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Long rifles could be made entirely by hand and hand-operated tooling, in a frontier setting. [5] Initially, the long firearm of choice on the frontier was the smoothbore musket, or trade gun, built in factories in England and France and shipped to the colonies for purchase. Gradually, long rifles became more popular due to their longer ...
Long rifles continued to be used by snipers, but infantry patrols favoured the use of assault rifles such as the L1A1 and M16. The heavy machine-guns which were useful for the static defences of the Korean War were replaced by the lighter general-purpose M60 machine gun , which was man-portable by a patrol machine-gunner.
Lee-Enfield Magazine Mark I* rifle ("long Tom") Edged weapons. Kukri knife (Used by Gurkha regiments); M1907 bayonet; Pattern P1897 officer's sword; Pistol bayonet; Flare guns. Webley & Scott Mark III
Espingarda 7,92 mm m/937 Mauser infantry rifle: standard-issue rifle before the full introduction of the FN FAL and G3 assault rifles; also used by the PSP and militia personnel. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Espingarda 7,7 mm m/1917, m/1917-A, m/931, m/942, and m/946 Lee–Enfield (SMLE Mk III) : used by settler militias early in the War in Angola.
Long rifles were an American design of the 18th century, produced by individual German gunsmiths in Pennsylvania. Based on the Jäger rifle, [3] these long rifles, known as "Pennsylvania Rifles", were used by snipers and light infantry throughout the Revolutionary War. The grooved barrel increased the range and accuracy by spinning a snugly ...
The Long Rifle has a 36 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (93 cm) barrel and three barrel bands. Its total length (without bayonet) is 54 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (138 cm) in length. It was issued to line infantry and has three-groove rifling with one turn in 78 inches (200 cm). The Short Rifle has a 30.5-inch (77 cm) barrel and two barrel bands with iron furniture.
The Enfield 1853 rifle-musket was issued to the British Army regiments, colonial Militia and Volunteer units and later to the New Zealand Armed Constabulary, and saw extensive use in the mid and later stages of the New Zealand Wars. The first Enfield rifles were issued to the 58th and 65th Regiments, stationed in the country, in 1858. [11]
Martin Meylin of Lancaster County is credited with the invention of the long rifle which later on became known as the "Pennsylvania Rifle" and also the "Kentucky Rifle" of pioneer fame. The "long rifle" is considered to be an important development by gun collectors, as it combined features of British rifling, Germanic style mechanisms, and ...