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Swedish Land Pattern Musket information


Swedish Land Pattern Musket
Typelong gun
Place of originKingdom of Sweden
Service history
In serviceRoyal Swedish Army (1550s—1860s)
Used bySwedish Empire (1550s—1721)
WarsNorthern Seven Years' War
Russo-Swedish War 1590—95
War against Sigismund
Polish–Swedish War (1600—29)
De la Gardie campaign
Ingrian War
Kalmar War
Thirty Years' War
Torstenson War
First Bremian War
Little Northern War
Second Bremian War
Scanian War
War of the League of Augsburg
Great Northern War
The War of the Hats
Pomeranian War (part of the Seven Years' War theatre)
Russo-Swedish War 1788—90
Theatre War
Barbary Coast War
Franco-Swedish War 1805—07
Finnish War
Dano-Swedish War of 1808—09
Anglo-Swedish War 1810—12
War of the Sixth Coalition
Campaign against Norway
Production history
ManufacturerNerike Faktori
Jönköpings Gevärsfaktori
Söderhams Gevärsfaktori
Norrtelje Gevärsfaktori
Örebro Gevärsfaktori
Husqvarna Group
Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori
Produced1550s—1840s
Specifications
Mass8,86–<10,97 lb
Length57.63–~59.05 in
Barrel length40.86–~43.50 in

Cartridgepaper cartridge, buck and ball/solid shot (~.59–~.76), undersized to reduce the effects of powder fouling, cartridge weight: ~1.0864 oz[1][2]
Calibre.63–~.81
Barrels1 (smoothbore)
Actionmatchlock, snaphaunce lock, flintlock (doglock), percussion lock (doglock until Model 1840)
Muzzle velocity984.252–1312.336 ft/s, max 1476.378–1640.420 ft/s[3]
Effective firing range100 yards (point target)
300 yards (area target)[4][5]
Maximum firing range>500 yards[6]
Feed systemmuzzle-loaded
Sightsfront sights
open sights

The Swedish infantry musket, or the Swedish Land Pattern Musket, was a muzzle-loaded 0.63 (16.002 mm) to 0.81 (20.7mm)[7]-inch calibre smoothbored long gun. These weapons were in service within the Royal Swedish Army from the mid-16th century until the mid-19th century.

  1. ^ From, Peter (2005). Karl XII:s död: gåtans lösning. Höganäs: Historiska media. ISBN 9185057568.
  2. ^ Swedish Army Museum
  3. ^ From, Peter (2005). Karl XII:s död: gåtans lösning. Höganäs: Historiska media. ISBN 9185057568.
  4. ^ Hughes, B. P. (1974). Firepower: weapons effectiveness on the battlefield, 1630-1850. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-0-85368-229-5. OCLC 1551982.
  5. ^ Haythornthwaite, Philip (2001). Napoleonic infantry: Napoleonic Weapons and Warfare. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-35509-9. OCLC 43501345.
  6. ^ From, Peter (2005). Karl XII:s död: gåtans lösning. Höganäs: Historiska media. ISBN 9185057568.
  7. ^ Swedish Army Museum

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