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| name              = Gevär Stuhr, Modell 1860 <br> Gevär Stuhr, Modell 1868
| name              = Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860 <br> Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1868
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| designer          = Erich Matthias Stuhr
| designer          = Johannes Michiel Dessauer <br> Henrik von Stuhr
| design_date        = 1830-1836
| design_date        = 1830-1836
| manufacturer      = Stuhr Arsenal
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The '''Stuhr M1860''', officially the '''Gevär Stuhr, Modell 1860''', was an [[Acrea|Acrean]] military breech-loading rifle which replaced the [[Dessauer M1836]] in 1860. Originally a single-shot rifle using metallic cartridges, the design was updated to incorporate an 8-round tubular magazine beneath the barrel in 1868. All new production rifles from 1868 and after were produced with this design as the '''Gevär Stuhr, Modell 1868''', with some older M1860 rifles retrofitted and introduced as the '''Gevär Stuhr, Modell 1860/68'''.
The '''Dessauer M1860''', officially the '''Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860''', was an [[Acrea|Acrean]] military breech-loading rifle which replaced the [[Dessauer M1836]] in 1860 as the Acrean Army's standard infantry rifle. Originally a single-shot rifle using metallic cartridges, the design was updated to incorporate an 8-round tubular magazine beneath the barrel in 1868. All new production rifles from 1868 and after were produced with this design as the '''Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1868''', with some older M1860 rifles retrofitted and introduced as the '''Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860/68'''.


==History==
==History==

Latest revision as of 01:23, 25 November 2022

Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860
Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1868
StuhrM1868.png
TypeBolt action rifle
Place of origin Acrea
Service history
In service1860-1881
Used by Acrea
Production history
DesignerJohannes Michiel Dessauer
Henrik von Stuhr
Designed1830-1836
ManufacturerStuhr Arsenal
Specifications
Weight4.5 kg
Length1350 mm

Cartridge11x60mm
ActionBreech-loading bolt action
Muzzle velocity440 m/s

The Dessauer M1860, officially the Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860, was an Acrean military breech-loading rifle which replaced the Dessauer M1836 in 1860 as the Acrean Army's standard infantry rifle. Originally a single-shot rifle using metallic cartridges, the design was updated to incorporate an 8-round tubular magazine beneath the barrel in 1868. All new production rifles from 1868 and after were produced with this design as the Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1868, with some older M1860 rifles retrofitted and introduced as the Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860/68.

History

Design