Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842 Explained

Augustin Infantry Musket Model 1842
Origin:	Austrian Empire
Type:	Musket or Rifled musket
Is Ranged:	yes
Used By:	Austrian Empire Commonwealth (January Uprising) Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Redshirts (Italy)^[1] Second Mexican Empire United States
Wars:	Bosnian border raids in the Austrian Empire^[2] Kraków uprising 1846 Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire Baden Revolution 1848-1849 First Italian War of Independence 1848-1849 German revolutions of 1848–1849 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence 1848-1849 Prague Uprising of 1848 Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849 Vienna Uprising 1848 November crisis 1850^[3] Uprising in Parma 1854^[4] Occupation of Danubian Principalities 1855-1857^[5] Second Italian War of Independence 1859 American Civil War 1861-1865 Mexican republikans 1861-1867 (from USA) January Uprising 1863-1864^[6] ^[7] ^[8] Third Italian War of Independence 1866 (Redshirts)
Designer:	Vincenz von Augustin
Design Date:	1842
Manufacturer:	Austrian government with many private contracts, primary Ferdinand Fruwirth, Vienna
Caliber:	.70
Action:	Tube lock
Feed:	Muzzle-loaded

The Augustin musket was an Austrian musket used in the mid 19th century. It was used in several European wars, and also featured in the U.S. Civil War.

History

The Augustin Infantry Musket was an Austrian musket that was manufactured from 1842 to the early 1850s. The model was a smoothbore and used percussion caps. The weapon was primarily used during the Revolutions of 1848 mainly in the Austrian Empire, as well as the Italian Wars of Independence with minor use in the American Civil War and Mexican forces during the French Intervention in Mexico with the weapon being rebored into a rifle instead of smoothbore.^{[9] [10]}

See also

• Weapons of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fantuzzi, Marcelo J. . Las armas de la légion de Garibaldi (1837-1871) . PDF . S3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com . 8 August 2018 .
2. Bosnien und die Herzegowina in den militärstrategischen Planungen der Habsburgermonarchie 1700-1870 . Gabriel . Martin . 2011 . Kakanien Revisited.
3. [:de:Herbstkrise 1850|Herbstkrise 1850]
4. Book: History for the IB diploma paper 3 Italy (1815–1871) and Germany (1815–1890) . 9781316503638 . Wells . Mike . 2017-07-27 .
5. Web site: Austria-Hungary Romania Ottoman Empire 1854-1857 . 2018-08-08 . 2018-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180808234419/https://www.onwar.com/aced/chrono/c1800s/yr50/fauhrum1854.htm . dead .
6. Web site: historycy.org -> Uzbrojenie w Powstaniu Styczniowym: bron palna . Michał . Olszowski . Historycy.org . 8 August 2018 .
7. Web site: Kule Powstania Stycznowego W Rejowcu . Kalinowski.weebly.com . 8 August 2018 .
8. Web site: Karabiny systemu Augustina-Strona 2-Blackpowder .
9. Web site: Die österreichische Kavalleriepistole 1851 System Augustin. Waffensamm,ler-kuratorium.de. 8 August 2018.
10. Web site: The story of the Augustin tube lock ignition system. Kapszli.hu . 8 November 2014. 8 August 2018.