French Charleville Model 1766 musket

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The French Charleville Model 1766 musket was a .69 caliber flintlock infantry firearm widely used by French forces and influential in the design of early American military muskets.

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instanceOf flintlock musket
infantry firearm
action muzzle-loading
barrelType smoothbore
caliber .69 inch
17.5 mm
category Black-powder firearms
Military equipment of the Kingdom of France
Muskets of France
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of France
designedFor line infantry tactics
mass production for royal army
volley fire
designedIn 1760s
era 18th century
firingMode single-shot
firingSystemComponents flint in cock
priming pan
steel frizzen
touch hole
historicalSignificance influential in early U.S. musket design
widely used French flintlock musket model
ignitionSystem flintlock
influenced U.S. Model 1795 musket
early American military muskets
inServiceDuring American Revolutionary War
late Ancien Régime period
intendedAmmunition round lead ball
loadingMechanism smoothbore muzzle-loader
lockType Charleville pattern flintlock
operatedBy infantry soldier
primaryUsers French Army
propellant black powder
role standard infantry arm
standardIssueFor French line infantry
stockMaterial wood
successorTo earlier Charleville musket patterns
suppliedTo American revolutionary forces
linked to: Continental Army

United States
typicalEffectiveRange about 80 to 100 yards
typicalRateOfFire 2 to 3 rounds per minute
usedBy American militia
Continental Army
French infantry
linked to: French forces
usedIn Europe
North America
usedWith paper cartridges
socket bayonet

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Springfield Model 1795 musket designedFrom French Charleville Model 1766 musket