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Class of gun which is loaded from the breech
A breechloader is a firearm or artillery piece in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech (rear) end of the barrel. The vast majority of modern
Breechloader
Service rifle
by the Austro-Hungarian army on 28 July 1867. It replaced the Wänzl breechloader conversion of the muzzle-loading Lorenz rifle. Josef Werndl (1831–1889)
Werndl–Holub_rifle
Class of artillery
or "sliding block". At the time of development of the first modern breechloaders in the mid-19th century, gunpowder propellant charges for artillery
Rifled_breech_loader
British lever action rifle
the first breechloader firing a metallic cartridge in regular British service, the Martini was designed from the outset as a breechloader and was both
Martini–Henry
Various types of small arms ammunition
A paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge. These cartridges consisted of a paper
Paper_cartridge
Revolver
converted to breechloaders, using .450 Boxer centerfire cartridges. From 1872 to 1880, these revolvers (conversions and new breechloaders) were adopted
Adams_(revolver)
Breech-loading rifle
Werndl-Holub M1867 rifles to arm the military. The rifle was a lifting block breechloader chambered for the 14×33mmRF cartridge. The Austrians converted a total
Wänzl_rifle
Obsolete 19th century firearm cartridge design
firearm. Its history is closely associated with the development of the breechloader, which would eventually replace all muzzle-loading firearms. The cartridge
Pinfire_cartridge
Light field gun
mechanism. Like its predecessor, the 3.2-inch gun M1897, it was a rifled breechloader. During the second half of 1890s, the so-called "quick-firing revolution"
3-inch_M1902_field_gun
1861 British coast defence gun
110-pounder, was a heavy caliber Armstrong gun, an early type of rifled breechloader. William Armstrong's innovative combination of a rifled built-up gun
RBL_7-inch_Armstrong_gun
Monitor of the United States Navy
3 mph) Complement 200 Armament 4 × 12 in (300 mm) breechloader rifles 6 × 4 in (100 mm) breechloader rifles unknown × 6-pounder guns Armor Depth: 5 ft
USS_Puritan_(BM-1)
1876 battle of the Great Sioux War
fire; Springfield breechloaders "in the long run, had a higher rate of fire, which was sustainable throughout a battle." The breechloader design patent for
Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn
Firearm component which guides the projectile during acceleration
later-invented breech-loading designs provided a higher rate of fire, but early breechloaders lacked an effective way of sealing the escaping gases that leaked from
Gun_barrel
19th-century English firearm
Westley Richards Monkey Tail A Westley Richards Monkey Tail carbine. Type Breechloader Service Rifle or Carbine Place of origin England Service history In service
Westley_Richards_Monkey_Tail
Functional mechanism of breech-loading
breech open. The hinged block used in the earliest metallic-cartridge breechloaders designed for general military issue began as conversions of muzzle-loading
Action_(firearms)
Military unit
shallow-draft gunboat 1886, Canton 300 tons, one 5.9-in Krupp breechloader, one 3.5-in Krupp breechloader, 3 Nordenfeldts Guangli Kuang-li 廣利 composite shallow-draft
Guangdong_Fleet
Gun for an individual
type of action employed (single-shot vs. repeating, e.g. muzzleloader, breechloader, lever, bolt, pump, revolver, semi-automatic, fully automatic, etc.)
