Brown Bess Musket: Three shots in 46 seconds 

Except he'd have more holesin him than a wheel of Swiss Cheese....

Moin

Aim? With a Brown Bess? lol

@@anamericancelt6534 well with the average silver player in CSGO might as well be as accurate as this musket

camera quality checks out

Don't forget, in any weather!

I see, you're a man of culture, aswell!

@@janpatka3303 No

Dude, one of my favorite movies. "How'd you learn to shoot like that?" "Squirrel huntin'."

What movie?

Not with Sleight of Hand perk.

@@Agent1W "Oh shit they're outside" reloading

@@boxcarz Also, if the soldier had "One Man Army" he can actually change his kit in as fast as 3 seconds, giving him access to the entire 18th century arsenal. He can be a sniper, grenadier, shotgunner, or even man cannoneer(man-portable two-pounder).

"Your rebel killing skills are remarkable"

*epic soldr hand gestur1!11!*

Not in Boston tho… Ah thenk yoo. Ahm ‘ere aww week

I'll drink to that! :ssssssssslurp!:

@@paulcollyer801 cringe

@@paulcollyer801 Plot twist, Boston Harbor could fire 4 rounds in 46 seconds.

Now I know why American revolution won: they drank coffee!!!

17th*

+dog cat The 17th century would be the 1600's.

+Christian's Channel And the early 19th century.

pretty much what they did lmao. Line up a couple of guys and then hope the collective shots would hit something

"StOp SpAmMing"

omg, you lade me laugh so hard!

ikr

fucking hell i was thinking the same thing

This dude is coldstream guard level reloading!

and napoleon total war.

Hey! I know you from somewhere...

Like if gay

Watched ur new vegas video few days ago ! Nice !

Hello there.

*laughs in commando pro*

They didn't have cameras back then, not even black and white. This is a reenactment.

lol. Good one. But In all seriousness, as a black poweder flintlock shooter, throwing powder and a paper cartridge down the barrel vs cartridge with a lead round ball is totally different. Especially after a couple of shots. Fouling in the barrel make rates of fire go way down.

Best fkn comment

gold

🥇

No, its because the cameras in the 1700s werent as good as today

Golden comment. ^^^^

"This is not rapid fire!"

@@WESAVEDTHELEFT1863 “That’s not rapid fire?”

@@72EEL "Nay, this is!" *fires off 6 shots in 30 seconds*

This whole thread is amazing. This made my day. Maybe even my whole week.

Yeah... for a rifleman. ~4/min (this guy) would have been a more standard speed for a musket iirc.

Now that's soldiering!

@cristopher wong accuracy is way more important that slinging lead fast. FGast and accurate is really effective.

@@jimmeerpohl8094 that's if you are fighting a skirmish. In line battles, rate of fire and musket volleys determine victory. But yes, skirmishers vs line formation, latter often has advantage.

Three aimed shots a minute ;)

Slaps musketeer*

@@entertoby6698 I’m calling elderly protective services

@@yeetreviews 🤦‍♂️

Any soldier worth his salt back then could fire between 3 and 4 rounds in a minute.. this man here had enough time for a fourth round.

Gets even funnier when you find out that old techniques of using bow, allowed to shoot an arrow every second.

Obey the rules friend

@@observantmagic4156 so you think everyone should just follow orders and Obey rules and not question anything I'm not going to touch the low-hanging fruit that most people mention when regarding following orders rules blindly Cover if you do not see how the indoctrinated mentality of follow the rules buddy is in our society for the express reason of control over the actions and thought of people then you are as blind as a Clydesdale Know what your right follow the rules buddy right so any person that gets caught speeding 20 kilometres over even if they didn't hurt anyone any person under 21 that got caught with one beer or any person that just gets caught breaking any arbitrary law Deserves to be punished to the full extent of that law of course right because every single law is just and none of them are wrong that's the society we live in Now I don't think that you are stupid enough to think that however I do think that you are a little bit of a bootlicker and you have that all we need to follow rules mentality ingrained into you somewhere Now I assume you have the same opinions on the Comal right everyone should be forced to wear masks there's nothing wrong with being forced right if it's for the greater good If you ever break Gathering guidelines of totally Jasper police officers to force their way into your home Business owners honestly should be ticketed and arrested for staying open they're just silly responsible Baby now you're starting to understand why we shouldn't comply blindly with anything the government or an authority figure says look up the Milgram experiment Law has never made man a whit more just but due to his respect for it even the well-disposed our daily made agents of Injustice Henry David Thoreau From Emma goldmans essay anarchism what it really stands for 1913

