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Brown Bess Musket

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The Brown Bess was the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket, its standard service musket from 1722 until 1838, when it was superseded by a percussion cap musket. It armed British regulars through the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
.75 caliber (musket ball bore) 1
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
musket 1
Introduced Year
1722 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
Connections

Associated With

American Revolutionary War, Wars

The Brown Bess musket was the standard infantry firearm of British troops throughout the American Revolutionary War

British Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess

Operated By

British Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess

Used In

American Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
American Revolutionary War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Anglo-Maratha Wars, Wars
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Crimean War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Indian Rebellion of 1857, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Mexican-American War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Napoleonic Wars, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Paraguayan War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Seven Years' War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Texas Revolution, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
War of 1812, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
War of the Austrian Succession, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Brown Bess
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Brown Bess
  • Lead section, first paragraph
    The Brown Bess was the first standard service musket of the British Army from 1722 until 1836, though percussion cap conversions remained in limited use until the 1870s.
  • service status
    The Brown Bess was the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket, its standard service musket from 1722 until 1838, when it was superseded by a percussion cap musket
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Infobox: caliber .75in (bore for the standard round musket ball)
  • Associated With: British Army
  • Used In: War of the Austrian Succession, infobox wars field: 'War of the Austrian Succession'
  • Used In: Seven Years' War, infobox wars field: 'Seven Years' War'
  • Used In: Anglo-Maratha Wars, infobox wars field: 'Anglo-Maratha Wars'
  • Used In: American Revolutionary War, infobox wars field: 'American Revolutionary War'
  • Used In: Napoleonic Wars, infobox wars field: 'Napoleonic Wars'
  • Used In: War of 1812, infobox wars field: 'War of 1812'
  • Used In: Texas Revolution, infobox wars field: 'Texas Revolution'
  • Used In: Mexican-American War, infobox wars field: 'Mexican?American War'
  • Used In: Crimean War, infobox wars field: 'Crimean War'
  • Used In: Indian Rebellion of 1857, infobox wars field: 'Indian Rebellion of 1857'
  • Used In: American Civil War, infobox wars field: 'American Civil War'
  • Used In: Paraguayan War, infobox wars field: 'Paraguayan War'
  • Operated By: British Army, Wikipedia article text
    The Brown Bess was the first standard service musket of the British Army from 1722 until 1836, though percussion cap conversions remained in limited use until the 1870s.
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Wikidata: Brown Bess Musket
Wikidata Q269602, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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