bulletĮmbedded in a paper-mache sabot (Treibspiegel) that engaged the rifling In contrast to the Dreyse, whose cartridge had a. With the Dreyse's long, fragile firing pin. Paper/silk cartridge located it at the base of the cartridge, doing away Located in front of the powder charge, the Chassepot's nitrated Prussian Scharfe-Patrone M.57 used a paper cartridge with the primer While Chassepot's rifle also fired a self-contained,Ĭombustible cartridge, it differed greatly from the Dreyse. But it was quickly superseded by aīolt-action rifle designed by Antoine Alphonse Chassepot, an employee of Podewils-Gewehr, it was a bolt-action, breechloader fired by means of an Very similar in concept to the Bavarian's To say nothing of the American Civil War, obvious to all, the FrenchĪrmy began searching for a breechloading loading rifle to counter the With the lessons of the Danish-Prussian and Seven Weeks' War, Napoleon's France-was rife with corruption. Leadership, low morale and-as was far to common in Louis But itįact, while publicly it was considered one of Europe's top fightingįorces, it suffered from lack of organization, training, poor (the first one!) and thus would be invincible on the battlefield. Glory and the belief that they were the heirs of the armies of Napoleon 'legends in their own mind' They were enamored of visions of To use a modern expression, L'Armee Imperiale francaise were Those Teutonic barbarians in their place, and reestablish France's Many Frenchmenįelt that it was payback time for Leipzig and Waterloo they would put Greeted Napoleon's declaration of war with acclaim. Part II-Les beaucoup de fusils de l'Armee francaiseĪs has been their wont before, and since, most of the French public They scrambled to find substitutes, many of them from the USA. APA style: The rifles of the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: the French were caught in transition from muzzleloaders to the Chassepot bolt-action.They scrambled to find substitutes, many of them from the USA.' Retrieved from The rifles of the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: the French were caught in transition from muzzleloaders to the Chassepot bolt-action. They scrambled to find substitutes, many of them from the USA.' The Free Library. MLA style: 'The rifles of the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: the French were caught in transition from muzzleloaders to the Chassepot bolt-action.

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