Firearm
Service rifle
Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 (Breechloader model 1867) Type Service rifle Place of origin Switzerland Service history In service
Eidgenössischer_Stutzer_1851
Russian needle rifle
muzzle-loading rifled muskets in the arsenal and convert them into breechloaders. This rifle, among other rifles, was a part of the Russian modernization
Carle_rifle
Serbian infantry rifle of the late 19th century
existing British muzzle-loading rifles (mostly Pattern 1853 Enfield) into breechloaders (C.E. & J.Green's patent, No 2002 of July 12, 1862). An experimentally
Green_percussion_rifle
Naval gun
and his interests as a machine builder. For the navy, the Armstrong breechloaders came in 40-pounder, 70-pounder and 110-pounder caliber. In combat and
RML_9-inch_Armstrong_Gun
Gun with needle-shaped firing pin
who, from 1857 onwards, had constructed various experimental forms of breechloader, and the rifle became the French service weapon in 1866. In the following
Needle_gun
Single-shot rifle
and Lieutenant K. I. Gunius (both sent to the US in 1866 to study the breechloader designs being trialed there) on a new design that eventually became the
Berdan_rifle
Carbine
The Merrill carbine was a breechloader firearm designed by Baltimore, Maryland gunsmith and inventor James H. Merrill. It was one of several firearms either
Merrill_carbine
Service rifle
Belgian, Brazilian or Chilean Comblain. W.W Greener wrote in Modern breechloaders: sporting and military in 1871: This rifle is called No.2, to distinguish
M1870_Belgian_Comblain
Swiss service rifle
Zürich. p. 12. ISBN 3-905216-03-5. Data and pictures regarding the 1867 breechloader conversion Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine on militaryrifles
Infanteriegewehr_Modell_1842
1870 German Navy rifled breechloader
required to penetrate armored ships, Prussia had set on a system of rifled breechloaders. When 15 cm (5.9 in) and 19.3 cm (7.6 in) caliber designs proved insufficient
21_cm_RK_L/22
Naval gun
designed by the Royal Gun Factory in the 1880s following the first 6-inch breechloader, the relatively unsuccessful BL 6-inch 80-pounder gun designed by Elswick
BL_6-inch_Mk_II–VI_naval_gun
1894 battle of the First Sino-Japanese War
troops, and they were equipped with modern weaponry, including Mauser breechloader rifles, Krupp artillery pieces, and a large quantity of ammunition. The
Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1894)
soldier could achieve a rate of fire of three rounds per minute. Newer breechloaders were easier and quicker to reload, but perhaps the most revolutionary
List of weapons in the American Civil War
List_of_weapons_in_the_American_Civil_War
Organization
carbines argue that their arms are more accurate than most breechloaders, while the breechloader advocates argue that the superior rate of fire makes up
North-South Skirmish Association
North-South_Skirmish_Association
Rifle
even a breechloader that only achieved the same rate of fire as a muzzle-loading musket would still be superior to the musket, as the breechloader could
M1819_Hall_rifle
Naval gun
first of a few 28 cm Breechloader Krupp guns used by the Dutch navy. The 'A' stands for Achterlader, the Dutch word for Breechloader. From the mid 1860s
28_cm_A_No._1_gun
Gun mechanism
The lock of a firearm is the mechanism used to initiate firing. It is generally used as a historical term, referring to such mechanisms used in muzzle-loading
Lock_(firearm)
Type of Royal Navy ship
were four 6-inch (152.4 mm) breechloaders in sponsons fore and aft on each side, twelve 5-inch (127.0 mm) breechloaders in broadside between the 6-inch
Calypso-class_corvette
Type of firearm mechanism
centerfire bolt-action breechloader was patented by Béatus Beringer. In 1852 another metallic centerfire bolt-action breechloader was patented by Joseph
Bolt_action
Muzzle-loading rifle
clerks, and hunters. It was displaced after the American Civil War by breechloaders (such as the Sharps rifle) and lever action rifles. The Hawken rifle
Hawken_rifle
Firearm that holds one round of ammunition
low cost as a self-defense weapon. The earliest metallic-cartridge breechloaders designed for general military issue began as conversions of muzzle-loading
Single-shot
Material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from a weapon or weapon system
the propellant bags is used, usually in a breech-loading weapon; see Breechloader. Tank ammunition was developed in World War I as tanks first appeared
Ammunition
1869 Russian breech loading naval gun
use breechloaders, this 11-inch muzzleloader was in a forward state of manufacture, but it was nevertheless decided to change it to a breechloader. A trial
28_cm_L/20_M67
1867 German Navy rifled breech loader
However, tests in the early 1860s showed that even the 15 cm rifled breechloader was almost useless against the standard 114 mm ship armor of the time