@@lurk7967 bruh. It’s a shooting range. Your life and others depends on the safety rules. Be responsible.

@@lurk7967 god damn calm down wtf

@@observantmagic4156 Yeah...Cuz shooting just down range is "hurtful"

His form went to shit on that last shot.

That is why when done in ranks you are given commands and you don’t drop the musket tile you are told to.

@@theguru18 if some one can reload faster then most it could be a good idea to use them as light infantry instead of line infantry. Every one wasnt fighting in ranks

@@Incognito-vc9wj It's because it didn't fire when he pulled the trigger so he didn't expect it to fire.

Wheres the bayonet?

Nah, I call bullshit. If it were really recorded back then it would've been in black and white. :)

+MadEngineer Thanks Sherlock!

jovonne pacheco *facepalm* I gotta be less subtle with my jokes.

Nah, don't worry! Your comment was gold!

Angus Gibson Thanks, trying. :)

Not uncommon with flintlocks usually the result of to much powder in the pan or improper granulation for the pan.

@@redneckwithajeep5001 I didn't think about that, guess they shouldn't go "rapid fire" after all.

That my friend, is a Hangfire. Touchole partially clogged or a slow burning spark. If you take it off your shoulder too fast that is the result you get.

Yep, he overfilled the pan there, it would seem. I noticed he wasn't blowing the pan clean before every time he'd prime either, odds are too much powder piled up eventually.

I think he spit a tooth at the end.....

RidgeRunner577 nah that was probably a piece of paper from the cartridge

@@tortuga4874, easy there ASShpee....., do you not see a joke when it is coming through the cross hairs at you and, you only have time to half blink... BANG!!

Damn, ok you don’t have to be so rude about it. I was just trying to be reassuring :(

resistancerat Friendly: damn it! We're also reloading! Enemy: same here, take your time!

Fix bayonets

And that's why they had volley fire.

"My companion in war, i desire that you cover me as i take the time to reload this fine craftsmanship of gunsmithing."

forty second fred the legend

@Peyton DeMaria Because he makes them climax in 40

@Jonah Stafford 40 second Fred took my girlfriends :(

Funny, i had a similar nickname in highschool

"you guys just tank them while I do the main damage"

Yeah well, then you have 200 more musketeers by your side, everyone reloading. 10-20 seconds later, when the cavalry is 50-70 meters away, you hear your own commander shouting "TAKE AIM! FIREEE!!" And you and all the other musketeers shoot and kill 90% of the cavalry in one devastating mass fire blast ^^ Imagine that! And then about 50 amored foot soldiers with spears comes from behind to topple and kill the rest of the cavalry.

@@123TauruZ321 I got some bad news for you, man. That foot soldier with a spear? That's you. FIX BAYONETS!

@@123TauruZ321 this is why you use cavalry to outflank and charge the rear. only box formation can save these lads at which point they become immobile.

@@ericsmith5919 So what? No problem that! You got 199 others to help and the cavalry is now reduced and demoralized.

@@ImperialDiecast Box formation it is then. It doesn't really matter how the cavalry charge. Just adapt to their strategy. But in all seriousness, i think the cavalry would have better strategy charging in bulk, right in the middle, because if the musketeers start having to crossfire on themselves, that's a big disadvantage.

Kunnen wij nog wat van leren.

He would be on sharps front line

Ayyy

Well hello there!

😯👀

Brrrrrrrrrrrrt

They already had repeating weapons then.

Samuel Pauly or Samuel Colt?

