Chassepot Brigade

"[A] beautifully worked murder weapon; a dainty little thing."
—German army officer, on a Chassepot rifle captured during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1CE.
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*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry. 	
*Upgrade of ALL pre-Industrial Infantry.
Prereq: 	Build time 	HP 	LOS 	Attack 	Attack speed 	Movementspeed 	 	
:None 	11s(165t) 	200 	11 	32 	9.4s(28t) 	27 	 	
Cost 	Cost 	Cost 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
Base 	Ramp 	Pop 	Created from 	Armour 	Weapon range 	Specialty 	 	
: 70;: 60 	: 1;: 1 	1 	 	3 	0–12 	
*Attack penalty versus armoured vehicles, ships and buildings.
*Atack bonus versus non-Industrial Age units.	 	
Like most French infantry, Chassepot Brigades' claim to fame lies in two areas - they are capable of dealing more damage to enemies around them, and they are also fast marchers.
==See also==
*Rifle Infantry - basic [4] line unit
*Rifle Regiment - shared between Britain and Germany. No ramp but takes a long time to be researched.
==History==
It was first discovered in Europe during the Early Modern Era that internally grooved or rifled barrels could provide better accurracy to shot being fired out of them. Although this principle was known to most civilisations, rifled barrels weren't very practical for one reason: the propellant of the day, gunpowder or black powder, did not always burn away, meaning that rifles were hard to clean. To make matters worse, black powder itself was corrosive, so rifled barrels were more of an exception than the rule. Only when nitroglycerine and smokeless powders, along with expanding-base bullets were introduced in the 1850s did firearms with rifled barrels began to be adopted on a widespread basis.
One such weapon to take advantage of these new innovations in gun technology was the French-designed Fusil modèle 1866, alias the "Chassepot Rifle" (after its designer, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833–1905CE)). It was the first military breechloader to use self-contained metallic cartridges, which made it a significant advancement in firearms technology at the time. The Chassepot rifle was adopted by the French army in 1866 and saw widespread use during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871CE. It was known for its accuracy and reliability, and its introduction marked a significant step forward in military small arms design.
The Chassepot was as "needle gun", a breech-loading rifle with a needle for a firing pin which would strike a percussion cap in a paper cartridge, to then ignite the explosives in the latter to then propel a bullet out of the gun (other contemporary needle gun systems also included the Dreyse needle used by Imperial Germany, the Carcano system used by Italy and the Carl system of Russia). The Chassepot's unique cartridge was not considered to be reliable, but the gun's more effective gas-seal meant that it was more efficient, allowing it to fire cartridges of lower calibre at greater velocity, increasing the penetrating power of the bullets the Chassepot used as well as its effective range. Unsurprisingly, Chassepot rifles proved to be a highly popular firearm, finding many non-European users including China, Iran, Ethiopia and the Latin American states.
===References===
*James G, This Old Gun: Model 1866 Chassepot (2021); American Rifleman 
*Pitt Rivers Virtual Collections, Chassepot rifle (1884.27.72)
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