Scottish Inventions - Weapons Innovations

Weapons Innovations

  • The carronade cannon: Robert Melville (1723–1809)
  • The Ferguson rifle: Patrick Ferguson in 1770 or 1776
  • The Lee bolt system as used in the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield series rifles: James Paris Lee
  • The Ghillie suit
  • The percussion cap: invented by Scottish Presbyterian clergyman Alexander Forsyth

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