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12 mm Lefaucheux
Type
Revolver
Service history
In service
1858–1892
Used by
French Navy and French Army
Production history
Designed
1858
Specifications
Case type
Rimmed, straight
Bullet diameter
11.3 mm (0.44 in)
Neck diameter
11.8 mm (0.46 in)
Base diameter
11.9 mm (0.47 in)
Rim diameter
12.6 mm (0.50 in)
Rim thickness
0.94 mm
Case length
19.9 mm (0.78 in)
Overall length
30.8 mm (1.21 in)
The 12mm Lefaucheux is a metallic center-fire cartridge. It was originally created as a rimless pinfire cartridge using black powder employed by the French navy on the Lefaucheux M1858 revolver. Later it was adapted to a center-fire cartridge by the French Army in 1873 for use on the MAS 1873 revolver.
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in World War II. Length: 240 mm Barrel length: 115 mm Weight (empty): 1.04 kg Cylinder: 6 cartridges Ammunition: 11 mm Mle 1873 (11x17mmR) Rifling: 4...
further improved by the French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux in 1828, by adding a pinfire primer, but Lefaucheux did not register his patent until 1835: a pinfire...
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cylindrical case was in all likelihood inspired by another French design, the Lefaucheux pinfire cartridge. "Jornada de Historia Militar en Antofagasta. Guerra...
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