Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War - Colt, Sharps, Spencer, and Whitworth

At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army''s sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North''s sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute - more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle.Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.>

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Martin Pegler

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• Autori: Martin Pegler
• Con la collaborazione di: Alan Gilliland (Illustrazione), Alan (B.E.V. illustrator) Gilliland (Illustrazione), Gilliland Alan (Illustrazione), Johnny Shumate (Illustrazione), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustrazione), Shumate Johnny (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781472815910
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-1591-0
• Pagine: 80
• Dimensioni: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Serie: Weapon; Weapon
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Antiquariato; military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Militaria, arms & armour, c 1860 to c 1869, Weapons and equipment, American Civil War, Militaria, arms and armour, berdan; USSS; chickamauga; spotsylvania; springfield