The Martini-Henry rifle is still perhaps best known for being the weapon used by British redcoats during the Zulu Wars in southern Africa, made famous by the film ‘Zulu’ starring Sir Michael ...

Most Americans became aware of the Martini-Henry rifle in the 1960s after seeing the movie “Zulu,” which featured ... early days of the American Civil War. Henry O. Peabody, a middle-aged ...

During the Victorian era that rifle was the Martini-Henry. At the end of the 1964 film Zulu, which chronicled ... Following the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars the age of the smoothbore musket ...

Thus, the Martini-Henry became the new symbol of British military dominance, and was used extensively throughout the empire. This famously included the Zulu War fought in South Africa in 1879 ...

There began a lifetime obsession with the Anglo-Zulu War which has culminated in a ... Some of the artifacts which David owns includes a Martini-Henry Rifle which was used in the film.

There has always been something of a debate about the Anglo-Zulu Wars of 1879 ... the men the sight was just too horrible. Some, like Henry Moses, also of Pontypool, began to reflect on their ...

Equally fascinating was the Martini-Henry 1871, breech-loading single ... colonial wars – Second Anglo-Afghan war, Russo-Turkish war, Anglo-Zulu war, first Italo-Ethiopian war, Balkan wars ...

During the Victorian era that rifle was the Martini-Henry. At the end of the 1964 film Zulu, which chronicled ... the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars the age of the smoothbore musket was coming ...