A point about muskets
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@shoopoop21 Firearms left MUCH more gruesome wounds than crossbows, but I think the main advantage was that they were cheaper/easier to make. A steel crossbow took a skilled craftsman to construct, but any village blacksmith could make a decent musket or arquebus.
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@shoopoop21 the range of the musket is far longer according to its slope compared to a crossbow. Also balls are cheaper to produce then bolts. Also a well trained gunner could fire off 3 rounds per minute which is much faster then how some one could crank back a crossbow and then sloping it to compensate. Crossbows without a crank also require a lot of strength where as a musket can be used by anyone with hands
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Have you ever read "On Killing" by David Grossman? He takes a very interesting and in-depth look at why soldiers have quite often been so ineffective (relatively speaking) at actually killing their opponents.
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muskets- early flash-bangs ^^
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This doesn't apply to Caroleans.
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Hey i study psychology and genetics alot. The answer boils down to a lack of courage. Its far easier to reload and pull a trigger to kill a man than it is to drive your blade through his torso. You'll say to yourself "well he missed me once, so he might miss again". You'll convince yourself of anything so you wont have to use your blade. Its so easy to just press a trigger. Like the pilot who dropped both atomic bombs on japan.
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whats the advantage of a firearm over a crossbow then? They load about as fast as each other, don't they? And I know that it would be a lot easier to train people to use, and loading would be a lot easier in confined spaces.
shoopoop21 1 month ago
@shoopoop21 It makes ever such a loud bang.
lindybeige 1 month ago
@lindybeige That's it? That doesn't sound like such a great advantage over killing power and accuracy.
shoopoop21 2 weeks ago
@shoopoop21 Battles are lost by one side's running away, not being killed to a man.
lindybeige 2 weeks ago
i suppose in a small space you couldn't see anything with all the smoke and whatnot
maybe fumbling to put on the bayonet would take longer than reloading in a panic state
but then again ones in a panic state- and i don't think the minion troops carried swords for close quarters ....or did they?
i thought only the cavalry and officers carried swords so...hmm....maybe thats just in movies
1x93cm 2 months ago
@1x93cm Depends on the period. All soldiers were issued with swords until long after the advent of the musket period. Many were low-quality "hangers" but they'd still hurt.
lindybeige 2 months ago