This famously included the Zulu War fought in South Africa ... and across the commonwealth up to the end of World War I. Some Martini-Henry rifles were even converted to the ...

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 the ... world including the American Civil War (1861 to 1865), the Danish-Prussian ...

As a matter of fact, an approaching Zulu warrior in full battle gear remained in the deadly range of a rifle bullet for more than ten minutes. Ironically for the British troops, the Martini-Henry ...

Everyone who has seen that film has seen the Martini-Henry and knows it is the rifle used by the British in that era." Unlike the successful defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879, as featured in Zulu ...

adapting their techniques to mimic the single-shot Martini-Henry rifles used during the Anglo-Zulu War. The challenges, however, extended beyond equipment. The sprawling battlefield demanded ...

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

Equally fascinating was the Martini-Henry 1871, breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever ... wars – Second Anglo-Afghan war, Russo-Turkish war, Anglo-Zulu war, first Italo-Ethiopian war ...

During the Victorian era that rifle was the Martini-Henry. At the end of the 1964 film Zulu, which chronicled the ... world including the American Civil War (1861 to 1865), the Danish-Prussian ...