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A needle gun (or needle rifle for varieties with rifling) is a firearm that has a needle-like firing pin, which can pass through the paper cartridge case to strike a percussion cap at the bullet base.
A needlegun, also known as a needler, flechette gun or fletcher, is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the advantages of a needlegun over conventional projectile firearms are in its compact size, high rate of fire, and extreme muzzle velocity.
The Dreyse needle-gun was a 19th-century military breech-loading rifle, as well as the first breech-loading rifle to use a bolt action to open and close the chamber. It was used as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians in the Wars of German Unification.
21 de oct. de 2023 · Learn about the history and features of the Dreyse needle rifle, a revolutionary breechloading firearm that used a self-contained cartridge and a needle-like firing pin. See how it was adopted by Prussia and other countries, and how it performed in various wars.
25 de oct. de 2010 · Learn about the Dreyse Needle Gun, the first rifle to use a self-contained cartridge with bullet, powder and percussion cap. Find out how it changed military tactics in the 19th century and why it was replaced by the Mauser.
25 de nov. de 2016 · The rifle was the invention of the gunsmith Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse (1787–1867) who, beginning in 1824, had conducted multiple experiments and in 1836 produced the complete needle-gun. Dreyse ...
18 de ene. de 2019 · The Dreyse needle-gun was the first bolt-action and breech-loading rifle that gave the Prussians a decisive advantage over the Austrians in 1866. Learn how this weapon changed the course of history and the face of warfare.
