What was the name of the musket used by the British as Waterloo?
Mauser
Gatling
Chassepot
Brown Bess
What were the disadvantages of rifles used at the beginning of the period? TICK TWO
Prone to jamming
Slow loading time
Easy to bend
Very heavy
Smoky
/which part of the Dreyse was prone to breaking?
The barrel
The needle
The pan
The trigger
Which country used the Mauser rifle?
Prussia
Austria
Boers
Denmark
Which army, initially successful, was defeated by the use of Gatling guns in 1879?
Mahdi
Zulu
Masai
Native American
What was the name of the gun which could fire on armies on the reverse slope?
Howitzer
Mitrailleuse
Maxim
Benedek
Which German support weapon was one of the most effective weapons of WW2?
MP 10
Sten
Bren
MP 40
Which weapon caused the Prussian army to change their attack style at Gravelotte St Privat?
Carncano
Lebel
Mannlicher
In which famous battle of the American Civil War did the absence of the Confederate Cavalry help the Unionists achieve victory?
Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
Chattanooga
Gettysburg
What kind of weapon was the WW1 'whippet'?
Rifle
Tank
Shell
Machine Gun
Who was the inventor of the percussion cap?
Whitworth
Widgeon
Forsyth
Remington
Which inventor had a 'face like a baboon', according to an ex-Top Gear presenter?
Naysmith
Gilchrist
Which type of soldier would normally fire a carbine?
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Which general of the 18th century was a fan of the reverse slope tactic?
Cardigan
Radetsky
Napoleon
Wellington
Who developed the cylindro-conoidal bullet?
Winchester
Norton
Springfield
Who produced the rifle carried by the Unionist forces in the American Civil War?
Spencer
Shelbyville
Thomas
