The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot lever-actuated rifle that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871 .
osmanlı devleti , bu tüfekleri beğenmiş ve ingiltereye istek de bulunmuştur .
ancak firma , ingiliz ordusunun siparişlerini yetiştirmeye çalışıyordu .
bu yüzden benzer bir silah üreten fabrika arandı .
amerikalı Providence Tool Company in Providence, Rhode Island, United States fabrikası .....
bu tüfekler ve seri ateşli winchesterler 1877 - 1878 osmanlı - rus savaşında rusların canını çok yaktı ....
On 11 September the Russians and Romanians mounted a large-scale assault on Plevna. The Ottoman forces were dug in and equipped with German Krupp-manufactured steel breech-loading artillery and American-manufactured Winchester repeaters[10] and Peabody-Martini rifles. For three hours they pushed back the waves of advancing Russians with superior firepower.
used them effectively against the Russians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).[15][16] Ottoman outlaws and folk heroes such as Hekimoğlu famously used the rifle during his raids on landowners.[17] The rifle is referred to as Aynalı Martin in the Ottoman Empire and is featured in several famous folk songs.
