Kalthoff Repeater [TL4]

StevenH · 08-11-2024, 10:34 AM

Forgotten Weapons has just released a video on the Kalthoff repeating rifle itself. Caliber is 0.54, and 30 or 31 balls could be loaded into the under-barrel magazine. The rifle shown (and disassembled to show the action) was one that was actually used by the Danish Royal Guard; only elite units could really use them because you needed a staff of specially trained armorers to take care of them and keep them in combat-ready shape. It had a clever but complicated mechanism that precluded it from being very effective in the standard infantry.

08-11-2024, 10:34 AM	#1
StevenH Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon	Re: Kalthoff Repeater [TL4] Forgotten Weapons has just released a video on the Kalthoff repeating rifle itself. Caliber is 0.54, and 30 or 31 balls could be loaded into the under-barrel magazine. The rifle shown (and disassembled to show the action) was one that was actually used by the Danish Royal Guard; only elite units could really use them because you needed a staff of specially trained armorers to take care of them and keep them in combat-ready shape. It had a clever but complicated mechanism that precluded it from being very effective in the standard infantry. __________________ Warmest regards, StevenH My current worldbuilding project. You can find the Adventure Logs of the campaign here. I try to write them up as narrative prose, with illustrations. As such, they are "embellished" accounts of the play sessions. Link of the moment: Bestiary of Plants. In a world of mana, plants evolved to use it as an energy source. It is also the new home of the Alaconius Lectures, a series of essays about the various Colleges of Spells.