Dessauer-Stuhr M1860

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Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1860
Gevær Dessauer-Stuhr, Modell 1868
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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.

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