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The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually...

Also known as 11.43x60R (61R) The .577/450 Martini–Henry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge. It was the standard British service cartridge...

Martini–Enfield rifles were, by and large, conversions of the .577/450 Martini–Henry rifle, rechambered for use with the newly introduced .303 British...

1853 Enfield muzzle-loading rifles, and used it until 1880 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield...

favour of the Martini–Henry, in the mid-1870s. The design continued in use with colonial troops into the 20th century. The Martini–Henry rifle was adopted...

Friedrich von Martini (24 March 1833 – 29 January 1897) was a Swiss engineer and inventor, for whom the influential Martini–Henry rifle was named in part...

Alexander Henry (1818–1894) was a Scottish gun maker, based in Edinburgh, and designer of the Henry rifling and barrel used in the Martini–Henry rifle. He submitted...

substitute for the Martini–Henry, which was at the time in short supply. The Swinburn–Henry had the same barrel as the Martini–Henry with Henry pattern 7-groove...

insurrections in India and the Sudan, and the .450 calibre .577/450 Martini–Henry rifle was the most widely distributed firearm in the hands of the anti-British...

bayonet remained in use when the rifle was converted to the Snider–Enfield. The introduction of the Martini-Henry rifle saw a new 1871 Pattern cutlass bayonet...

related to that of the Martini–Henry rifle, the Peabody action (similar to, but not identical with, that of the Martini–Henry), the Ballard action, and...

development of the Boxer cartridge in 1866, and the British 1870 Martini–Henry rifle which used it. Those were soon emulated by the Germans with the 1871...

champion quartet MARTINI, a molecular dynamics force field in chemistry Mārtiņi, a Latvian holiday Martini–Henry, a rifle Embajador Martini, an Argentine...

Krag–Petersson rifle. Section of the Martini–Henry The Martini-Henry, showing the breech open and closed The Martini-Henry Mk 1 The Peabody rifle, which has...

calibre) Long-arms Martini–Henry rifle (.577/.450 calibre) Snider–Enfield rifle (.577 calibre) Lee–Enfield rifle (.303 calibre) Lee–Metford rifle (.303 calibre)...

translator and conchologist. Friedrich von Martini (1833–1897), Swiss engineer and inventor, for whom the Martini–Henry rifle was named in part This disambiguation...

assegai were no match for an entrenched force with artillery and the Martini-Henry rifle. Never again would an impi fight against a prepared position with...

The Gahendra Rifle is a .577/450 Martini–Henry breech loading military rifle manufactured by gunsmiths of the Nepal Army under the direction of General...

1853 Rifle-Musket which used the Minié ball ammunition. Snider–Enfield Rifle: an 1866 breech-loading version of the 1853 Enfield. Martini–Henry Rifle: breech-loading...

Tabatière rifle, Westley Richards and Snider–Enfield conversions. The British Army used Snider Enfields contemporaneously with the Martini–Henry rifle until...