Minié rifle
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Minié rifle
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The Minié rifle was an important infantry rifle of the mid-19th century. A version was adopted in 1849 following the invention of the Minié ball in 1847 by the French Army captain Claude-Étienne Minié of the Chasseurs d'Orléans and Henri-Gustave Delvigne. The bullet was designed to allow rapid muzzle loading of rifles and was an innovation that brought about the widespread use of the rifle as the main battlefield weapon for individual soldiers. The French adopted it following difficulties encoun
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Infantry rifle of the mid-19th century
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_rifle
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2024-04-10T06:11:11Z
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