MILITARY
Crimean War
1853 – 1856Percussion Revolution
The first major war of the rifle-musket era: Minié-pattern rifles outrange smoothbore-armed Russians decisively, and every European army takes notes.
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The first major war of the rifle-musket era: Minié-pattern rifles outrange smoothbore-armed Russians decisively, and every European army takes notes.