History:
In 1868, the Russian army introduced in the arsenal of single-shot, out the back door charging, rifle american colonel Hiram Berdana. The gun, however, mainly due to the odklopnému conclusion, not worked and, therefore, already in September of 1870 introduced a new weapon of the same designer, marked as "Pěchotnaja vintovka sistěmy Berdana pattern 1870 goda", generally known as the Berdan 2's, Russian troops then "berdanka".
In addition to the basic infantry model was also variant dragounská and the cossack and the carbine. Dragounská rifle your structures match the pěchotnímu pattern, but it was about 116 mm shorter and the load-bearing belt was fixed by means of průvleků in the stock, much like the rifles Mosin (infantry rifle had a belt attached from the bottom to the ocelovám grommets).
Cossack rifle length match dragounské, differed with the new, button-type triggers. The cossacks fought from horseback (in contrast to the dragoons, who before the fight sesedali) and against their rifles were not equipped with bayonet. Cossack rifles were declared obsolete until 1920!
Carbine, which differed not only in length, but even a weaker charge, was intended for the civil guard and light cavalry.
Russian military rifles Berdan 2 first applied in the war against Turkey in the years 1877-1878, where the surface has its shortcomings. In the confrontation with lever henry rifles Winchester M1866 in the Turkish arsenal is above all apparent low rate of fire and the Russian losses in the fighting against the Turks with winchesterkami were scary. On the basis of these experiences has been unsuccessfully tested an additional mounting tray. Solve this problem has brought to the introduction of repeaters Mosin vz.1891 "berdanku" quickly pushed out.
During the first world war, which reflected the lack of modern weapons, were Berdany 2 is again used. Participate in and civil war in Finland 1918 and the Russian civil war 1918-1920.
Rifles Berdan 2 in a small amount accounted for and the armament of the czechoslovak legions in Russia and after the end of the war through the legionnaires were given to the newly created Czechoslovakia. In our army but not been used and were stored in warehouses. Their further fate is unfortunately not known.
Of the guns, which remained in Finland (Finland declared independence in 1918), was in 1919 a total of 2,500 rifles Berdan 2 handed over to the civil guard (Suojeluskunta). Immediately after receiving modern weapons were, however, returned to the army, which put them into storage, where it lasted until 1945, when it began to be šrotovány (such barbarism!
). The remaining 1029 pieces were in 1955 sold abroad, mainly to the USA.
Many rifles Berdan 2, captured during the first world war the austro-Hungarian army, was in Austria regulated by the signal carbines. The original barrel was even with the forend removed and replaced by a folding of the main of the austrian signal pistol vz.1904. Adjustments were conducted by the viennese arsenal and also the vienna private company F. Miksch. Such modified guns had calibre 26.5 mm, length 780 mm and a weight of 2.95 kg.
Construction:
Rifle vz.1870 (Berdan 2) is a one-shot, out the back nabíjená, rifle with odsuvným cylindrical finally. Handle the conclusion wasn't at full lock conclusion the horizontal, but about 45° vykloněná up and when you unlock the conclusion revolved only about 45°(not 90° as in conventional conclusions of this kind). At the conclusion there are no classic locking barbs, because a block of the conclusion formed locking member itself.
Sights are open, staring sectoral adjustable to 1500 aršínů (1065 m), fly sandwich. On the right side of the upper barrel clamp is a tapered fly for salvovou shooting at long distances.
The rifle was a bayonet, introduced as "Štyk to pěchotnoj vintovke sistěmi Berdana pattern 1870 goda". Bayonet was a needle, tulejový (similar bodáku for rifle Mosin), had a total length of 580 mm and was also applicable for the rifle Berdan vz.1868 (Berdan 1).
Technical information:
Caliber – 10.6 mm
Hub – 10,6x58R Russian Berdan
Length – 1346 mm
Barrel length – 826 mm
Number of grooves – 6
The sense of pitch of the grooves - right
Muzzle velocity – 427 m/s
Effective range – 320 m
The maximum range of a – 2850 m
Technical data dragounské rifles:
Length – 1230 mm
Barrel length – 716 mm
Production:
Rifles Berdan 2 were initially manufactured by the English company AT a&A in Birmingham. Only after the purchase of the relevant machinery was in 1874 started manufacture in the Russian state zbrojovkách Tula, Izhevsk and Sestroreck.
