breechloader

A breechloader is a firearm or artillery piece in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech (rear) end of the barrel. The vast majority of modern firearms are breech-loaders.

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breech loader; breech-loading gun; breech-loading weapon
firearm, 

38 cm Belagerungshaubitze M 16, Ballard Rifle, BL 6-inch 30-cwt howitzer, De Bange 80 mm cannon, firearm, rifled breech loader, rolling block, Springfield Model 1865, Springfield Model 1868, Springfield Model 1869, Springfield Model 1873, Springfield Model 1875, Springfield Model 1877, Springfield Model 1880, Springfield Model 1882, Springfield Model 1884, Springfield Model 1886, Springfield Model 1888, weapon functional class, 

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  Ballard Rifle ⓘ
  single shot, breechloading longarm used during the late American Civil War

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  rifled breech loader ⓘ
  class of artillery loaded at the breech and equipped with a rifled barrel

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  rolling block ⓘ
  firearm action, subclass of breech loader

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  Springfield Model 1865 ⓘ
  US breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1868 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1869 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1875 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1877 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1880 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1882 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1884 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1886 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1888 ⓘ
  type of breech-loading rifle

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  Springfield Model 1873 ⓘ
  US Army breech-loading rifle

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  De Bange 80 mm cannon ⓘ
  type of breechloading cannon

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  BL 6-inch 30-cwt howitzer ⓘ
  British medium field howitzer

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  38 cm Belagerungshaubitze M 16 ⓘ
  Austro-Hungarian siege artillery

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MuseeMarine-canon-1880-p1000439

Royal Armouries - Up Close online exhibition (53519281390)

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-2

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-4

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-5

Gun new Scania2

Achterlaadgeweer P Stevens (1857) - 6

Pierriers vulgarly called Pattereros

A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, - containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. (1864) (14778794421)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		Ballard Rifle	single-shot firearm, breechloader, long gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		rifled breech loader	breechloader, rifled artillery	Wikidata
class	weapon		rolling block	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1865	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1868	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1869	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1875	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1877	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1880	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1882	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1884	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1886	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon		Springfield Model 1888	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon	1873	Springfield Model 1873	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon	1877	De Bange 80 mm cannon	breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon	1896	BL 6-inch 30-cwt howitzer	field howitzer, breechloader	Wikidata
class	weapon	1916	38 cm Belagerungshaubitze M 16	breechloader, siege artillery	Wikidata
commons	image		MuseeMarine-canon-1880-p1000439		Commons
commons	image		Royal Armouries - Up Close online exhibition (53519281390)		Commons
commons	image		Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-2		Commons
commons	image		Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-3		Commons
commons	image		Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-4		Commons
commons	image		Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b86 632-5		Commons
commons	image		Gun new Scania2		Commons
commons	image		Achterlaadgeweer P Stevens (1857) - 6		Commons
commons	image		Pierriers vulgarly called Pattereros		Commons
commons	image		A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, - containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. (1864) (14778794421)		Commons