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 The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states t ...

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The Augustin Infantry Musket was an Austrian musket that was manufactured from 1842 to the early 1850s. The model was a smoothbore and used percussion caps. The weapon was primarily used during the

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mainly in the Austrian Empire, as well as the

Italian Wars of Independence The War of Italian Independence, or Italian Wars of Independence, include: * First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) *Second Italian War of Independence (1859) *Third Italian War of Independence (1866) * Fourth Italian War of Independence ( ...

with minor use in the

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and Mexican forces during the French Intervention in Mexico with the weapon being rebored into a rifle instead of smoothbore.

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