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A bayonet is a thrusting weapon placed on the muzzle of a musket or rifle which turns the weapon into a spear.
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What weapon did Benedict Arnold use in the war?
I believe Benedict Arnold used an old musket for a weapon.
Name two other weapon used in the revolutionary war?
pistol and saber
Which country invented the musket?
The Chinese are credited with the invention of the musket. The musket was a later form of a weapon known as the hand cannon.
What type of weapon was most often used in the fighting between the Americans and the British in the 1770s?
Muskets were the weapon of choice but they also used bow-n-arrows.
Deadliest weapon of the civil war?
musket
What Weapon starts with C?
Charlieville musket , cannon
Why is the musket a diffuclt and unreliable weapon?
they are unreliable because there old.
What weapon was used in the American Revolutionary War?
Perhaps the most common was the French Charleville flintlock musket in .69 caliber.
Who used the musket?
If your referring to the "muzzle loading" musket/rifle; the US Army's last offical use of that weapon was the US Civil War. In 1866 the US Army adapted the metallic cartridge 50-70 single shot rifle. Then in 1873, the US Army got rid of the 50-70 and adapted the 45-70 Government cartridge. Both sides used the musket/rifle in the Civil War. A muzzle loading musket could be either smooth bore or rifled. However, generally speaking, whenever a man used the term "musket", it was usually presumed to be a smooth bored weapon.
Type of musket used by soldiers during the revolution?
The musket of choice was the .69 Caliber, model 1766 Charleville flintlock musket which represented the State of the Art in military firearms. The US Model 1795 musket was a direct knock-off of the French weapon with production of about 150,000 weapons produced at Springfield and at Harpers Ferry.
What weapon did the minutemen use?
Most only had a musket, and a knife for weapons.
What are two weapons used in the French Revolutionary Wars?
The musket was the main weapon in the French and Indian War. French Tulle musket, British Brown Bess musket, and an array of frontier Indian weapons were very popular among the Canadian and American Militias, including Tomahawks, knives, and clubs. oh british 12 pdr guns at the Forts and french 16 pdr field guns and mortars. The French and their allies used the Charleville musket. The British and their allies used the Brown Bess musket.
