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PERCUSSION MECHANISM [1 record]

Record 1 2007-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Small Arms
CONT

Small arms had not advanced appreciably between the end of the seventeenth century and the 1830s and 1840s, when the percussion mechanism for firing was introduced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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