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Dreyse needle-gun
M-1841 Dreyse needle-gun
Type
Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin
Kingdom of Prussia
Service history
In service
1841–1876 (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
Designer
Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse
Designed
From 1824
No. built
1,375,000+[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 length
91 cm (36 in)
Cartridge
Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge
Caliber
15.4 mm (0.61 in)
Action
Breech-loading bolt action
Rate of fire
4–5 rounds per minute[7]
Muzzle velocity
305 m/s (1,000 ft/s) (before Aptierung), 350m/s (aptiert)
Effective firing range
200 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 system
Single-shot
Sights
V-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.
^ abRyozen Museum of History exhibit
^"Frederick Townsend Ward and the Ever— Victorious Army".
^D'Albéca, Alexandre. La France au Dahomey. p.218.
^Jowett, Phillip (2016). Imperial Chinese Armies 1840–1911.
^Finze, Wolfgang. Preußische Zündnadelgewehre In Deutschland 1861–1871 und die Aptierung nach Beck. ISBN 9783739201085.
^ abcdefghiEckhardt, Werner; Morawietz, Otto (1957). Die Handwaffen des brandenburgisch-preußisch-deutschen Heeres 1640–1945. pp. 118–126.
^Finze, Wolfgang. Preußische Zündnadelgewehre In Deutschland 1861-1871 und die Aptierung nach Beck (in German). ISBN 9783739201085.
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