Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842

The Augustin musket was an Austrian musket used in the mid 19th century. It was used in several European wars, and also featured in the U.S. Civil War.

Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842
Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842
(approximate illustration)
TypeMusket or Rifled musket
Place of originAustrian Empire
Service history
Used byAustrian Empire
Commonwealth (January Uprising)
Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian
Redshirts (Italy)[1]
Second Mexican Empire
United States
WarsBosnian border raids in the Austrian Empire[2]
Kraków uprising 1846
Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
Baden Revolution 1848-1849
First Italian War of Independence 1848-1849
German revolutions of 1848–1849
Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence 1848-1849
Prague Uprising of 1848
Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849
Vienna Uprising 1848
November crisis 1850[3]
Uprising in Parma 1854[4]
Occupation of Danubian Principalities 1855-1857[5]
Second Italian War of Independence 1859
American Civil War 1861-1865
Mexican republikans 1861-1867 (from USA)
January Uprising 1863-1864[6][7][8]
Third Italian War of Independence 1866 (Redshirts)
Production history
DesignerVincenz von Augustin
Designed1842
ManufacturerAustrian government with many private contracts, primary Ferdinand Fruwirth, Vienna
Specifications
Caliber.70
ActionTube lock
Feed systemMuzzle-loaded

History

The Augustin Infantry Musket was an Austrian musket that was manufactured from 1842 to the early 1850s. The model was a smoothbore and used percussion caps. The weapon was primarily used during the Revolutions of 1848 mainly in the Austrian Empire, as well as the Italian Wars of Independence with minor use in the American Civil War and Mexican forces during the French Intervention in Mexico with the weapon being rebored into a rifle instead of smoothbore.[9][10]

See also

References
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  2. Gabriel, Martin (2011). "Bosnien und die Herzegowina in den militärstrategischen Planungen der Habsburgermonarchie 1700-1870". Kakanien Revisited.
  3. Herbstkrise 1850
  4. Wells, Mike (2017-07-27). History for the IB diploma paper 3 Italy (1815–1871) and Germany (1815–1890). ISBN 9781316503638.
  5. "Austria-Hungary Romania Ottoman Empire 1854-1857". Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
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  7. "Kule Powstania Stycznowego W Rejowcu" (PDF). Kalinowski.weebly.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  8. "Karabiny systemu Augustina-Strona 2-Blackpowder".
  9. "Die österreichische Kavalleriepistole 1851 System Augustin". Waffensamm,ler-kuratorium.de. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  10. "The story of the Augustin tube lock ignition system". Kapszli.hu. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018.


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