A total of were produced 3.2 million rifles Berdan vz.1870. The total amount of dragounských rifles is not known, but in the beginning of the russo-Turkish war in 1877 there were produced 2352 pcs.
Markings:
Marking of weapons the English production of me, unfortunately, is not known.
Guns of the Russian production are marked with the tsarist eagle on the upper surface of the barrel just behind the sight. On the upper surface of the barrel, right in front of the visor was the serial number and in front of him (in the direction of reading the text for him) manufacturer's designation alphabet, namely "IMPERATORSKIJ TULSKIJ ORUŽEJNYJ ZAVOD" (the word "Imperatorskij" was apparently stamped retrospectively, or rather, retrofitted for raznici, because it is stamped a different kind of font and in addition bigger than the rest of the text) in the case of weapons manufactured in Tula, or "IŽEVSKIJ ORUŽEJNYJ ZAVOD" the weapons produced in Izhevsk or "SESTRORECKIJ ORUŽEJNYJ ZAVOD" with weapons produced in Sestrorecku. After the designation of the manufacturer is stamped the year of manufacture. The second production number was at the conclusion from the handle.
Charge:
Rifle vz.1870 was chambered for the hub, which is according to the C.Also.P. today normalized as "10,6x58R Russian Berdan“. For the same charge were komorovány and older Russian military rifle vz.1868 (Berdan 1) and vz.1869 the Czech designer Sylvester Krnky and gatling gun Gorlov (the Russian naming of the american machine gun Gatling).
This was one of the first military rounds with lahvičkovou cartridge and central percussion. The bullets were laborovány black gunpowder and a lead ogival bullet, which had a collar of navazelínovaného paper.
The charge for the carbine was about 11.1 mm shorter and had a smaller dose of dust. The bullet remained the same.
the Hub 10,6x58R for the Russian army produced primarily us firms Winchester and Remington..
In 1868, the Russian army introduced in the arsenal of single-shot, out the back door charging, rifle american colonel Hiram Berdana. The gun, however, mainly due to the odklopnému conclusion, not worked and, therefore, already in September of 1870 introduced a new weapon of the same designer, marked as "Pěchotnaja vintovka sistěmy Berdana pattern 1870 goda", generally known as the Berdan 2's, Russian troops then "berdanka".
In addition to the basic infantry model was also variant dragounská and the cossack and the carbine. Dragounská rifle your structures match the pěchotnímu pattern, but it was about 116 mm shorter and the load-bearing belt was fixed by means of průvleků in the stock, much like the rifles Mosin (infantry rifle had a belt attached from the bottom to the ocelovám grommets).
Cossack rifle length match dragounské, differed with the new, button-type triggers. The cossacks fought from horseback (in contrast to the dragoons, who before the fight sesedali) and against their rifles were not equipped with bayonet. Cossack rifles were declared obsolete until 1920!
Carbine, which differed not only in length, but even a weaker charge, was intended for the civil guard and light cavalry.
Russian military rifles Berdan 2 first applied in the war against Turkey in the years 1877-1878, where the surface has its shortcomings. In the confrontation with lever henry rifles Winchester M1866 in the Turkish arsenal is above all apparent low rate of fire and the Russian losses in the fighting against the Turks with winchesterkami were scary. On the basis of these experiences has been unsuccessfully tested an additional mounting tray. Solve this problem has brought to the introduction of repeaters Mosin vz.1891 "berdanku" quickly pushed out.
During the first world war, which reflected the lack of modern weapons, were Berdany 2 is again used. Participate in and civil war in Finland 1918 and the Russian civil war 1918-1920.
Rifles Berdan 2 in a small amount accounted for and the armament of the czechoslovak legions in Russia and after the end of the war through the legionnaires were given to the newly created Czechoslovakia. In our army but not been used and were stored in warehouses. Their further fate is unfortunately not known.
