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Rifled Musket and Minnie Ball Techniques and Workings

Rifled Musket And Minie Ball

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Rifled Musket and Minnie Ball

Techniques and Workings

NeedSoldiers wanted a combination of weaponry

Could fire:

Far

Accurately

Be able to load fast enough to be effective in war combat

Rifle could fire accurate, musket could fire fast.

Battle with Muskets

Advantages and Disadvantages

Fast firing rate

Not accurate enough for war

Maximum shot: 400yd, effective shot >100yd

Musket

rifle

Slow firing rate .6 as fast as musket

Much buildup in muzzle

Accurate up to <400yd.

Minie Ball and Rifled Musket

Combination of Henry rifle and flintlock musket

Minnie “ball” had ridges on the end that would expand when shot

Allowed for tight fit while traveling through barrel

Bullet was able to spin because of grooves in barrel

Made it more arrow dynamic when in the air

Minie Ball

Old TechniqueOld Napoleonic style did not work with new guns

Napoleonic style: Linear charges to opposing side and fast calvary raids, defend with canister fire: effective >400yd

Rifled muskets were able to do damage from farther away, canister fire not effective

Napoleonic style

New Technique

Offense tried to attack from behind army, but this did not work in Battle of Gettysburg

Cover technique: attack in small groups, some cover, some shoot; fight in more covered territories and make cover from earth

Battle worked much better with new cover style

Battle with rifled Rifled Muskets