LeMat Revolver
Revólver LeMat
- Date
- 1856 · confidence medium
- Place
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Credited to
- Jean Alexandre LeMat
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
A .42 or .36 caliber percussion revolver with a secondary, smooth-bore barrel of larger gauge capable of firing buckshot, invented by Jean Alexandre LeMat and used by Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
What it led to
- widespread use by Confederate cavalry during the American Civil War
- later use in the Franco-Prussian War
- early example of a combined multi-fire weapon