Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr - a photo on Flickriver

Un dels primers fusells "moderns", de retrocarrega, vaja. Així i tot, no disparaba bales amb carcassa metal·lica, sino de paper, amb el que un cop disparat, no quedaba res a la cambra. El percutor d'aquests rifles era una agulla (s'anomenen "d'agulla", needle guns). Això es deu a que el fulminant, que encen la pólvora, estava situat al centre del projectil, just sota la bala de plom. Era l'unic lloc on el percutor podia picar amb força el fulminant, precisament contra la bala. Aquests fusells dominaren les guerres de Prussia contra Dinamarca, Austria i França, tot i que aquesta darrera estava equipada amb una copia superior del Dreyse, el Chassepot.

Aquest fou fabricat a Danzig el 1868, com podeu llegir-hi a sobre.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusell_Dreyse

Un fragment de documental (aleman) que es de tota manera molt visual:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xScjkrcaAcc

Foto feta al Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung de Koblenz. Aquest museu es troba en uns antics barracons militars al nord de la ciutat, però està absolutament plè de tota mena d'armament, en especial aquell d'origen aleman. I obviament, estan totes les indicacions nomes en aleman, ja sabeu com son.

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The Prussian Dreyse needle gun was a mid XIX Century technological leap towars a much more deadlier rate of fire of the rifles. It was a breechloading rifle, one of the firsts of its kind. It's called a needle gun because the cartridge wasn't metallic, but made of paper. So to fire the percussion cap, this had to be stricked against the solid lead bullet. So, a thin needle firing pin was needed to perforate the cartridge and strike the cap. It dominated Prussian wars in the 2nd half of XIX Century, but agaisnt France it was surpassed by its french copy, the Chassepot.

This one was made in Danzig, in 1868, as you can read in it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyse_needle_gun

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xScjkrcaAcc&index=4&list=...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_H6VeyAMT8

Picture taken in the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung (Defence Technology Museum) in Koblenz. This quiet and out-of-the-way museum is an impressive collection of military hardware, from middle XIX Century to the present. From aircraft and tanks to rifles, machine-guns and even electronic equipment. If you are interested in military history, it's a MUST!

www.ww2-landmarkscout.com/2011/11/defense-technology-muse...

Taken in: Deutschland / Rheinland-Pfalz / Koblenz (show map)

Taken on: December 7, 2014

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