Martini Henry rifles, if my memory of the film Zulu serves. Isanlwana & Rorkes Drift are on the same day. The latter is a superb company defence against a massed enemy, in the former it is probable the piquets were too thinly spread, too far apart to support each other. Once the Zulu were inside the ring the British were doomed.
yes, that's why they lost
Battle of Coral; Battle of Long Tan; TET offensive; naval gun fire support from Australian Destroyers.
The rifle was the main gun of the Infantry man so every major battle in WW 1 the rifle was used.
Because they could fire it in every direction for 360 degrees.
Gun powder and cannons helped the Chinese in war by making them a superior force against their enemies. Because gun powder and cannons were such a powerful addition to the armies, they were difficult to defeat in battle.
No
Battle of Merville Gun Battery happened on 1944-06-06.
Yes, it was used till '53 by the yanks and the brits, but i think that it wasn't as used like the M1919 or the Bren.
The 1879 rifle was a BLACK POWDER gun, and not made in stainless steel. You may have a modern reproduction. Please repost with full markings on the rifle, and we will try to help.
They were made either to do battle or to hunt
Takashi Nagatsuka was born on April 3, 1879, in Kosshomura, Okada-gun, Ibaraki, Japan (now Kossho Ishige-machi, Yuki-gun, Ibaraki, Japan).
The gun was made in 1879, excellent find. I hope it's in good shape.
This gun does not seem to exist in the Parker Gun Identification & Serialization Book. However guns with serial numbers between 13732 & 17394 were made in 1879.
from gun
the banana gun
Gun powder.
The first American gun that was invented, was the Colt firearm in 1836. It was invented by Samuel Colt (1814-1862) of Utah. This was a revolver, the first rifle was in 1879 by John Moses Browning.