Martini-Henry
The Martini-Henry rifle was a breech-loading British army service rifle, combining the action designed by Friedrich von Martini (based on work by the American Henry Peabody) with the rifled barrel designed by Scotsman Alexander Henry. The rifles took a .45 calibre cartridge.
This design of rifle first entered service in 1871 replacing the Snider-Enfield, and variants were used throughout the British Empire for 30 years, although it was replaced as the first-class weapon by the development of bolt-action rifles. During this period, the British army were largely involved in a series of colonial wars, most notably the Anglo-Zulu War in 1873.
