The "Trapdoor" Springfield The "Trapdoor" Springfield
Weapon

The "Trapdoor" Springfield

From the Little Bighorn to San Juan Hill

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Publisher Description

Intended to replace the proliferation of different small arms fielded by US forces during the American Civil War, the "Trapdoor Springfield" was designed in 1865–66 by Erskine S. Allin. Using metallic cartridges, it could be loaded in a single action, increasing the number of shots per minute as much as fivefold. The new weapon quickly proved its worth in two separate incidents in August 1867: small groups of US soldiers and civilians armed with the trapdoor repulsed numerically superior Native American contingents. A simple and cost-effective weapon, it was used, along with its variants in every US conflict in the three decades after the Civil War, especially on the American frontier.



Drawing upon first-hand accounts from US soldiers, their Native American opponents, and users such as buffalo hunters, this is the story of the "Trapdoor Springfield", one of the defining weapons of the Indian Wars.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2018
28 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
80
Pages
PUBLISHER
Osprey Publishing
SIZE
53.5
MB

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