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[[Image:Charleville_1777.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Charleville Mousquet Modèle 1777 - .69 caliber]] | [[Image:Charleville_1777.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Charleville Mousquet Modèle 1777 - .69 caliber]] | ||
[[Image:SRifles 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers with Charleville Muskets]] | [[Image:SRifles 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers with Charleville Muskets]] | ||
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+ | French cavalry appear to be armed with [[Model 1777 Cavalry Carbine|French 1777 AN IX model Cavalry Flintlock Carbine]]s. | ||
+ | [[Image:Model 1777 Carbine.jpg|thumb|500px|none|French 1777 AN IX model Cavalry Flintlock Carbine - .69 caliber]] | ||
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==Flintlock Pistols== | ==Flintlock Pistols== | ||
Various characters use [[Flintlock Pistol]]s of various kinds, including Richard Sharpe ([[Sean Bean]]), Don Blas Vivar ([[Simón Andreu]]), Colonel de L'Eclin (Malcolm Jamieson) and the Man in Black (Anthony Hyde). | Various characters use [[Flintlock Pistol]]s of various kinds, including Richard Sharpe ([[Sean Bean]]), Don Blas Vivar ([[Simón Andreu]]), Colonel de L'Eclin (Malcolm Jamieson) and the Man in Black (Anthony Hyde). | ||
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[[Image:TowerSeaServicePistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tower Sea Service Pistol used by the Royal Navy.]] | [[Image:TowerSeaServicePistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tower Sea Service Pistol used by the Royal Navy.]] | ||
[[Image:SRifles 07.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Don Blas ([[Simón Andreu]]) and Teresa Moreno ([[Assumpta Serna]]) enter the apparently deserted village with Sharpe.]] | [[Image:SRifles 07.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Don Blas ([[Simón Andreu]]) and Teresa Moreno ([[Assumpta Serna]]) enter the apparently deserted village with Sharpe.]] |
Revision as of 22:11, 3 June 2016
Sharpe's Rifles is the premiere episode of the Carlton UK series Sharpe, starring Sean Bean as Captain Richard Sharpe, the officer of a small Rifles detachment during the Napoleonic Wars. In Rifles, Sharpe is commissioned as an officer after saving General Wellesley's (the future Duke of Wellington) life from a French assassination attempt. His first task is to take command of a small detachment of marksmen and join a larger party of Rifles searching the Spanish mountains for a missing banker.
The following weapons were used in the television series Sharpe's Rifles:
Baker Rifle
The most prominently used weapon is the Baker Flintlock Rifle, issued to special units of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) and his "Chosen Men" – Patrick Harper (Daragh O'Malley), Cooper (Michael Mears), Harris (Jason Salkey), Hagman (John Tams), Tongue (Paul Trussell) and Perkins (Lyndon Davies) - all carry Bakers.
Brown Bess Flintlock Musket
The standard long arm issued to "redcoat" British soldiers is the Brown Bess Flintlock Musket.
Charleville Musket
The standard long arm issued to French infantry soldiers is the Charleville Musket.
Model 1777 Cavalry Carbine
French cavalry appear to be armed with French 1777 AN IX model Cavalry Flintlock Carbines.
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Flintlock Pistols
Various characters use Flintlock Pistols of various kinds, including Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean), Don Blas Vivar (Simón Andreu), Colonel de L'Eclin (Malcolm Jamieson) and the Man in Black (Anthony Hyde).
Boxlock Blunderbuss
Teresa Moreno (Assumpta Serna), carries a brass boxlock blunderbuss pistol with a cannon style barrel and underfolding bayonet.
Cannon
Cannon are also prominent in the series.