French Charleville Model 1766 musket

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The French Charleville Model 1766 musket was a .69 caliber flintlock infantry firearm widely used by French forces and influential in the design of early American military muskets.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flintlock musket ⓘ
infantry firearm ⓘ
action muzzle-loading ⓘ
barrelType smoothbore ⓘ
caliber .69 inch ⓘ
17.5 mm ⓘ
category Black-powder firearms ⓘ
Military equipment of the Kingdom of France ⓘ
Muskets of France ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of France ⓘ
designedFor line infantry tactics ⓘ
mass production for royal army ⓘ
volley fire ⓘ
designedIn 1760s ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
firingMode single-shot ⓘ
firingSystemComponents flint in cock ⓘ
priming pan ⓘ
steel frizzen ⓘ
touch hole ⓘ
historicalSignificance influential in early U.S. musket design ⓘ
widely used French flintlock musket model ⓘ
ignitionSystem flintlock ⓘ
influenced U.S. Model 1795 musket ⓘ
early American military muskets ⓘ
inServiceDuring American Revolutionary War ⓘ
late Ancien Régime period ⓘ
intendedAmmunition round lead ball ⓘ
loadingMechanism smoothbore muzzle-loader ⓘ
lockType Charleville pattern flintlock ⓘ
operatedBy infantry soldier ⓘ
primaryUsers French Army ⓘ
propellant black powder ⓘ
role standard infantry arm ⓘ
standardIssueFor French line infantry ⓘ
stockMaterial wood ⓘ
successorTo earlier Charleville musket patterns ⓘ
suppliedTo American revolutionary forces ⓘ
linked to: Continental Army

United States ⓘ
typicalEffectiveRange about 80 to 100 yards ⓘ
typicalRateOfFire 2 to 3 rounds per minute ⓘ
usedBy American militia ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
French infantry ⓘ
linked to: French forces
usedIn Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
usedWith paper cartridges ⓘ
socket bayonet ⓘ

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Springfield Model 1795 musket → designedFrom → French Charleville Model 1766 musket ⓘ