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The Henry 45-70 is a unique lever-action Battle Rifle, currently the only one in-game. A lever requires being worked vertically at the bottom, which would interfere with a soldier's prone stance, whereas a bolt-action's operating procedure is mainly a horizontal one, with the few vertical operations being done above the original position. In spite of its obvious advantages in terms of firerate over bolt-action rifles, lever-action rifles have never seen standard-issue use as military applications, mainly due to ergonomics. The 2016 Henry All-Weather design was closer to the original, only there was an entire tube otherwise disconnected from the weapon, to load bullets through a gate instead. This was rectified by the "Yellow Boy" model of 1866, using a loading gate instead, and forfeiting a paddle for reloading in favor of a handguard. However, there were plenty of issues with the rifle, including the lack of a handguard and the opening underneath the tube magazine, which allowed dirt and other unwanted substances to get in. The 1860 Henry, the original design the gun replicates, was one of the first repeating rifles considered practical and was ahead of its time. While there isn't much history of the former weapon, only being produced since 2016, there is much more history behind the rifle's basic design and the cartridge it fires. 45-70 is based on the Henry All-Weather rifle, which in turn is based on the original 1860 Henry. It is unlocked at rank 96, or can be purchased with credits. The Henry 45-70 is an American Battle Rifle.