I printed this off and used it as flashcards for my exam in History. I hope these notes help you to memorize the different artillery used in British Wars.

1. Artillery

2. Napoleonic Wars
Brown Bess
• Musket
• Flintlock
• 3-4 round a minute
• Symbolic importance in
the British army
• Smoke obscured targets
and gave away positions
• Used in Seven Years War,
French Wars, Napoleonic
Wars, Anglo-Zulu War
• British infantryman's basic
arm from about 1740 until
the 1830s.

3. Baker Rifle
• Accurate
• Dependable
• Flint Lock
• Smoke
• Used by British army during
Napoleonic Wars
• Could not be reloaded as fast as a
musket
• Accuracy diminished hugely at
longer ranges
• Accuracy was of more importance
than rate of fire when skirmishing

4. Crimean War
Enfield Rifle
• 3 rounds a minute
• Saw extensive action in Crimean War
• Frist Enfield Rifles were being issued early 1955

5. The Second Boer War
1886 French invent smokeless powder, gunpowder which
produced smoke obscured the target, gave away positions and
was limited to close range.
Lee- Enfield Rifle
• Smokeless
• Magazine rifle
• Quick loading (bolt action)
• Upgraded after Boer War for WW1
• Introduced 1895
• Nicknamed the SMELLY

6. Naval Gun ‘Old Joey’
• Battle of Magersfontein
• British used the ‘Old Joey’ to bombard the Boer’s
• Poor intelligence meant they targeted wrong part of the hill
Mauser Rifle
• Used by Boer infantry
• Small calibre
• High velocity
• Smokeless Cartridge
• Magazine rifle
• Highly effective against British at long ranges.
• Boers also used Enfield's
During Battle of Colenso the Boer’s smokeless fire made them difficult
to locate.
Maxim Machine Gun
Was used by both British and Boer’s

7. Tactics
Creeping Barrage
Used by British during the relief of Ladysmith
Skirmish Line
This irregular warfare tactic was used extensively by Boer troops
which caused British defeat during the first stage of war.

8. WW1
Vicker’s Machine Gun
Maxim Gun
Grenades
Enfield and Lee-Enfield Rifles
Tanks and Aircraft