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Although the chief weapons of the Zulu and the Gikyu were the leather shield and short stabbing spear, Zulu tactics from the 1830's on used skirmish lines of gunmen. In the original push south during the Great Trek Zulu skirmishers were armed with trade muskets (short barreled smootbore flintlocks sold through Arab and Portuguese traders via Zanzibar) and the occaisional Jaleel (long barreled flintlocks). During the Zulu war large numbers of Martini Henry 45 rifles were captured and put to use by Zulu rifleman who would give cover to their compatriots massed charges. - Zulu soldiers carried Enfield 1853 rifles with Schyner actions to load cartridges. The Cavalary used a shortened version of this model.

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