hinged breechblock

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• Breechblock — A breechblock (or breech block ) is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a weapon (whether small arms or artillery) at the moment of firing. Most modern small firearms use a rotating breechblock, better known as a bolt, first… …   Wikipedia

• Single-shot — This article is about firearms. For other uses, see Single Shot (disambiguation). Single shot firearms are firearms that hold only a single round of ammunition, and must be reloaded after each shot. The history of firearms began with single shot… …   Wikipedia

• Snider-Enfield — Infobox Weapon name=Snider Enfield caption= origin=flagcountry|United Kingdom type=Service rifle is ranged=yes is UK=yes service=1866 1901 used by=United Kingdom Colonies wars= British colonial wars, New Zealand land wars, North West Rebellion,… …   Wikipedia

• Springfield Model 1873 — The Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield was the first standard issued breech loading rifle for the United States Army, although the Model 1866 trapdoor had seen limited issue to troops along the Bozeman Trail in 1867. The gun was widely used in the… …   Wikipedia

• British military rifles — The origins of the modern British military rifles are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate due to a lack of rifling and generous tolerance to allow for muzzle loading it was cheaper to produce,… …   Wikipedia

• Springfield Model 1865 — The Springfield Model 1865 is the first in a series of breech loading rifle designs known as trapdoor Springfields, distinguished by enabling loading of a powerful military cartridge at the breech, thus markedly increasing the rate of fire. The… …   Wikipedia

• Springfield Model 1866 — Allgemeine Information Zivile Bezeichnung: Spri …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… …   Universalium

• military technology — Introduction       range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …   Universalium

• artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …   Universalium

• Firearm action — In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation used to load rounds and/or seal the breech. In many weapons a breechblock reciprocates in the receiver of the firearm. The term is also used for the physical parts inside the weapon… …   Wikipedia