The British made flintlock, .71 caliber smooth bore design. British Short Land Pattern musket Brown Bess is the nickname of the British Short Land Pattern musket. It was the standard arm of the ...

At the beginning of the American Revolution, long before there were weapons of mass destruction, American Patriots faced British soldiers with relatively simple agents of personal destruction. When ...

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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — I recently visited Chesapeake to check out a piece of local history at the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum. "The artifact in question is known as a Brown Bess musket, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This British musket was produced in ...

Conservators at the Bureau of Archaeological Research’s Conservation Laboratory restored three muskets close to their original appearance. Florida Division of Historical Resources photo Two centuries ...

From British muskets to today’s M27 IAR, weaponry has advanced while preserving the Marine ethos. Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Pattern 53 proved effective against infantry, cavalry and even ...