In response to the invasion, Tula Arsenal produced 500,000 Model 1808 muskets 1812–15. The Model 1808 was the standard Russian Army infantry musket and bayonet in the Napoleonic Wars, seeing extensive combat during Napoleon’s 1812 Invasion of Russia. There was no scabbard produced, the bayonet remaining fixed to the musket at all times. The unbridged socket dates this example to 1808–1825. Russia adopted an improved bayonet in 1826–28 that included a bridge to prevent deformation of the socket. Patterned after the French M1777 AN IX socket bayonet (AN IX represents Year 9 in the French Republican Calendar, denoting an improvement introduced in 1800), the Russian Model 1808 bayonet is unusual in having a medial locking ring on an unbridged socket. The Model 1808 is often referred to as the “Tula Musket,” as Russia’s Tula Arsenal produced nearly all of them. Russia patterned the Model 1808 musket after the French Model 1777 Charleville musket. (.70 caliber) flintlock Model 1808 infantry musket. ![]() ![]() Socket bayonet for use with the 17.78 mm.
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