Description
Product ID: | 9781849084857 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Weapon |
Title: | The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle |
Authors: | Author: Peter Smithurst, Peter Dennis |
Page Count: | 80 |
Subjects: | History, History, Warfare and defence, Ordnance, weapons technology, Warfare & defence, Ordnance, weapons technology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle was the first rifled firearm issued to every soldier in the British Army, and gave the infantry a revolutionary increase in firepower. This title looks at the design, the history, the mechanics, and the use of this one of the most important firearms of the 19th century. Throughout the Napoleonic Wars, there was a growing perception that a muzzle-loading rifle was more practical compared to the limitations of rifles then currently in use. This thinking ultimately resulted in the 1853 Enfield Pattern, a rifle which, for the first time, was issued to every soldier in the British Army instead of the few trained marksmen. Its use during the Crimean War and later the Indian Mutiny would vindicate this policy when it became clear that the infantry were now capable of outgunning artillery. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-07-20 |