"1839/42 Irish Constable Carbine" в историческом контексте
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Что случилось , и почему тут такие фото - можно тут почитать . Или тут . Или здесь :
In the latter half of the 1800s, Ireland was embroiled in a period of agrarian unrest known as the Land War, in which poor tenant farmers still struggling from the aftermath of the potato famine fought against exploitative landlords.
Rent prices had risen with farming profits through the 1850s and ‘60s, but the Long Depression which began in 1873 left many tenant famers unable to pay their rent.
While organizations such as the Land League and legislation such as the Plan of Campaign aimed to provide struggling tenants with rent reduction and relief, evictions were still widespread.
Many evicted tenants did not give up their homes quietly. Though landlords enforced their property rights with armed police and British soldiers equipped with battering rams, tenants fortified their meager abodes with thorny barricades and fought back with boiling water, cow dung and whatever improvised weaponry they could muster.
Это всё очень печально , но речь не о том ...
Собственно , не важно...Я не о бедных ирландцах всё это затеял . На фото нумер 05 , 14 и 16 - видно ружжо , используемое Royal Irish Constabulary в те годы ... Кому интересно - с 19-го фото ( по порядку , если ) ... Кому не интересно - можно жалеть ирландцев... Их действительно жалко... Соотносительно со временем ...
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Ещё , картинки , и текст , в пользу моей версии :
The Lovell's Pattern Carbines
A Lovell's pattern 1842 Constabulary percussion carbine, as issued to the Irish Revenue Police.
A .65" percussion constabulary carbine, 42½" overall, barrel 26¾"
Royal Irish Constabulary carbine, Model 1840
A Transitional 1839/42 Pattern Carbine to the Constabulary of Ireland with bayonet
Firearms of the Irish Police