An Annotated Chronology of American Military Earthworks

In the 1840s, the first mass-produced rifled weapons—both rifled artillery and rifled muskets—were introduced to the armies of Europe. The technology, spiral grooves incised in the gun’s barrel, imparted a stabilizing spin to a rifled projectile, making it more accurate at longer ranges and giving it greater penetrating power. ................
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