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What weapons were used in the Second Boer War?
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In the Second Boer War, the British infantry primarily used Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles, while the Boers employed Mauser and Krag-Jorgenson rifles. The Mauser rifles were notably accurate up to 2000 meters. The war also featured automatic light artillery, with the Boers using the Pom-Pom gun to fire rapid 1-pound shells, and the British deploying 12 and 15-pound field artillery with a range of about 5,000 yards.
The infantry in the Second Boer War fought mostly with rifles. The British Army used standard issue rifles of the time, which were the Lee-Metford Rifle and the Lee-Enfield Rifle. The Boers, largely supplied by Germany, used Mauser rifles and Danish Krag-Jorgenson rifles. The British rifles had 8 round magazines and the Mausers were accurate to about 2000 meters.
This war also saw the use of some automatic light artillery. The Boers had a weapon known as the Pom-Pom which could rapidly fire 1 pound exploding shells. The British used a variety of artillery pieces, including 12 and 15 pound field artillery that had a range of about 5,000 yards.
Of course, many other weapons were used to some extent in this war. Please follow this link for much more on the subject.
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