The Werder pistol model 1869 was an infantry and light cavalry falling block pistol invented by
Johann Ludwig Werder in Bavaria and based on his rifle design of 1868.
It was one of the first centerfire pistols to be adopted for use by a European military.
Although it was originally known as the "Bavarian Lightning pistol" because of its rate of fire,
the Werder pistol was proved to be too heavy for practical use and not used during the
Franco-Prussian War.
It was also phased out by the Dreyse Rifles still used by 1870 and put into training service in 1891 with the introduction of the
Gewehr 88
The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888.
The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder ...
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