24_cm_K_L/20
Method of reloading and firing a single-shot rifle
planners drawing from the lessons taken from the Civil War, concluded that breechloaders could partially compensate the numerical inferiority of the US Army;
Trapdoor_mechanism
Mounted soldier who uses a pistol
Cavaliers used similar weapons, often ornately decorated, including an early breechloader with a barrel that could be unscrewed. Before 1700, cavalrymen were recruited
Pistoleer
British artillery piece
13-inch Blomefield Howitzers 12-pounder Millar 24-pounder Millar Rifled breechloaders (Armstrong) RBL 9 pounder RBL 20-pounder RBL 40-pounder RBL 7-inch 110-pounder
Armstrong_gun
Service rifle
ejection. The steps required to convert a muzzle-loading musket to a breechloader with this action consist of removing the original barrel from the stock
Serbian_Peabody_rifle
Former Canadian police force
III and the Snider-Enfield Short Rifle, but these were single-shot breechloaders, and inferior to the repeating weapons already being used by Indian
North-West_Mounted_Police
Field gun
approved the transformation of existing 12-pounder SBML's into 12 cm rifled breechloader guns, and to buy 11 batteries of 8-pounder / 10.5 cm cast steel RBL's
8.4_cm_Feldgeschütz_Ord_1871
Automatic gun-mortar
It was based on the F-82 automatic mortar. The 2B9 is a semiautomatic breechloader that makes use of four-round clips or is loaded with individual rounds
2B9_Vasilek
Breech-loading rifle
mechanism. Originally developed as a means of converting rifled muskets to breechloaders, the Allin modification ultimately became the basis for the definitive
Springfield_Model_1866
Breechloading firearm action
tailpiece. The steps required to convert the muzzle-loading musket to a breechloader with this action consists of removing the original barrel from the stock
Peabody_action
Musket
army for teseting. The replaceable chamber makes this example both a breechloader, and effectively gives it a seven shot replaceable magazine. It is not
Belton_flintlock
Emir of Afghanistan (r. 1863–66 and 1868–79)
at the Bala Hissar Arsenal and began to produce four to five modern breechloaders each month. Despite his successes in producing relatively modern weapons
Sher_Ali_Khan
Common long range firearm
fire led to the development of the first repeating rifles, a type of breechloader that can load multiple cartridges ahead of time to be stored on the weapon
Rifle
Small cannon mounted on swivel for ease in aiming
by Makassan trepanger in Northern Australia, in particular the bronze breechloader with 2 inches (5.08 cm) bore. Steel rifled breech-loading swivel guns
Swivel_gun
World's first military metallic-cartridge repeating rifle
Production information on the Spencer carbine Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine The Spencer repeater and other breechloaders used in the Civil War
Spencer_repeating_rifle
Period of Thai history
and were sought after to purchase from Westerners by the court. Small breechloader cannons were also used. In the reign of King Rama III, the Siamese learned
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)
Rattanakosin_Kingdom_(1782–1932)
Man-portable multi-role weapon system
245 mm R RCL Caliber 84 mm (3.31 in) Action Recoilless, single-shot, breechloader, laterally, percussion fired Rate of fire 6 rounds per minute Muzzle velocity
Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle
Carl_Gustaf_8.4_cm_recoilless_rifle
Index of articles associated with the same name
artillery in the Age of Sail 12-pounder Whitworth rifle, British rifled breechloader field gun of 1860s Erroneously, the QF 3 inch 20 cwt gun This set index
12-pounder_gun
Historical fort in New Taipei, Taiwan
modern breechloaders mounted on the barbette. The main barbette is set up with one 12-inch Armstrong breechloader and one 8-inch Krupp breechloader. The
Hobe_Fort
Carbine
The Burnside carbine was a breech-loading carbine that saw widespread use during the American Civil War. The carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose
Burnside_carbine
Artillery
Fried. Krupp A.G., produced a 9 cm (6-Pfünder-Feldkanone C/61) rifled breechloader of cast steel with a "piston" breech-lock designed by Martin von Wahrendorff
Krupp_gun
Naval gun
guns Mark I to Mark VII were the first generations of British rifled breechloaders of medium-heavy calibre. They were initially designed for gunpowder
BL 8-inch Mk I – VII naval gun
BL_8-inch_Mk_I_–_VII_naval_gun
used to refer to the Armstrong breechloaders, introduced in 1859. Following the discontinuation of Armstrong breechloaders and the period of British rifled
Glossary of British ordnance terms
Glossary_of_British_ordnance_terms
1877 final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion
Saigō defended his position with limited support from Snider-Enfield breechloaders and artillery, but had a critical lack of ammunition for both. He had
Battle_of_Shiroyama
Firearm with flint-striking ignition
small arm: long gun or pistol, smoothbore or rifle, muzzleloader or breechloader. Flintlock pistols were used as self-defense weapons and as a military
Flintlock
Long-ranged guns for land warfare
Wars. Osprey. ISBN 9780850453362. Bastable, Marshall J. (1992). "From Breechloaders to Monster Guns: Sir William Armstrong and the Invention of Modern Artillery
Artillery
German WWI shock troops
win the conflict.[disputed – discuss] Ever since the introduction of breechloaders, there had been a growing realization that the days of close-order infantry
Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany)
Stormtroopers_(Imperial_Germany)
Type of long gun appearing in 15th-century Europe
Vol. 71, No. 2. pp. 333–40. Phillips 2016. From the Arquebus to the Breechloader: How Firearms Transformed Early Infantry Tactics. Piers Platt. 10 December
Arquebus
Rifled musket
reuse and recycle the muzzle-loading M1856 rifles and convert them into breechloaders similar to how Pattern 1853 Enfield was converted into the Snider-Enfield
M1856_six-line_rifle_musket
Rifle cartridge designed by the U.S. Army
of them were percussion rifled muskets converted to trapdoor action breechloaders. The conversion consisted of milling out the rear of the barrel for
.45-70
1766–1767 Burmese–Siamese War siege
protector spirits resided in those cannons. Siam also utilized small-caliber breechloader cannons that were employed in hundreds on the battlefield and could also
Siege_of_Ayutthaya
Class of unprotected cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy
17 cm Krupp breechloader simply as 'Kanon van 17 cm A.' with 'A' standing for Achterlaad i.e. breechloader. Later a different 17 cm breechloader model was
Atjeh-class_cruiser
British gun manufacturer
firm believer in the concept of muzzleloaders and refused to make any breechloaders. Hence, his son, William Wellington Greener, struck out a line of his
W._W._Greener
1870 Prussian Navy breech loader gun
1868. In Fall 1864 the department of the navy ordered a 72-pdr rifled breechloader at Krupp, which it also designed. This would later be called the short
21_cm_RK_L/19
British gunsmith (1834–1921)
Modern Shot Guns. London and New York : Cassell, 1888 (2nd ed. 1891) The Breechloader and How to Use It. London: Cassell & Co., 1892. Sharpshooting for Sport
William_Wellington_Greener
Rifled musket
after the war, the Model 1861 served as the starting point for several breechloaders, most of which were converted Model 1861 and Model 1863 rifled muskets
Springfield_Model_1861
Iron-hulled, twin-screw, double-turreted monitor of the Amphitrite class
enlisted Armament 2 × 10 in (250 mm)/31 caliber breechloader rifles 2 × 10 in (250 mm)/34 caliber breechloader rifles 2 × 4 in (100 mm) rifles 2 × 6-pounder
USS_Miantonomoh_(BM-5)
Rifle of the American Civil War
carbine in 1851, and it was trialed by the US Army in 1856. Other early breechloaders often had problems with gas escaping from the breech, an issue Maynard
Maynard_carbine
Carbine
however, it was not produced in great numbers. The Tarpley Carbine was a breechloader, and was comparable in this sense to the Sharps Rifle and Carbine more
Tarpley_carbine
French musket
flintlocks to percussion locks. Several Dutch guns were even converted to breechloaders with the Snider breech-loading system in the 1860s. Large numbers of
Charleville_musket
Payload-carrying projectile
CITEREFHogg (help) Hogg, p. 165. Bastable, Marshall J. (1992). "From Breechloaders to Monster Guns: Sir William Armstrong and the Invention of Modern Artillery
Shell_(projectile)
19th-century rifle of the Bavarian army
conversion. In 1869, the Bavarian army started to replace it with the Werder breechloader, but due to budgetary constrains by 1870 most Bavarian troops still used
Podewils_gun
Falling-block rifle
Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing
Sharps_rifle
1860s coastal artillery gun by Krupp
gun was tested in Fall 1868. In detail, it was a massive cast steel breechloader of 3050 kg including the double wedge breech block. The length of bore
15_cm_RK_L/26
American reality television series episodes
February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19) Items appraised include two 1700s British breechloader pistols, whose test firing is made into a marksmanship competition between
List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes
consisted of three Krupp 21 cm MRK L/30 breechloaders. Secondary armament consisted of two 15 cm MRK L/35 breechloaders and 8 6-pdr L/40 Hotchkiss quick firing
Zhiyuan-class_cruiser
Rifled musket
Austro-Hungarian Empire converted some 70,000 Lorenz rifles into the Wänzl breechloader until they had enough M1867 Werndl-Holub rifles to arm the military.
