In February 1800, the Baker rifle won a competition organized by the British Army’s Board of Ordnance and became the first rifle officially adopted by the British Army. It was similar to weapons in use in Germany, and its novel feature lay in its barrel. With shallow or "slow" rifling, just a quarter-turn in the [...]
Crimean War
March 1, 2012 by
The Crimean War was a military conflict in which Britain, France, and Turkey fought against Russia on the Crimean Peninsula, from 1853 to 1856. This armed struggle originated over the attempt to control or exercise political hegemony in the Middle East by the Great powers, with Czar Nicholas of Russia trying to annex a swath [...]
