Weapons in the Franco-Prussian War, The Dreyse needle rifle, which is a military breech-loading rifle, famous as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians, who took it into service in 1841 as the light percussion rifle model 1841, Light percussion rifle model 1841. The Chassepot, officially known as the Fusil modele 1866, which is a repeating rifle with breech-loader. The Bavarian Werdergewehr M, 1869 was the first German breech-loading rifle with a metal cartridge and a central ignition, situation