Minié balls
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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Weapons and Ammunition > ammunition > <ammunition for small arms> > bullets
Descripción
Muzzleloading rifle bullets with a conical head, cylindrical body, and a three-grooved hollow base which, upon firing, expanded to fill the barrel rifling. They were developed in the mid-19th century by Captain Claude-Étienne Minié, among others, but rapidly grew obsolete with the increasing use of breechloading firearms and practical fixed ammunition in the late 19th century.
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Otros términos
- Minié-kogels [nl]
- balas Minié [es]
- Minié ball [en]
- ball, Minie [en]
- balls, Minié [en]
- bullet, Minie [en]
- bullets, Minié [en]
- Minieball [en]
- Minieballs [en]
- Minié bullets [en]
- Minié-kogel [nl]
- bala Minié [es]