| 单词 | martini–henry rifle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMartini–Henry rifle In full Martini–Henry rifle (occasionally Martini–Henry carbine). A rifle combining a breech mechanism invented by Martini with a ·45-calibre barrel incorporating a rifling system devised by Henry, used in the British army from 1871 to 1891.The rifle was widely used outside the army for sporting and target shooting, and continued to be manufactured in Britain until the mid 1980s. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of three-o(h)-three1683 air rifle1801 yager1817 big bore1838 seventy-five1840 telescopic rifle1850 Minié rifle1851 needle rifle1856 pea rifle1856 Lancaster1857 six-shooting1858 Whitworth1858 Henry1861 polygroove1863 telescopic-sighted rifle1863 spencer1866 magazine rifle1867 Snider rifle1868 chassepot1869 Martini–Henry rifle1869 Winchester1871 Mauser rifle1872 Martini1876 saloon rifle1881 express1884 express rifle1884 Mannlicher1884 Mauser1887 Lee-Enfield1888 Flobert1890 pump gun1890 take-down1895 two-two1895 Ross rifle1901 hammer-rifle1907 sporter1907 French 751914 twenty-two1925 machine-gun rifle1941 assault rifle1950 assault weapon1968 kalashnikov1970 assault rifle1975 1869 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 17 Apr. 249/1 A Committee..was ultimately appointed to investigate the relative merits of the various new rifles. After five years of patient incubation, it has been delivered of a decision in favour of the ‘Martini–Henry’. 1870 Colburn's United Service Mag. 1 367 Thus we have the Martini–Henry rifle complete. 1891 R. Kipling Man who Was in Life's Handicap 87 Martini-Henri carbines that would lob a bullet into an enemy's camp at one thousand yards. 1900 Daily News 25 Sept. 8/3 In the village were found 300 Dane guns, 40 rifles, three Martini–Henry carbines. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness iii, in Youth 157 Could you give me a few Martini–Henry cartridges? 1915 H. Ommundsen & E. H. Robinson Rifles & Ammunition iii. 59 Another arrangement..was to make the grooves deeper at the breech than at the muzzle. The principle was adopted for the Enfield and retained in the Martini–Henry. 1955 G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 54 The next smallarm issued was..the Martini–Henry. 1967 N. H. Roberts & K. L. Waters Breech-Loading Single-Shot Match Rifle i. 28 Martini–Henry rifles chambered for the various large British hunting cartridges were..popular in Africa and India. 1990 C. Allen Savage Wars of Peace (1991) 161 We confiscated all their weapons, nearly all Martini Henry rifles from the tribesmen, and we captured a number of .5 Browning machine guns and a few American-made mortars as well. < as lemmas |
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