two rings depending on where it waz made.
How did the use of the rifle and minie ball change combat tactics in the rifle war?
The use of the Minie Ball did not change the tactics of the commanders of civil war infantry regiments.The biggest change that the minie ball offered was the ability of the infantry soldier to engage the enemy at longer distance,s effectively.The ability of the minie balls skirt or base to bump up to the diameter of the bores diameter and engage the rifling was a vast improvement in accuracy at longer distances than was available with the earlier smooth bore muskets of the time.
Why was the minie ball important?
It permitted very rapid loading of a rifle, permitting a high rate of accurate fire.
Who invented the rifled musket?
The rifled musket was invented and sold to the US Army in 1861. The rifle ball was invented by French inventor Claude-Ã?tienne Minie.
What invention forever changed warfare post-Civil War?
Do you mean, what invention utilised during the Civil War changed combat? The rifle-barrelled cannon. Or the minie-ball. The post-war invention would have been the machine-gun.
