Engineering:List of Second Boer War weapons
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This is a list of weapons used during the Second Boer War.
British Empire and colonial troops
Small arms
Rifles
Handguns
- Webley Revolver
- Enfield revolver
- Colt New Service (used by Canadian officers)[2]
Machine guns
Artillery
- QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun[5]
- BL 15-pounder gun
Boers
Small arms
Rifles
- Mauser Model 1871[6]
- Mauser Model 1893[7]
- Mauser Model 1895 (also known as the "Boer Model" Mauser)[8]
- Krag–Jørgensen[9]
- Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I (captured)[6]
- Lee–Metford (captured)[6]
- Martini–Henry[10]
Handguns
Artillery
- 7.7 cm FK 96[12]
References
- ↑ "The Lee-Enfield .303 Mk. I Rifle". https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/leeenfield_e.html.
- ↑ "The Colt .455 New Service Model Revolver". https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/colt45revolver_e.html.
- ↑ "The Maxim .303 Machine Gun". https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/maximmachinegun_e.html.
- ↑ "The Colt Model 1895 Machine Gun". https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/coltmachinegun_e.html.
- ↑ Hall 1971.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "The Guns of the Boer Commandos". 1 June 2016. https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/the-guns-of-the-boer-commandos/.
- ↑ Walter 2006, p. 308–310.
- ↑ "The Model 1893/95 "Boer Model" Mauser" (in en-US). 23 September 2010. http://www.shootingtimes.com/long-guns/longgun_reviews_st_boermodel_201007/.
- ↑ B.M. Berkovitch (December 1976). "The Krag-Jorgensen Rifle of the Anglo-Boer War". https://samilitaryhistory.org/vol036bb.html.
- ↑ Davitt 1902, p. 66.
- ↑ "Military & police handgun cartridges of South Africa. - Free Online Library". https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+&+police+handgun+cartridges+of+South+Africa.-a0221093742.
- ↑ "7.7cm Feldkanone 96 NA MOD 1896". https://en.rcamuseum.com/7-7cm-feldkanone-96-na-mod-1896/.
Bibliography
- Davitt, M. (1902). The Boer Fight for Freedom. Funk & Wagnalls. p. 66. https://archive.org/details/boerfightforfre00davigoog.
- Walter, John (2006). Rifles of the World. Iola: Krause Publications. ISBN 9780896892415.
- Major Darrell Hall, "Guns in South Africa 1899–1902 Part III and IV" The South African Military History Society Military History Journal – Vol 2 No 2, December 1971
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