Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842

The Augustin musket was an Austrian musket used in the mid 19th century. It was used in several European wars, and also featured in the U.S. Civil War.

Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842
Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842
(approximate illustration)
TypeMusket or Rifled musket
Place of originAustrian Empire
Service history
Used byAustrian Empire
Commonwealth (January Uprising)
Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian
Redshirts (Italy)[1]
Second Mexican Empire
United States
WarsBorder fights against Bosnia 1845[2]
Kraków uprising 1846
Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
Baden Revolution 1848-1849
First Italian War of Independence 1848-1849
German revolutions of 1848–1849
Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence 1848-1849
Prague Uprising of 1848
Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849
Vienna Uprising 1848
November crisis 1850[3]
Uprising in Parma 1854[4]
Occupation of Danubian Principalities 1855-1857[5]
Second Italian War of Independence 1859
American Civil War 1861-1865
Mexican republikans 1861-1867 (from USA)
January Uprising 1863-1864[6][7][8]
Third Italian War of Independence 1866 (Redshirts)
Production history
DesignerVincenz von Augustin
Designed1842
ManufacturerAustrian government with many private contracts, primary Ferdinand Fruwirth, Vienna
Specifications
Caliber.70
ActionTube lock
Feed systemMuzzle-loading

History

It is developed from the earlier Console musket. Used primary in revolutionary wars 1848-1849.[9][10]

References

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