A longer barrel helped (IIRC) by allowing for greater velocity of the ball. The other reason was to increase the range. I know that there were examples of some German "Wall guns" placed on …

There's a reason why Welsh and English longbows stuck around for so long whereas the crossbow was preferred in much of mainland Europe. Professional archers required stable …

There were two primary reasons for the extended barrel length on infantry muskets and rifled muskets. The first was to give the soldier more reach during bayonet fighting. In the era of …

Dec 21, 2004 · Why were muskets used instead of Bow and Arrows during the Revolutionary War and any other wars during that time period. Muskets were very inaccurate and were only shot …

Until the introduction of a bayonet, musketeers (unless guarded by e.g. pikemen) were very vulnerable to attacks by men carrying blade weapons such as swords or spears. And they had …

Jan 5, 2013 · The muskets had long barrels of about 42 inches and were made so triangular bayonets could be fixed on the barrel. The musket-loading process was a bit complex and cost …

The primary aim of military discipline was to produce soldiers who could endure the enormous physical and psychological strain that was part of fighting in a line, while simultaneously …

The short answer is that soldiers did continue to fight with swords and other close-combat weapons for hundreds of years into the Gunpowder Age. Until the late 1600s-early 1700s, …

Jan 24, 2023 · By the time of the Civil War, rifled muskets had become the norm – the high reload rate, combined with the improved accuracy and longer range, made them a devastating …

Apr 4, 2018 · Out of all the weapons and tools on a battlefield, the infantryman’s musket or rifle is the most important. In the century spanning the American Revolution to the Civil War, small …

Nov 2, 2018 · The musket was 58 inches long, and it took a lot of effort to steady it and to fire it. The musket was accurate between 80 to 90 yards and could carry about 300 yards. The long …

Smoothbore muskets were issued in the Union and Confederate armies during the beginning of the Civil War, though both armies quickly adopted a rifled musket; this was the first time in …

Muskets did not have sights on them and on rifles of the period sights were primitive if they existed at all. So there was an inherent lack of accuracy due to one simply aiming down the …

Sep 1, 2023 · The musket, a shoulder-fired firearm, emerged in the 16th century and revolutionized warfare. Before muskets, soldiers primarily used bows and swords, but the of …

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But muskets are slow to load and fire, and I learned from Wikipedia today that they had a useful range up to 50-75 yards, while an English longbow could have a useful range of up to 200 …

2 days ago · After Friday’s spectacle in the Oval Office, the Trump administration official said the president might decide to end even the indirect support being provided by the U.S., which …