Barrels, Chamber, and Revolving-Gear.
Frame and Covered Breech.
Small-Arms.
Breech-loading small-arms are used in all the navies of the world, and, as with great-guns and machine-guns, although the greater nations strive to develop patterns of their own, many use the same pattern; small-arms of American manufacture being used by the majority. In many navies these arms are of two patterns, generally one of them being some system of conversion from old smooth-bores, whilst the other is a gun of a new pattern.
Types of Small-Arms in Use in the Different Navies.
| COUNTRY. | TYPE. |
|---|---|
| Argentine | Remington. |
| Austria | Werndl. |
| Brazil | Remington. |
| Chili | Remington. |
| China | Peabody-Martini. |
| Denmark | Remington. |
| England | Snider (converted), |
| Peabody-Martini. | |
| France | Tabatière (converted) |
| Chassepot. | |
| Germany | Mauser. |
| Holland | Beaumont. |
| Greece | Chassepot. |
| Italy | Vetterlin. |
| Japan | Remington. |
| Norway and Sweden | Remington. |
| Peru | Remington. |
| Portugal | Peabody-Martini. |
| Russia | Krnka (converted), |
| Berdan. | |
| Spain | Remington. |
| Turkey | Snider (converted), |
| Peabody-Martini. | |
| United States | Remington, |
| Hotchkiss (Magazine), | |
| Springfield (Marine Corps). |
The United States Navy is the only one in which the magazine rifle has been introduced. The Springfield, used in this country by its Marine Corps, is a converted rifle. The Beaumont rifle, used in Holland, the Peabody-Martini and Snider, used in England, and the Berdan, used in Russia, are all modifications of original American types.