When the Rifle-Musket beat the Prussian Needle Gun (well, almost…) — the 1866 Campaign of the Main

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The Prussians Dreyse needle rifle (Zündnadelgewehr) fought against rifle muskets several times, and usually prevailed without much trouble, such as the campaign against Austria and the decisive victory at Königgrätz.

But against the smaller Kingdom of Bavaria, whose soldiers had the excellent M1858 Podewils muzzleloading rifle-musket, the Dreyse might have met its match…

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