Infantry rifle
The infantry rifle is a firearm , which with a long run and piston comes from 30 cm total length and is of units of the combat troops of the Army in use, which the melee specialize.
history
The first prototype of the infantry rifle was the heavy rifle known as the arquebus . At the beginning of the 15th century, these weapons were equipped with a primitive ignition device. Around 1440, these rifles revolutionized Europe for the first time with the development of the matchlock . The light rifle, which was called a musket , was the most important part of infantry armament in the second half of the 17th century. These were used in all battlefields of that time in Europe, Asia and overseas countries. The musket was known as an infantry rifle until the 20th century.
In the first half of the 16th century, spark-ignition weapons were developed. The first ignition device that made this ignition possible was the wheel lock . From this point on, the term arquebus changed to a lightweight wheel lock bushing. At the beginning of the 17th century, another ignition system followed, the so-called flintlock . The infantry used it until the first half of the 19th century. During the 18th century, battery-locked infantry rifles made in different countries were very similar. They differed in details, such as material and decorations.
The following weapons appeared in the mid-19th century with needle ignition . In 1835 Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse developed the needle gun. Infantry rifles of the 21st century are the Steyr AUG in Austria , the HK G36 in Germany , the M16 in the USA and the AK-74 in Russia .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handfeuerwaffen Volume 1 Systematic overview of handguns and their history Lugs, Jaroslav ISBN 3327000328 / ISBN 9783327000328 Publisher: Militärverlag, Berlin, 1986