Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Cadet Percussion Musket by Springfield Armory dated 1854 German Ordnance a the Model 40) HEAT

a the Model 40) HEAT rifle grenade developed by the German Wehrmacht

The enemy force had been a detachment of the 29th SS Panzer Grenadier Division

The pistol features a nice Beech wood stock with heavy brass mounts and is very substantially made

There is also a date of 1891 on the butt plate

The squadron was first activated on 1 July 1943 at Alamogordo Army Air Field

Original U.S. Civil War Era Springfield Model 1842 Cadet Percussion Musket by Springfield Armory dated 1854 German Ordnance a the Model 40) HEATOriginal item: One Only. The US Model 1842 Musket was a . 69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It was a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to by its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. All of these muskets were 58 inches long, with a barrel around 42 inches in length. The Model 1842 was the last U. S. smoothbore musket produced. Many