Home›Weapons Systems›Introduced Era›By Decade›1880sBrowse By1880sThis 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.Facts1880sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 11880sFilter Results18 entriesWeapon FamilyAllBolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (10)Heavy Machine Guns (1)Naval Guns (1)Other Small Arms and Personal Weapons (1)Pistols and Revolvers (2)Revolvers (2)Rifles and Carbines (12)Semi-Automatic and Battle Rifles (2)Shotguns (1)Weapon Type or ClassAllAir gun (1)Bolt-action rifle (5)bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle (1)Lever-action rifle (1)Lever-action shotgun (1)Naval gun (1)Recoil-operated machine gun (1)Self-extracting revolver (1)Single-shot service rifle (1)small arm (4)Top-break revolver (1)CaliberAll.177 caliber (BB gun bore) (1).22 Long Rifle (1).30-06 Springfield (1).30-40 Krag (1).303 British (2).38-200 (1).442 Webley (1).45 ACP (1).45-70 (2).45-70 Government (1).455 Webley (1).476 Enfield (1)10-gauge (1)11mm (1)11x58mmR (1)11x58mmR Mannlicher (1)11x59mmR Gras (1)12-gauge (1)32-gauge (1)57mm (1)6.5x52mm Carcano (1)6.5x55mm (1)7.5x55mm (1)7.5×55mm Swiss (1)7.62x54mmR (1)7.65x53mm Argentine (2)7.7x56mmR (1)7.92x57mm Mauser (3)75mm (1)7x57mm Mauser (1)8x50mmR Lebel (2)8x52mmR Mannlicher (1)8x58mmR Danish Krag (1)8×50mmR Mannlicher (3)Service StatusAllIn Service (4)Retired (16)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (1)Austro-Hungarian Army (1)British Army (3)Canadian Armed Forces (1)French Armed Forces (1)Imperial Japanese Army (1)Imperial Russian Army (1)People's Liberation Army (1)Royal Navy (1)Spanish Armed Forces (1)United States Armed Forces (1)United States Navy (2)Wehrmacht (2)Wars Used InAllBoxer Rebellion (7)Chinese Civil War (1)First Balkan War (2)First Boer War (1)First Indochina War (3)First Italo-Ethiopian War (2)First Matabele War (1)First Sino-Japanese War (3)Iraq War (1)Korean War (2)Russian Civil War (2)Russo-Japanese War (2)Russo-Ukrainian War (1)Second Balkan War (1)Second Boer War (4)Second Italo-Ethiopian War (2)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)Soviet-Afghan War (1)Spanish Civil War (3)Spanish-American War (3)Turkish War of Independence (1)Vietnam War (1)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (1)Winter War (1)World War I (9)World War II (8)ManufacturerAllFegyver- és Gépgyár (1)FN Herstal (1)Hanyang Arsenal (1)Holland & Holland (1)Hotchkiss et Cie (1)Kongsberg Gruppen (1)Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (1)Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (1)Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (1)Remington Arms (1)Royal Small Arms Factory (3)Steyr Arms (2)W. W. Greener (1)Waffenfabrik Bern (1)Webley & Scott (1)Westley Richards (1)Winchester Repeating Arms Company (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18BB Gun1880sEnfield revolver1880sHanyang 881880sKrag-Jorgensen Rifle1880sLebel Model 1886 Rifle1880sLee-Metford1880sMannlicher M18861880sMannlicher M18881880sMauser Model 18891880sMaxim Gun1880sMurata Rifle1880sQF 6-pounder Hotchkiss1880sRemington-Keene rifle1880sRook rifle1880sSchmidt-Rubin1880sWebley Revolver1880sWinchester Model 18861880sWinchester Model 1887/19011880sConnectionsShowing 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.