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APPENDIX C: Uniforms and Arms

Weapons (1 page)


British 'Long Land Pattern' musket, 1722-1768

British 'Long Land Pattern' musket, 1722-1768
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This section illustrates a selection of firearms and bladed weapons used by British and Canadian military units during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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  • British swords: 1796 pattern infantry officer's sword (hilt to left); 18th-century infantryman's sword (hilt in centre); 1822 pattern officer's sword (hilt to right)
  • British 'Short Land Pattern' musket, 1768-1797
  • British Sea Service smoothbore flintlock pistol, circa 1790
  • British brass six-pounder field gun on block-trail carriage, 1793-1860
  • Typical British field artillery of the War of 1812 - brass six-pounder field gun
  • Elevating screw, brass six-pounder gun, 1793-1860
  • Iron 24-pounder iron guns mounted on wooden garrison carriages
  • British field artillery limber at the time of the War of 1812
  • Plan of a British artillery gun sled, circa 1801
  • British swords: trooper's 1796 pattern light cavalry sword (behind); 1803 pattern infantry officer's sabre (in front)
  • British 'India Pattern' musket, 1797-1839
  • Presentation sword and scabbard
  • British Brunswick percussion lock rifled musket, with sword-bayonet, 1838-1854
  • British model 1842 percussion lock musket, 1842-1853
  • Colt .44 caliber model 1851 Holster Pistol, 1851-1861
  • British model 1853 Enfield rifled musket, 1853-1866
  • British Westley-Richards breech­loading rifle, used by the Montreal Militia in 1867
  • American model 1865 Spencer breech-loading carbine

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