Re: The British Army and the rifle


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> I believe much of the British Army ( but not all ) was rifle equipped
> by the start
> of the Crimean War. The Royal Marines however were still using
> smoothbores
> at least in the early stages of that conflict IIRC.
> Breechloaders ( Snider-Enfields IIRC ) came along sometime near the end
> of the War of Northern Agression here in the US.
> At Isandlwhana during the Zulu War of 1879 the Brits were still using
> single shot
> weapons.

And in the Sudan campaign 1884-85, too.


The magazine rifles started coming along shortly after that
> (1885?).
> I'm going from memory so the dates should be regarded as approximate.
>
> IBM
>

Weren't the single-shot breach loaders also the main armament (on both
sides) in Sudan campaign 1896-98? (Of course, I'm talking about the Egyptian
Army, not British.)
JTV




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