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Prussia adopted the Dreyse breechloading rifle in 1841. It proved itself superior to the muzzleloading rifles of Denmark and Austria.
What might have happened to European history if Prussia had stuck to the muzzle loading rifle musket as was the the standard type fielded by other European armies?