Of the guns, which remained in Finland (Finland declared independence in 1918), was in 1919 a total of 2,500 rifles Berdan 2 handed over to the civil guard (Suojeluskunta). Immediately after receiving modern weapons were, however, returned to the army, which put them into storage, where it lasted until 1945, when it began to be šrotovány (such barbarism!
). The remaining 1029 pieces were in 1955 sold abroad, mainly to the USA. Many rifles Berdan 2, captured during the first world war the austro-Hungarian army, was in Austria regulated by the signal carbines. The original barrel was even with the forend removed and replaced by a folding of the main of the austrian signal pistol vz.1904. Adjustments were conducted by the viennese arsenal and also the vienna private company F. Miksch. Such modified guns had calibre 26.5 mm, length 780 mm and a weight of 2.95 kg.
Construction:
Rifle vz.1870 (Berdan 2) is a one-shot, out the back nabíjená, rifle with odsuvným cylindrical finally. Handle the conclusion wasn't at full lock conclusion the horizontal, but about 45° vykloněná up and when you unlock the conclusion revolved only about 45°(not 90° as in conventional conclusions of this kind). At the conclusion there are no classic locking barbs, because a block of the conclusion formed locking member itself.
Sights are open, staring sectoral adjustable to 1500 aršínů (1065 m), fly sandwich. On the right side of the upper barrel clamp is a tapered fly for salvovou shooting at long distances.
The rifle was a bayonet, introduced as "Štyk to pěchotnoj vintovke sistěmi Berdana pattern 1870 goda". Bayonet was a needle, tulejový (similar bodáku for rifle Mosin), had a total length of 580 mm and was also applicable for the rifle Berdan vz.1868 (Berdan 1).
Technical information:
Caliber – 10.6 mm
Hub – 10,6x58R Russian Berdan
Length – 1346 mm
Barrel length – 826 mm
Number of grooves – 6
The sense of pitch of the grooves - right
Muzzle velocity – 427 m/s
Effective range – 320 m
The maximum range of a – 2850 m
Technical data dragounské rifles:
Length – 1230 mm
Barrel length – 716 mm
Production:
Rifles Berdan 2 were initially manufactured by the English company AT a&A in Birmingham. Only after the purchase of the relevant machinery was in 1874 started manufacture in the Russian state zbrojovkách Tula, Izhevsk and Sestroreck.
A total of were produced 3.2 million rifles Berdan vz.1870. The total amount of dragounských rifles is not known, but in the beginning of the russo-Turkish war in 1877 there were produced 2352 pcs.
Markings:
Marking of weapons the English production of me, unfortunately, is not known.
Guns of the Russian production are marked with the tsarist eagle on the upper surface of the barrel just behind the sight. On the upper surface of the barrel, right in front of the visor was the serial number and in front of him (in the direction of reading the text for him) manufacturer's designation alphabet, namely "IMPERATORSKIJ TULSKIJ ORUŽEJNYJ ZAVOD" (the word "Imperatorskij" was apparently stamped retrospectively, or rather, retrofitted for raznici, because it is stamped a different kind of font and in addition bigger than the rest of the text) in the case of weapons manufactured in Tula, or "IŽEVSKIJ ORUŽEJNYJ ZAVOD" the weapons produced in Izhevsk or "SESTRORECKIJ ORUŽEJNYJ ZAVOD" with weapons produced in Sestrorecku. After the designation of the manufacturer is stamped the year of manufacture. The second production number was at the conclusion from the handle.
Charge:
Rifle vz.1870 was chambered for the hub, which is according to the C.Also.P. today normalized as "10,6x58R Russian Berdan“. For the same charge were komorovány and older Russian military rifle vz.1868 (Berdan 1) and vz.1869 the Czech designer Sylvester Krnky and gatling gun Gorlov (the Russian naming of the american machine gun Gatling).
This was one of the first military rounds with lahvičkovou cartridge and central percussion. The bullets were laborovány black gunpowder and a lead ogival bullet, which had a collar of navazelínovaného paper.
The charge for the carbine was about 11.1 mm shorter and had a smaller dose of dust. The bullet remained the same.
the Hub 10,6x58R for the Russian army produced primarily us firms Winchester and Remington..
