Home›Weapons Systems›Introduced Era›By Century›18th centuryBrowse By18th centuryThis dimension groups weapon systems by the era in which they were first introduced into service. Wikipedia notes that weapons have evolved from "simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons," a long evolution spanning every era of warfare. Browsing by introduced era lets a visitor compare weapon systems that entered service in the same period.Facts18th centuryConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 118th centuryFilter Results13 entriesWeapon FamilyAllBolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (2)Early Modern Daggers (1)Early Modern Muskets (2)Early Modern Pistols and Short Firearms (1)Muzzle-Loading Naval and Coastal Guns (1)Other Small Arms and Personal Weapons (1)Rifles and Carbines (4)Semi-Automatic and Battle Rifles (2)Swords and Sabres (1)Towed Howitzers and Field Guns (1)Weapon Type or ClassAllDagger (1)Field artillery (12-pounder cannon) (1)Flintlock revolver (1)multi-chamber firearm (1)musket (2)Pistol (1)Repeating air rifle (1)Rifle (1)Sabre (1)short, smoothbore, cast-iron naval cannon (1)small arm (1)Smoothbore flintlock infantry musket (1)CaliberAll.65 caliber (1).69 caliber (3).75 caliber (musket ball bore) (1)121mm (1)13mm (1)Service StatusAllPrototype or Experimental (1)Retired (10)OperatorAllBritish Army (2)Canadian Armed Forces (1)French Armed Forces (3)Mexican Armed Forces (1)Spanish Armed Forces (1)United States Armed Forces (4)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (5)American Revolutionary War (4)Anglo-Maratha Wars (1)Crimean War (1)First Boer War (1)Franco-Prussian War (1)Haitian Revolution (3)Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1)Mexican-American War (2)Napoleonic Wars (8)Paraguayan War (1)Philippine-American War (1)Seven Years' War (3)Spanish-American War (1)Texas Revolution (1)War of 1812 (4)War of the Austrian Succession (1)World War I (1)World War II (1)ManufacturerAllCarron Company (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13Brown Bess Musket18th centuryCanon de 12 Gribeauval18th centuryCarronade18th centuryCavalry Sabre18th centuryCharleville Musket18th centuryFerguson Rifle18th centuryGirardoni air rifle18th centuryHarmonica gun18th centuryKhanjali18th centuryM1752 Musket18th centuryMusket Model 177718th centuryPuckle Gun18th centuryQueen Anne pistol18th centuryConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,983 connections.Sources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, weapon-system has a live Ancient subcategoryQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, weapon-system has a live Ancient subcategoryAncient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.