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Dreyse needle-gun
M-1841 Dreyse needle-gun
TypeBolt-action rifle
Place of originKingdom of Prussia
Service history
In service1841–1876 (Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire)
Used by
  • Prussia
  • China
  • Romania
  • Khedivate of Egypt
  • Brazil
  • Bavaria
  • Great Britain (trials only)
  • Tokugawa Shogunate[1][non-primary source needed]
  • French auxiliary army
Wars
List
    • German revolutions of 1848–49
    • Platine War
    • Taiping Rebellion[2]
    • Second Schleswig War
    • Paraguayan War
    • Austro-Prussian War
    • Boshin War[1][non-primary source needed]
    • Franco-Prussian war
    • Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)
    • Romanian War of Independence
    • Second Franco-Dahomean War[3]
    • First Sino-Japanese War[4][full citation needed]
Production history
DesignerJohann Nikolaus von Dreyse
DesignedFrom 1824
No. built1,375,000+[5]
Variants
  • Zündnadelgewehr M/41[6]
  • Zündnadelbüchse M/49[6]
  • Zündnadelbüchse (Pikenbüchse) M/54[6]
  • Zündnadelkarabiner M/55 and M/57[6]
  • Füsiliergewehr M/60[6]
  • Zündnadelgewehr M/62[6]
  • Zündnadelbüchse M/65[6]
  • Zündnadelpioniergewehr U/M (modified model)[6]
  • Zündnadelpioniergewehr M/69[6]
Specifications
Mass
  • 4.9 kg (10.8 lb) Zündnadelgewehr M/41
  • 4.8 kg (10.6 lb) Zündnadelgewehr M/62
Length
  • 143 cm (56 in) Zündnadelgewehr M/41
  • 134 cm (52.8 in) Zündnadelgewehr M/62
Barrel length91 cm (36 in)

CartridgeAcorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge
Caliber15.4 mm (0.61 in)
ActionBreech-loading bolt action
Rate of fire4–5 rounds per minute[7]
Muzzle velocity305 m/s (1,000 ft/s) (before Aptierung), 350m/s (aptiert)
Effective firing range200 m (218.7 yd) (point target)
Maximum firing range
  • 527 m (576.3 yd) (maximum setting on sights for M/62)
  • 678 m (741.5 yd) (maximum setting on sights for M/65)
Feed systemSingle-shot
SightsV-notch and front post iron sights

The Dreyse needle-gun was a 19th-century military breech-loading rifle, as well as the first breech-loading rifle to use a bolt action to open and close the chamber. It was used as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians in the Wars of German Unification. It was invented in 1836 by the German gunsmith Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse (1787–1867), who had been conducting numerous design experiments since 1824.

The name "ignition needle rifle" (German: Zündnadelgewehr) was based on its firing pin, since it passed like a needle through the paper cartridge to strike a percussion cap at the base of the bullet. However, to conceal the revolutionary nature of the design, the rifle entered military service in 1841 as the leichtes Perkussionsgewehr Modell 1841 (transl. Light Percussion Rifle Model 1841).[citation needed] It had a rate of fire of about six rounds per minute.

  1. ^ a b Ryozen Museum of History exhibit
  2. ^ "Frederick Townsend Ward and the Ever— Victorious Army".
  3. ^ D'Albéca, Alexandre. La France au Dahomey. p.218.
  4. ^ Jowett, Phillip (2016). Imperial Chinese Armies 1840–1911.
  5. ^ Finze, Wolfgang. Preußische Zündnadelgewehre In Deutschland 1861–1871 und die Aptierung nach Beck. ISBN 9783739201085.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Eckhardt, Werner; Morawietz, Otto (1957). Die Handwaffen des brandenburgisch-preußisch-deutschen Heeres 1640–1945. pp. 118–126.
  7. ^ Finze, Wolfgang. Preußische Zündnadelgewehre In Deutschland 1861-1871 und die Aptierung nach Beck (in German). ISBN 9783739201085.

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