Charleville musket

The Charleville musket was an infantry musket of French design first made in 1717 and last produced during the 1840s. It was 5 feet long, weighed 10 pounds, had a calibre of approximately 17.5 mm (8 ), and could be fitted with bayonets.George Washington's notebook – "4th January 1777" It was the standard musket used by the French Army during its production, but was also used by the Spanish soldiers stationed in New Orleans at the time of the Louisiana RebellionAssassin's Creed III: Liberation as well as the Continental Army under George Washington around 1777.
In February 1765, the Louisianian Assassin Aveline de Grandpré used a Charleville musket to assassinate Louisiana's governor Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie, who had been conspiring with the Louisianian Templar Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer, seeking to keep the colony under French control rather than hand it over to Spain.Assassin's Creed III: Liberation – The Colony's Good
 
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
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Category:Firearms
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Category:18th century weapons