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Author: Folger, W[illiam]. M[ahew]. - Translator
Title: The FRENCH MITRAILLEUSE: A Full and Complete Description of Its Construction, Service, Etc. Translated from the German by Lieutenant-Commander W. M. Folger, U.S.N.
Description: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873. 1st Edition in English. Printed pale purple wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 12 pp of text. Frontispiece. 4 folding lithographed plates at rear, by J. F. Gedney. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Age-toning to extremities. Spine paper wear. Period pos to top margin of front wrapper. A VG copy. "The French 25 barrel "Canon à Balles", better known as the Reffye mitrailleuse, was adopted in great secrecy in 1866. It became the first rapid-firing weapon deployed as standard equipment by any army in a major conflict. This happened during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. A steel block containing twenty-five 13 mm (.51 caliber) center-fire cartridges was locked against the breech before firing. With the rotation of a crank, the 25 rounds were discharged in rapid succession. The sustainable firing rate of the Reffye mitrailleuse was 100 rounds per minute. The effective reach of the Reffye mitrailleuse extended to about 2000 yards, a distance placing their batteries beyond the reach of Dreyse needle rifle fire. Reffye mitrailleuses were deployed in 6 gun batteries and were manned by artillery personnel. They were not infantry support weapons but rather a form of special artillery. Although innovative and capable of good ballistic performance, the Reffye mitrailleuse failed as a tactical weapon because its basic concept and operational usage were flawed. Furthermore only 210 Reffye mitrailleus were in existence at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Their field use was discontinued by the French Army after 1871." [Wiki]. This work a translation of a German effort to reverse-engineer the Mitrailleuse, primarily, we find, from the use of captured examples, albeit deformed & defaced by the French. Scarce.
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Title: The FRENCH MITRAILLEUSE: A Full and Complete Description of Its Construction, Service, Etc. Translated from the German by Lieutenant-Commander W. M. Folger, U.S.N.
Description: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873. 1st Edition in English. Printed pale purple wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 12 pp of text. Frontispiece. 4 folding lithographed plates at rear, by J. F. Gedney. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Age-toning to extremities. Spine paper wear. Period pos to top margin of front wrapper. A VG copy. "The French 25 barrel "Canon à Balles", better known as the Reffye mitrailleuse, was adopted in great secrecy in 1866. It became the first rapid-firing weapon deployed as standard equipment by any army in a major conflict. This happened during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. A steel block containing twenty-five 13 mm (.51 caliber) center-fire cartridges was locked against the breech before firing. With the rotation of a crank, the 25 rounds were discharged in rapid succession. The sustainable firing rate of the Reffye mitrailleuse was 100 rounds per minute. The effective reach of the Reffye mitrailleuse extended to about 2000 yards, a distance placing their batteries beyond the reach of Dreyse needle rifle fire. Reffye mitrailleuses were deployed in 6 gun batteries and were manned by artillery personnel. They were not infantry support weapons but rather a form of special artillery. Although innovative and capable of good ballistic performance, the Reffye mitrailleuse failed as a tactical weapon because its basic concept and operational usage were flawed. Furthermore only 210 Reffye mitrailleus were in existence at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Their field use was discontinued by the French Army after 1871." [Wiki]. This work a translation of a German effort to reverse-engineer the Mitrailleuse, primarily, we find, from the use of captured examples, albeit deformed & defaced by the French. Scarce.
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- Book number: 35462
- Book number: 35462
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