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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 829820" data-attributes="member: 7533">Unless you were a sharpshooting hunter or sniper, the trick to blackpowder firearms wasn't learning to aim...&nbsp; That's why you had ranks and files of infantry firing in volleys.&nbsp; All you had to do was teach your men to aim low, so the bullets didn't fly over the heads of the enemy.&nbsp; ...it was learning to reload quickly and properly.&nbsp; The reason the British infantry was so successful in the late 1700's and early 1800's was that its infantry was drilled incessantly on reloading and firing.&nbsp; They used live ammo in their drills to get their troops used to the noise and smoke of battle.&nbsp; It was that trained discipline that allowed them to fire fast enough to simply put more lead into the enemy faster.&nbsp; Plus it allowed them to stand firm and advance even in the face of enemy fire, instead of retreating at the first casualities.If you can find the numbers, go compare sometime the diffierence between the number of bullets fired in a typical musket battle to the number of actual casualites.&nbsp; Typically, it tool a LOT of bullets fired in volleys to kill even a few men.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 829820, member: 7533"] Unless you were a sharpshooting hunter or sniper, the trick to blackpowder firearms wasn't learning to aim... That's why you had ranks and files of infantry firing in volleys. All you had to do was teach your men to aim low, so the bullets didn't fly over the heads of the enemy. ...it was learning to reload quickly and properly. The reason the British infantry was so successful in the late 1700's and early 1800's was that its infantry was drilled incessantly on reloading and firing. They used live ammo in their drills to get their troops used to the noise and smoke of battle. It was that trained discipline that allowed them to fire fast enough to simply put more lead into the enemy faster. Plus it allowed them to stand firm and advance even in the face of enemy fire, instead of retreating at the first casualities. If you can find the numbers, go compare sometime the diffierence between the number of bullets fired in a typical musket battle to the number of actual casualites. Typically, it tool a LOT of bullets fired in volleys to kill even a few men. [/QUOTE]

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