Dreyse Rifle   (translated from French)
Dreyse Rifle Dreyse rifle is proposed by Johann Niklaus (von) Dreyse, taking up the ideas of Jean Pauly ... of the insurrection badoise of 1847 . Consequently Dreyse definitively was adopted, produced in very great ...
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Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse
Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse (November 20, 1787 - December 9, 1867) was ... army for service in 1841 as the Dreyse Zundnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1849. Dreyse worked from 1809 to 1814 in the ... some ambiguity about the activities of von Dreyse after he created the needle-gun, ...
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Johann Nikolaus of Dreyse   (translated from German)
Johann Nikolaus of Dreyse Johann Nikolaus of Dreyse (* 20 November 1787 in Soemmerda ; ? 9. December ... Technical designer and Inventor . Johann Nikolaus of Dreyse became as a son of a fitter ... one Prussian war-ministerial commission experiments. 1836 Dreyse turned then those Hinterladung on. This weapon ... treats. At the same time the government Dreyse granted the means for the establishment ...
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Talk:Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse
Talk:Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse Dates? Both the years of acceptance by ... the Needle gun and Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse articles. Bolt action? As far as I ...
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Needle gun
... Breech loading rifle Inventor Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse Date of design 1836 Service duration 1848 ... Variants Prussian Model 1848 Number built The Dreyse needle-gun (German Zündnadelgewehr or figuratively "firing ... it for service in 1848 as the Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1848. Its name ... percussion cap at the bullet base. The Dreyse rifle was also the first breech-loading ... invention of the gunsmith Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse (1787—1867), who, beginning in 1824, had ...
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Breech-loading weapon
... Berdan or Boxer priming). See Cartridge. The Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr or Dreyse needle gun, was a single-shot breech ... It began development in the 1830s under Dreyse and eventually an improved version of it ...
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Franco-Prussian War
... was still equipped with the "needle-gun" Dreyse rifle of fame from the Battle of ... Chassepot rifle proved its worth against the Dreyse rifle, French riflemen regularly outdistancing their Prussian ... 500 yards, far superior to the Prussian Dreyse bolt-action rifle, also called the needle ...
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User:WegianWarrior/Major edits
... as a featured article. Needle gun The Dreyse needle-gun (German das Zündnadelgewehr or figuratively ... it for service in 1848 as the Dreyse Zundnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1848. It's ...
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Pieter Aspe
... Gestalte The Fourth Figure 1998 5. Het Dreyse-incident The Dreyse Incident 1999 ISBN 9060914228 6. Blauw Bloed ...
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Chassepot
... 11 mm vs. 15.4 for the Dreyse), the chassepot had more gunpowder, longer barrel ... faster muzzle velocity (by 33% over the Dreyse) resulting in a longer range. The breech ...
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