The M1752 Musket was a muzzle-loading flintlock musket invented in 1752 for the Spanish Army and, as the first standardized long gun issued to Spanish forces, remained in service across Spain's American colonies and homeland into the mid-19th century, when rifled Minié muskets replaced it. It used the distinctive Spanish miquelet lock, weighed 10.8 pounds, measured 57 inches overall with a 43.3 inch barrel, and fired a .69 caliber ball at 2 to 3 rounds per minute to an effective range of about 47 yards; Spain supplied roughly 10,000 to 12,000 of the muskets to American Revolutionary forces and it also saw use at the 1762 Battle of Havana and among indigenous peoples of the Americas, Haiti, Mexico and the Bruneian Empire.
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Proving typically conventional for the period, the weapon maintained a long service life under the Spanish crown and was deployed to its various frontline forces across the various Spanish holdings. The Model 1752 was in widespread circulation up until the middle of the 1850s by which time more and more fighting forces were adopting more modern Minié ball-long guns (categorized as "rifled muskets").
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.69 (17.526 mm)
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Spanish army 1752-1850s Bruneian army
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The M1752 Musket was a muzzle-loading firearm invented in 1752 and used by the Spanish Army from then until it was widely replaced by the much more effective Minié rifles during the mid-19th century.
Used In: Seven Years' War, Infobox: wars
Indian Wars, Seven Years' War, Anglo-Spanish War, Invasion of Portugal, Twenty Years' War, American Revolutionary war, Spanish-Portuguese War, Haitian Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Pyrenees, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Oranges, Saint-Domingue expedition, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War, Bolivian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence, Argentine War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Spanish reconquest of New Granada, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico, French invasion of Spain, Portuguese Civil War, First Carlist War, Mexican-American War, Second Carlist War, Cochinchina Campaign, Hispano-Moroccan War, Dominican Restoration War, Chincha Islands War, Ten Years' War
Used In: Haitian Revolution, Infobox: wars
Indian Wars, Seven Years' War, Anglo-Spanish War, Invasion of Portugal, Twenty Years' War, American Revolutionary war, Spanish-Portuguese War, Haitian Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Pyrenees, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Oranges, Saint-Domingue expedition, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War, Bolivian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence, Argentine War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Spanish reconquest of New Granada, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico, French invasion of Spain, Portuguese Civil War, First Carlist War, Mexican-American War, Second Carlist War, Cochinchina Campaign, Hispano-Moroccan War, Dominican Restoration War, Chincha Islands War, Ten Years' War
Used In: Napoleonic Wars, Infobox: wars
Indian Wars, Seven Years' War, Anglo-Spanish War, Invasion of Portugal, Twenty Years' War, American Revolutionary war, Spanish-Portuguese War, Haitian Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Pyrenees, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Oranges, Saint-Domingue expedition, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War, Bolivian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence, Argentine War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Spanish reconquest of New Granada, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico, French invasion of Spain, Portuguese Civil War, First Carlist War, Mexican-American War, Second Carlist War, Cochinchina Campaign, Hispano-Moroccan War, Dominican Restoration War, Chincha Islands War, Ten Years' War
Used In: Mexican-American War, Infobox: wars
Indian Wars, Seven Years' War, Anglo-Spanish War, Invasion of Portugal, Twenty Years' War, American Revolutionary war, Spanish-Portuguese War, Haitian Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Pyrenees, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Oranges, Saint-Domingue expedition, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War, Bolivian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence, Argentine War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Spanish reconquest of New Granada, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico, French invasion of Spain, Portuguese Civil War, First Carlist War, Mexican-American War, Second Carlist War, Cochinchina Campaign, Hispano-Moroccan War, Dominican Restoration War, Chincha Islands War, Ten Years' War
Operated By: United States Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
Spanish Empire, various indigenous peoples of the Americas, United States of America, Haiti, Mexico, Bruneian Empire
Operated By: Mexican Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
Spanish Empire, various indigenous peoples of the Americas, United States of America, Haiti, Mexico, Bruneian Empire
In Group: Early Modern Muskets, Infobox: type
Musket
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