<P> This is a list of infantry weapons used in the American Revolutionary War . </P> <P> The Brown Bess Musket muzzle - loading smoothbore musket was one of the most commonly used weapons in the American Revolution . While this was a British weapon, it was used heavily by the American Colonists . This musket was used to fire a single shot ball, or a cluster style shot which fired multiple projectiles giving the weapon a "shotgun" effect . There were two variations of the Brown Bess: the Short Land Pattern and the Long Land Pattern . The Short Land was shorter, less bulky, less heavy than the Long Land . Most American fighters implemented the Long Land Pattern . </P> <P> Large numbers of Charleville Model 1763 and 1766 muskets were imported into the United States from France during the American Revolution, due in large part to the influence of Marquis de Lafayette. (6) The Charleville 1766 heavily influenced the design of the Springfield Musket of 1795 . </P>

Weapons of the british army in the revolutionary war