Berdan rifle

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The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.

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Generate an image of a berdan rifle (The Berdan rifle was a 19th-century single-shot bolt-action military rifle that served as a standard infantry weapon of the Imperial Russian Army.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Berdan No.2 rifle 2
Berdan rifle canonical 2
Berdan No.1 rifle 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bolt-action rifle ⓘ
military rifle ⓘ
service rifle ⓘ
single-shot rifle ⓘ
action bolt action ⓘ
adoptedAs standard infantry weapon ⓘ
adoptedBy Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
adoptionDate 1870 ⓘ
alsoUsedBy Bulgaria ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Russian militia units ⓘ
Russian reserve units ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
various Balkan states ⓘ
Berdan No.1 rifle first model adopted by Russia ⓘ
Berdan No.2 rifle improved model with bolt action ⓘ
caliber 10.75 mm ⓘ
cartridge 10.75×58mmR Berdan ⓘ
category Imperial Russian Army equipment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
countryOfService Russian Empire ⓘ
designedFor black powder cartridge ⓘ
designer Hiram Berdan ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
feedSystem single-shot ⓘ
firingMechanism centerfire ⓘ
firingMode single-shot ⓘ
hasVariant Berdan No.1 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Berdan rifle

Berdan No.2 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Berdan rifle
historicalRole main Russian service rifle before Mosin–Nagant ⓘ
notableFeature robust construction for mass conscript army ⓘ
strong simple bolt design ⓘ
numberOfVariants 2 ⓘ
primaryUser Imperial Russian Army infantry ⓘ
primaryVariantInService Berdan No.2 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Berdan rifle
productionPeriod 1870s ⓘ
1880s ⓘ
replaced Krnka rifle ⓘ
replacedBy Mosin–Nagant rifle ⓘ
rifling 4-groove rifling ⓘ
sights iron sights ⓘ
typicalBarrelLength about 0.73 m ⓘ
typicalMuzzleVelocity about 430 m/s ⓘ
typicalOverallLength about 1.35 m ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
usedInConflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
World War I ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Russian Army → usedEquipment → Berdan rifle ⓘ
Berdan rifle → hasVariant → Berdan No.1 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Berdan rifle
Berdan rifle → hasVariant → Berdan No.2 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Berdan rifle
Berdan rifle → primaryVariantInService → Berdan No.2 rifle ⓘ
linked to: Berdan rifle
Hiram Berdan → notableWork → Berdan rifle ⓘ