Lorenz_rifle
Artillery mounted on a warship
London: Hutchinson. pp. 20–30. Bastable, Marshall J. (1992). "From Breechloaders to Monster Guns: Sir William Armstrong and the Invention of Modern Artillery
Naval_artillery
Miniatures wargame
addition of more complex firing tables that broke down weapons into breechloaders, rifled muskets, etc. As Gray pointed out, historically "though the
Fire_and_Fury_(game)
Union Army volunteer infantry regiment
Army of the Potomac. The regiment was rearmed with Model 1859 Sharps breechloader rifles prior to setting off on the Maryland Campaign. At Bull Run, Kane
13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment
13th_Pennsylvania_Reserve_Regiment
1870s German naval artillery gun
of about an inch thick. The surprising result was that a 17 cm Krupp breechloader gun seemed to have more penetrative power than the 9-inch Armstrong gun
17_cm_RK_L/25
Firearm designed for multiple firings
firearm Revolver (15th century) Superposed load (1558) Volley gun (1570s) Breechloader (16th century) Kalthoff repeater (about 1630) Cookson repeater (about
Repeating_firearm
Rimfire revolver and rifle cartridge
was the unreliability of their caseless Rocket Ball ammunition. Other breechloaders of the time often relied on a simple, separate percussion cap for ignition
.44_Henry
firearms legislation, particularly where this affects historic arms. Breechloader List of shooting sports organizations MLAGB "NRA UK journal, Summer 2012
Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association
Historical_Breechloading_Smallarms_Association
Concentration of ammunition on a designated target
Andrade 2016, p. 146. Andrade 2016, p. 145. From the Arquebus to the Breechloader: How Firearms Transformed Early Infantry Tactics. Piers Platt. 10 December
Volley_fire
Scottish gunmaker
his trigger plate action, and in 1859 Dickson made the first pinfire breechloader under Brazier’s patent followed by guns on Westley Richards, Thomas Horsley
John_Dickson_&_Son
Class of rifle which is loaded through the muzzle of the barrel
rifled breech loaders, as it is generally impossible to double load a breechloader. Improvements in breech mechanisms in the period 1860 to 1880, together
Muzzle-loading_rifle
Monitor of the United States Navy
(22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement 150 officers and enlisted Armament 4 × 10 in (254 mm)/caliber breechloader rifles 2 × 4 in (100 mm) rifles 2 × 3-pounder guns
USS_Terror_(BM-4)
9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifle, replaced by: 1 x single 28 cm A No. 1 breechloader Armour Belt: 5.5 in (140 mm) Gun turrets: 8–11 in (203–279 mm)
HNLMS_Heiligerlee
Field gun
designs, the weapon had a distinctive hexagonally-rifled barrel and was a breechloader (though it could be loaded via the muzzle with modifications). The cannon
12-pounder_Whitworth_rifle
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Boy/Male
German
Highborn; Bearlike
Boy/Male
Arabic
Sword; Weapon
Boy/Male
Hindu
(Father of Draupadi and Dhristadhyumna; King of Panchal; father of Shikhandi; Childhood friend and then arch enemy of Drona.)
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Charlesworth, from an Old English personal name Ceafl (or from the Old English word ceafl ‘jaw’, here meaning ‘ravine’) + wor{dh} ‘enclosure’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strong, Powerful, Firm, Mighty. one of the names of Allah
Girl/Female
Greek
A serving.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Sight; View
Female
Hebrew
(עֲזוּבָה) Hebrew name AZUWBAH means "heaps of ruins," i.e. "forsaken." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including Caleb's wife and the mother of Jehoshaphat. Also spelled Azuvah.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Vain pictures, divers picture.
Male
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name HÙNG means "heroic."
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n.
The firing pin of a breechloader.
n.
A firearm which receives its load at the breech.