18th Century Ca. 1700: Verbreitung des Tüllenbayonetts. 1704: Schraubverschluß von Isaac de la Chaumette. 1704: Introduction of tapered touch holes for Pistols by Gottfried Hantzsch, Nürnberg 1717: France is the first country to equip its army with the flintlock musket M.1717. 1718: Introduction of iron ramrods in the Prussian infantry. 1720: Introduction of infantry rifle »Brown Bess« in England Ca. 1720: Probably in France, the hooked breach to attach the end of the barrel to the tang is introduced. This allowed a faster barrel change.