The Wänzl or Wänzel rifle was a breechloading conversion of the Lorenz M1854 and M1862 rifles. The Austro-Hungarian Empire used the Wänzel as their service rifle until they had enough Werndl-Holub M1867 rifles to arm the military.[2][3]
The rifle was a lifting block breechloader chambered for the 14×33mmRF cartridge. The Austrians converted a total of 70,000 Lorenz muskets to Wänzels.
See also
- Trapdoor mechanism
- Snider-Enfield rifle
- Springfield model 1873
- Tabatière rifle
- Green M1867, a Serbian conversion of Lorenz M1854
- Weaponry of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
References
- ^ Kea, R. A. “Firearms and Warfare on the Gold and Slave Coasts from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries.” The Journal of African History, vol. 12, no. 2, 1971, pp. 185–213. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/180879. Accessed 2 Jan. 2024
- ^ Никола Гажевић, Војна енциклопедија 7, Војноиздавачки завод, Београд (1974), стр. 548-550
- ^ Никола Гажевић, Војна енциклопедија 10, Војноиздавачки завод, Београд (1976), стр. 676-679
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