Small Arms

Small arms, man-portable, individual-operated firearms, as opposed to edged weapons, team-operated firearms, automatic cannons, and artillery. The photo shows Hessian grenadiers with flintlock muskets during an 18th century reenactment at Chateau Fasanerie in Eichenzell near Fulda.

• Long Land Pattern Musket “Brown Bess”, 1722–1793
• Short Land Pattern Musket “Brown Bess”, 1740–1797
• Pattern 1756 Light Infantry Fusil
• Pattern 1776 “Contract” Rifle
• Martini-Henry Rifle, 1871–1918
• Rifle 98, Mauser Model 1898, 1898–1935
• Carbine 98 short (Mauser), 1935–1945

Source: Rumpf, H. F.: Allgemeine Real-Encyclopädie der gesammten Kriegskunst (Berl. 1827)

Firearms