Home›Weapons Systems›Introduced Era›By Decade›1850sBrowse By1850sThis 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.Facts1850sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 11850sFilter Results13 entriesWeapon FamilyAllAmmunition and Cartridges (2)Battleships and Ironclads (1)Bolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (5)Pistols and Revolvers (4)Revolvers (4)Rifles and Carbines (5)Towed Howitzers and Field Guns (1)Weapon Type or ClassAllarmored warship (1)field gun-howitzer (1)Percussion revolver (1)Revolver (1)Rifled musket (2)Single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifle (1)small arm (6)CaliberAll.22 caliber (1).22 short (1).38 Short Colt (1).45-70 (1).450 Adams (1).455 Webley (1).50 caliber (1).577 caliber (1).58 caliber (1)117mm (4.62 in) (1)Service StatusAllRetired (13)OperatorAllArgentine Armed Forces (2)Austro-Hungarian Army (1)Confederate States Army (2)French Armed Forces (1)Mexican Armed Forces (1)Ottoman Army (1)Union Army (1)United States Armed Forces (5)United States Army (1)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (11)Anglo-Zulu War (1)Austro-Prussian War (2)Crimean War (3)First Balkan War (1)First Boer War (1)First Sino-Japanese War (2)Franco-Prussian War (3)Free State-Basotho Wars (1)Indian Rebellion of 1857 (2)Mexican Revolution (1)Paraguayan War (4)Second Italian War of Independence (2)Second Opium War (1)Taiping Rebellion (3)War of the Pacific (3)World War I (1)ManufacturerAllAmes Manufacturing Company (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (2)George & John Deane (1)Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (1)Massachusetts Arms Company (1)Royal Small Arms Factory (1)Smith & Wesson (1)Webley & Scott (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13.22 Short1850s12-Pounder Napoleon (M1857 Gun-Howitzer)1850sBeaumont-Adams revolver1850sColt 1851 Navy Revolver1850sColt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver1850sIronclad Warship1850sLefaucheux M18581850sLorenz rifle1850sMinié rifle1850sPattern 1853 Enfield1850sSharps rifle1850sSmith carbine1850sWebley Longspur1850sConnectionsShowing 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.