Engineering:Infanteriegewehr 1863

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Infanteriegewehr 1863
Infanteriegewehr 1863.jpg
TypeService rifle
Place of originSwitzerland
Service history
In service1863 – c. 1890s
Used bySwiss Army
Production history
ManufacturerVarious Swiss manufacturers
No. built80,000
VariantsInfanteriegewehr 1863/67
Specifications
Mass4600 g
Length1380 mm
Barrel length990 mm (63), 926 mm (67)

Calibre10.5 mm
ActionCaplock
Feed systemMuzzleloader, then breechloader retrofit
SightsIron sights (Quadrantenvisier)

The Infanteriegewehr 1863 (English: Infantry rifle 1863) was the first Swiss army service rifle to feature a rifled barrel. Like other Swiss infantry weapons of the period, it was retrofitted with a Milbank-Amsler breechloading system from 1867 on.

References

  • Ernst Hostettler (1987). Hand- und Faustfeuerwaffen der Schweizer Armee von 1842 bis heute (3rd ed.). Buch-Vertriebs GmbH Zürich. pp. 18/20. ISBN 3-905216-03-5.