See also: Charleville

The rifle Charleville Modèle 1777 is a weapon of a remarkable longevity created by Gribeauval, genius of the Balistique.

Presentation

As in the case of the Artillery, Gribeauval tried to arrive to an interchangeability of the comparable parts for the rifle model 1777, which was adopted by the royal army in 1776. It instituted even a system known as “of 1777”, including/understanding many weapons intended for the various specialities of the army.

Rifle model 1777 results from the long evolution of a weapon appeared in 1717, intended to replace rifles of at the very least varied models that the French soldiers employed with the combat. Conceived in the most rational way which is, in order to arrive to a more thorough standardization, rifle model 1777 had to be modified in 1801. In the interval, the system 1777, cash fourteen different types of weapons, had been simplified while being carried with six models only.

Evolutions

The principal transformations brought to this weapon concerned to embouchoir it, the grenadière and the shape of battery. Rifle model 1777 appeared of a not very common robustness, but its reliability was not no longer rather often prone to guarantee. He knew many problems of starting, and its gun was regularly clogged by the powder of bad quality employed at the time by the French Army. Rifle model 1777 was certainly somewhat lower than the rifle used by the British troops , Brown Bess, without being best world as some claimed it in its time.

Use

However, the longevity of this weapon in known as length on its qualities. Manufactured until 1822, it was produced at a rate of 2 million specimens, equipping all the infantrymen with the 1st Empire who fought on the whole of the battle fields of Europe and overseas.

The Consular Guard, then Impériale, made use of the same rifle of infantry model 1777 that other Bodies, but this weapon was different by a certain number of important details. Mounting and the trimmings had been modified compared to the basic model and rifle in question had a turntable of safety, intended to prevent that the weapon did not start accidentally or that the starter was reached by moisture.

Characteristics

• Gauge: 17,5 mm (cal .69)
• Length: 1,52 m
• Weight of the weapon: 4,6 kg
• Weight of the ball: approx. 28g
• Carried of combat: 150/200 m
• Carried maximum: 500/750 m

See too

Bonds

the http://armesfrancaises.free.fr site treats Rifle 1777 modified year IX on this page: http://armesfrancaises.free.fr/les%20fusils.html and of the majority of the French lawful weapons

External bonds

• Page on military engineering

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