On the frontiers of Europe, not all musket balls were round; accuracy and penetration of various types of military small arms munitions from the mid seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12844533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Mandzy (0000-0001-7831-1560, Morehead State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 154-176 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1574-0773 • E-ISSN: 1574-0781 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15740773.2016.1181855 |
| OpenAlex | W2468914282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
While many armies began to adopt large calibre weapons in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, frontier conflicts in the outer reaches of Europe and in North America have provided evidence for the retention of smaller calibres, particularly evidenced through the archaeological recovery of ammunition. Present within these assemblages are various forms of non-standard ammunition — i.e. not round — including bullets with casting sprues still attached at the time of firing. This paper provides an assessment of the combat effectiveness of these various types of ammunition through a series of firing tests using replicated ammunition
Ammunition · Ancient history · Archaeology · Economics · Frontier · Rifle · Small arms · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |