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The '''[[wikipedia:Martini–Henry|Martini-Henry]]''' is a single-shot, breech-loaded, lever-actuated falling block rifle firing the .577/475 Martini-Henry cartridge that was designed in 1870 and used throughout the [[United Kingdom|British Empire]] for thirty years. First produced in 1871, the Martini-Henry rifle was developed as a replacement for earlier cartridge-conversions of the .58 caliber Snider-Enfield rifled musket. |
The '''[[wikipedia:Martini–Henry|Martini-Henry]]''' is a single-shot, breech-loaded, lever-actuated falling block rifle firing the .577/475 Martini-Henry cartridge that was designed in 1870 and used throughout the [[United Kingdom|British Empire]] for thirty years. First produced in 1871, the Martini-Henry rifle was developed as a replacement for earlier cartridge-conversions of the .58 caliber Snider-Enfield rifled musket. |
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+ | With the introduction of(which itself was replaced by the updated [[Lee-Enfield]] in 1895), the Martced from frontline service and production of the rifle ceased in 1889. A large percentage of existing Martini-Henry rifles were converted to fire the newer .303 British (7.7x56mm) cartridge, with these converted rifles being named the Martini-Enfield rifle. Despite the conversion process of the old rifles, some Martini-Enfields were also manufactured new and un-converted Martini-Henry rifles also saw service with the British armed Battlefield 1 g |
− | The Martini-Henry remained in service with the British Empire until the end of [[World War I]]. A sizable amount of them were also used by the [[Ottoman Empire]] (converted to 7.65x53mm Mauser and other small-bore cartridges). Some rifles have even seen use in recent years, with a total of three such rifles having been recovered from arms caches in the Middle East between 2010 and 2011.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini–Henry</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Rifles of Battlefield 1]] |
[[Category:Rifles of Battlefield 1]] |
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[[Category:Weapons of Battlefield 1]] |
[[Category:Weapons of Battlefield 1]] |