Industrial age1850 1900 spring 2011

Industrial Age1850-1900

Jack Studer+

Will Berardelli

Civil War

Rifled Muskets Allowed bullet to shoot three times further Reloaded faster then rifleHad bayonette, rarley used however.

Weaponary Changed Tactics Did NotNo improvments in communcation Stragegy did not changeVery grusome war, tremendious amount of casulites

Iron Clads- heavily armored, steam powered warships, led directly to the warships of today.

-most famous in civil war was the casemate ironclad (built to protect the guns and crew from enemy)

-Southern ironclads were usually called rams because they were built with strong, sharp bows that would ram into and sink enemy ships-a monitor ironclad had a small number of heavy guns and was a low freeboard ship, which means the deck was very close to the water

-first ironclads were built by the French in the Crimean War in 1850, used to attack enemy forts on land

-most famous ironclad battle was between the Monitor and the Virginia March 9,, 1862-smaller, river boat styled ironclads were used on the Mississippi River in the Civil War

Franco Prussian War

Chassepote Rifle Effective Range of 1,500 yards 8-15 rounds per minute

French CavalryUsed heavy cavalry, instead of light cavalry

Prussian Cavalry Used Cavalry for skirmishing and screening

Railway French did not use railways, prussians had an organized system during the war

Franco Prussian War

Spanish-American War

1898

Radiography

Radiographs, or x-rays, were first introduced into warfare by the USrevolutionized the diagnosis of war injuries

Colt Model 1895 Machine Gun

Either carried on Tripods by ground units or stationed on warships in naval battles Fired less than 400 rounds a minute Simple, light, easy to handle

Spanish Mauser

-Standard weapon Spaniards used in battle-superior to the springfield trapdoor rifle which was used by majority of American forces

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Bibliography

http://users.wowway.com/~jenkins/ironclads/ironintr.htmwww.spanamwar.comhttp://users.wowway.com/~jenkins/ironclads/ironintr.htmhttp://www.hackman-adams.com/guns/Technology.htmhttp://www.civilwarhome.com/weapons.htmhttp://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/spanam/eve-pge.htm

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