U.S. Army Rifle and Carbine Adoption between 1865 and 1900

Abstract

This thesis covers a period of transformation in the Army between a large Civil War Army armed primarily with muzzle-loading percussion arms to an Army numbering in the tens of thousands armed with magazine-fed, bolt-action repeating rifles. The thesis covers the boards, trials, procedures, and political and economic constraints that were involved in selecting new arms during this period as well as the specific arms that were considered and selected. The paper concludes with an analysis of the decisions made and how similar considerations affect decisions regarding the small arms carried by America's soldiers today.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 2007
Accession Number
ADA471224

Entities

People

  • John C. Davis

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Civil War
  • Gunpowder
  • Guns
  • Manufacturing
  • Military History
  • Munitions
  • Periodicals
  • Reliability
  • Small Arms
  • Small Arms Ammunition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design