@@silverletter4551 no, they didn't thats a short land parent musket from around the 1760's to 1770's repeating wepons were limited to lorenzonis which even then weren't really that repeating

@@msmlolmanpolybrige0335 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalthoff_repeater

Dayum dude! Okay!

Damn bro O.K.

Thoust seem impressive bro indeed

More like full manual

😂😂😂 love the reference

Joshua Fujiwara this is absolute gold

Fujiwara San. Do you mean to say that you have forsaken the national drink of your ancestors and all of the tradition behind it?

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 that's America for you

No. England would be drinking coffee because this guy wasn't even ramming a projectile down the muzzle. You would have seen a 51 star American flag draped at The Who and Def Leppard concerts.

@@micahj9828 read the video description.

Ratio Tile hello there

GENERAL KENOBI So sad nobody commented this earlier

Obi wan kenobi...

The high ground

It's a good perk

Maybe, because the 1776 dosn't exist!

@@nosferatu6004 r/whoosh

@Aaasaaa Sosss @Caelesti Gladii oh my God, so you belive in ufo, and r not able to catch simple irony? What r u, Americans!?!

And they weren't filmed by some pea brained nerd in vertical mode!

@@nosferatu6004 an American*

+Military History Visualized Oh, what a coincidence I found you here! Do you think we'll ever get a episode about the Napoleonic wars? Or the times of the muskets overall?

+Wotan cz well, I was here because I was working on a script for that era ;) so I guess the answer is yes :)

Military History Visualized Amazing! Looking forward to it! Keep up the great content!

One of your patrons here, saying hi MHV.

@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized Really enjoy your channel. As an American, it's fascinating to get your perspective on history and military studies. Thanks for all the great content!

Ha!

🤣🤣🤣

Fully semi automatic musket

Once upon a time maybe..

@@roskcity fully semi automatic bolt action musket.

I'd report him for hacking

Why do you think he is a 60 year old? (I know it doesn't have anything to do with your whole comment)

@@longwoolcoat2266 lmao

@@erikin9757 stfu

@@t-k4560 dont be rude

Interestingly, I bet these guys would be more effective today in a shootout than gang members with modern day guns.

+jjohnston94 that generally didn't happen a lot in history, if you think about it it makes perfect sense, coordinating 80 men in two ranks to firing together would be impossible under fire past say, the second volley. People generally don't like to die, so they routed pretty quickly once they say dozens of men diying.

+tbone martinez Usually one side or another would bayonet charge after two or three volleys of the other didn't break. Apparently the reason the American civil war's early battles were so bloody was because they didn't charge, just repeatedly shot vollies.

There were other commands that could be given other than a general company or squad-level volley fire that would provide coordinated fire from a two-rank formation of trained soldiers, such as fire by rank (front rank either standing or kneeling), fire by file (from the left or right as directed), or if the din of battle got too much for continued shouted commands, the ever popular "fire at will".

@Mr. Somebody Muskets were indeed very inaccurate beyond 100 yards,with an extreme range of 300 yards for the Brown Bess,that's the reason why all battles using line tactics(basically from Maurice of Nassau's time to Napoleons's III 1870's army)were fought at a range of 50 to 100 yards,you can hardly miss hundreds and hundreds of massed infantry in front of you firing 1-3 volleys from a .75 cal weapon. Even without a clear LOS,you need to maintain firepower and discipline to stay in line,and that's what precisely distinguished Marlborough and Frederick II of Prussia armies. Don't know what sources tbone martinez used,but there's plenty of primary historical documents concerning battle accounts from the 16th to 18th century in Europe that tell otherwise. Modern estimates according to Cumpston, Mike. "The Guns of Empire: 18th Century Martial Muskets" Guns Magazine, August 2008, p. 60. FMG Publications, San Diego, CA put the accuracy at 75% at 175 yards.Yes,yards.

But cameras didn’t exist back then?

@@yung_drakoo3605 then howd they record this.

@@Tiennamansquareisntreal illuminati i guess

It existed I think, it was black and white and bad quality but you can change that with a.i

Or idk they are just cosplaying this today and making a championship to see who can shoot faster

Nah i think rice dude changed his time in settings so it cooks faster

Wait, that’s illegal

Bro he obviously just turned his cooker to 650°. There is absolutely no way you'd be able to do such a thing without stupidly high temperatures

56 seconds

Key word, almost

Omg 😭, underrated

They didn't stand apart from each other and fire back towards one another one by one, they fought in formations. Colonial era armies used rotations whereupon firing the first volley, the ones who shot would move to the back of the line and the ones behind would rush forward and shoot their round. This repeated until either some tactical advantage was secured, the enemy line was severely crushed, or they ran out of ammo, and then they commenced a bayonet charge.

Plenty of time to take couver or dodge.

@@fahey5719 20 sec betvien shots.Avrage joe could run away out of efective shootin range.

nope only if they were over 50 yards away.

Three shots without bullets..

@@Movetheproduct read the description

@@Movetheproduct it's called a paper cartridge you imbecile

Either heavy cavalry 🤣

Or by a thermonuclear bomb

artillery? you mean canon balls? in the revolutionary war they didn't have canons with them a lot of the time. it was a lot of ambushes

That’s blood and iron for ya

How could you not see the ball coming your way?

144p? My old Nintendo looks better than this... it’s like 55p at 17 FPS

@@jd.3493 You'll be surprize how good a nes is running, 256 horizontal for 240 Vertical, at 50hz (for PAL)

@@Rustikreignlol

Dying is an upgrade compared to living in 2021, everything and everyone fucking sucks.

@@30AndHatingIt i can agree with the last part.. but it ain’t that bad, it could be worse it’s already better than last year in my opinion. Could be because some messed up things happened to me last year. But we’ll get through 2021 mate! Hang in there

They copy everything except the method of operation and in the modern day we have muskets with plastic furniture foregrips and rails for optics

Well no one would have the bullets to fire it

@@arthurmorgan7645 you’re fun aren’t you

@@nigelthornberry7936 well its the truth

@@arthurmorgan7645 i wanna go back in time to the 1700s, train a squad of 50 men to use m16s, id give them 100k rounds and teach them about modern firearm technology. Simply knowing somthing is possible makes it easier to achive and with the knowlege behind how the firearms and ammunition work, who knows what technological advancements may come. Keep in mind, this is assuming i have a time machine and the money to supply the above mentioned supplies.

I presume this was a competition and this would be against the rules, but if rate of fire was really important, I'd think you'd just hold the ramrod between rounds, saving the time of insertion and removal. Probably save 3-5 seconds per round so he could easily do 4 rounds per minute.

With my 45 cal black powder plainsman I can do three in a minute and a half while seated in the back of a suburban and hit everything I aim at. My best friend chuckled every time his buddy was surprised who was in the front seat with a semi automatic rifle who didn’t get a shot off because I was taking them. Snooze you lose.

I've read 3 was bad for trained troops. 4 was common. 5.5 - 6 was about the max.

The prussian army ,after the naoleonic wars i believe, started training the soldiers 6 shots a minute. It was impossible to hit 6 consistently but the point was to get the soldiers to shoot one more time than the enemy in the same time span.

@@ryandavis7593 I had to Google the rifle. Very cool.

It's not the Yankee way!

@@brosephbroman7564 Anakin, take a seat.

@@u.v.s.5583 I need him!

california would like a word with him

The prussian can do 6 rounds a minute

I feel like the game doesn't allow that.

3 is not bad, but prussian soldiers where expected to fire 6 shots in a minute.

@@Lappmogel that’s got to be bollocks. Time simply won’t allow for 6 rounds to be primed, rammed and fired from a musket in 60 seconds.

@@EvgeneXI look it up, they har a pretty substancial army and where known for their discipline and drill. I guess they started with it loaded and started the timer with the first shot

@@Lappmogel So I had a look. Kind of what I expected, although I’m surprised it’s even manageable at all even if it’s only during drill. TL;DR: . During drill armies could manage 4-5 rpm, Prussian managed 6. . During battle few armies managed more than 2 - 3 rpm. “By 1750, most European armies were fascinated with the speed of fire demonstrated by the Prussian troops in the War of Austrian Succession. Austrian military veterans and theorists saw that their troops could fire 4-5 rounds a minute on the drill square, basically matching the Prussian drill square ideal.[3] Prussian troops were capable of firing six rounds a minute, but could not maintain that pace for any length of time. Lossow comments, "Altogether, it would be too much to expect troops to maintain six rounds a minute for an extended time." It seems that troops in combat fired more slowly. Two rounds a minute is a very believable figure for well-trained, veteran troops in combat. Austrian army officer Jakob Cogniazzo gives us a window into this idea: Now, how many rounds of rapid fire do you think he can loose off in a minute when he is in a minute when he is in this condition? At least five a minute? That is certainly the norm for fire on the drill square, which conjures up visions of enemy corpses by the thousand. But, when we consider all the encumbering burden of the soldier... taking everything into due account, it would be optimistic to suppose that he fires as many as one or at the most two rounds a minute [in combat].”

It turns out that two rows of soldiers are sufficient (the famous thin red line). One aimed 50-80 yard shot every 10 seconds from the file of two men in each two-yard frontage is the practical maximum due to the time it takes for the clouds of powder smoke to thin when there's little or no breeze. When smokeless powder and percussion caps were invented, the rate of fire could go up once more although by then rifled muskets were also more common. The rifling meant that aimed shots could be taken at up to 200 yards, which imposed a new limit on the practical rate of fire. Of course if your enemy is approaching en masse, like in a Napoleonic column, then at 50 yards you don't need to spend any time aiming and can just fire into the smoke.

@@RichWoods23 smokeless powder isn't used with percussion caps homes. cap and ball still used blackpowder. minie balls also had a 500 yard range in the Civil War. i doubt you could put a cap on faster than this bloke was priming his pan either.

I’d be standing behind a tree so I didn’t get shot. Never could understand their tactics…standing out in the open to be gunned down. Was that “honorable”?

@@edadan ​ Oh, there's plenty of reasons for why blackpowder tactics wen the way they did. These days, it seems silly to be standing in the open while you get shot, but we have the advantage of modern weaponry and technology. Consider that the musket was an inaccurate weapon, which, while still deadly if it hits, is ineffective in small numbers. If a regiment of 100 men were all diving for cover, their shots would be spread thin. Cram those 100 men into a column, however, and you can have a concentrated volley of fire that's much more likely to do something to the enemy. As well, a column of men is much easier to command than a bunch of loosely dispersed men. They can follow simple instructions and movements in tandem with one another, while dispersed men would have to be rounded up and told what to do. Keeping in mind this is while the battlefield is covered in defining fire from both muskets and cannon. (As an aside, this is why drummers were so important--their drums communicated orders to the regiment, and were loud enough to be heard over the din. Besides, if you miss it, you can just follow the guys next to you.) Lastly, it's an unfortunately common misconception that people back in the day were either too stupid or too caught up in honor to fight battles smartly. In reality, people back then were just as smart as people today--they just had access to less information than we do now. The reality is that they put a lot of thought into the ways they fought wars, and were generally pretty good at what they did. Sure, their tactics would eventually stop working as the nature of war evolved, but that's always been the case. Someday, people will probably look back at us and call us ridiculous for how we fight wars.

Once the infantry formation was broken they could be run down by cavalry. Hiding behind a tree may avoid being shot, but the enemy isn't going to try to shoot you.

awww ... i lol'd . Anyway , keep up your spirits mate , more will laugh eventually , just give it some time .

@@landonray9517 " its so last year " No full auto in the building will always be a meme , consider it an age test .... dont think its funny anymore ? That means you're too old . Lando Cal "Ray"sian ? This deals getting worse all the time !

@@landonray9517 1700's version "Cease thy rapid fire within the confines of this room!" "Thou jest sir , this be rapid fire" "By jove sir I stand corrected ! "

@@orsonincharge4879 God tier.

@@m5a159 :D

mad minute 1776 style

why do we have to imagine it someone should make that edit

That's called Frederick's Prussian Army :D

shooting right over the heads of everyone else.

The crazy thing though is that so few people died.

"So I can beat those rowdy blighters and be home in time for tea"

Imagine being part of a war back then like that, and being one of the survivors at the end. That must be some experience.

_Someone:_ Fucking arrow spammers.

we did

The Algorithm be having one of those weird internet days.

I did.

Maybe the universe wants me to shoot something 3 times in 46 seconds, but what? Now I'll just wait for another recommendation 😐

@@山丨山丂丂乇乇卩 Now, now. We are still locked up tight where we are, can't even go to parks or play golf, don't go giving me ideas. 46 seconds and everyone's problems would be over.

I didnt even notice that, wow.

What happened?

@@Ramzi1944 he pulled the trigger but due to being a less reliable gun than caplocks it had a delayed fire, and shot when he wasn't aiming.

I was searching for comment where someone noticed that.

Yes but any modern firearm is not going to have a gunpowder delay.

I know, hence "flinch" lock :D

+Edward Treu No, imagine you and your opponent are the last ones standing. Both of you realize you're "empty" and reload at EXACTLY the same time. Your musket lags by a fraction of a second. THAT would be when you think "Aw shi..." BOOM!

+Skorzy Doesn't matter if it's 1816 or 2016, it's always screwing something up.

I hate it when guns do that xD

you can hear the firing mechanism fire, but it takes like half a second for it to fire after that. Also to clarify they didn't mean like lag as in something is wrong with the video file but the gun literally just didn't fire when he pulled the trigger for half a second.

Too OP. Needs to get nerfed.

But he wears a siiiick red outfit.

yup. thats why the resolution is so low.

Oh god..........................

LMFAO!

Aidan McWhirter it's colourized

Aidan McWhirter remastered in digital HD. Now available on iTunes.

would be hard to keep your heads in that situation

@@dont-want-no-wrench literally

Scott Krafft this comment is gold mon ami

they had video in 1776??

Andy Man yes

Andy Man obviously😅

Andy Man r\woooooooosssshhh

Democrats, modern day redcoats.

@@christoph8365 Very true. Magazine/clip size limits prove this.

@Funtime Florian fuck up florian

@Funtime Florian If there were less gun control that bullied 16 year old wouldn't act out since everyone's strapped.

@Funtime Florian Probably should work on bullying first then. Would definitely be easier.

Slower, because they couldn't afford enough powder to fire their guns. Many were lucky if they'd fired 30 practice rounds before their first battle.

@DrupBup Most of those were recruited into specialist rifle and light infantry units, and did not constitute line or militia units which made up the bulk of Napoleonic era standing armies. Even the British, who had some of the best drilled line infantry in Europe, only allocated 28 rounds per year per soldier for practice during the heights of the Napoleonic wars. In some French regiments it was as low as nine. A good number of Russian soldiers had never discharged their muskets before Borodino. You're probably thinking of this from an American frontiersman perspective, where powder was more plentiful, not a cheap European line infantry regiment. I can go back through my uni coursework and drag up all the sources if you like :)

​@DrupBup British soldiers got an allocation of 30 rounds, and they got the most out of any European army. Some French soldiers hadn't even fired their weapons before their first battles. This is a fact. Experienced riflemen were VERY hard to come by as their skills were in high demand and were recruited into rifle regiments, not line infantry regiments. All your movies about frontiersmen aside, your perspective is not accurate regarding the quality of line infantry, who largely utilised massed infantry bayonet charges instead of shooting. At Gettysburg, for a fun fact, 75% of recovered guns had multiple unfired rounds loaded into them. Training in the era was terrible. You don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about, and your insecure rudeness is totally uncalled for. Source: Chandler's dictionary of the Napoleonic wars

​@DrupBup "many were also experienced hunters who handled their own weapons for decades before they were enlisted " No. False. Idiot. Experienced hunters were recruited into rifle regiments, where they got more pay for their skills. Most soldiers were not hunters. Practically nobody using a Brown Bess Musket was a professional hunter before joining the military. Pay for line soldiers was shit, and only the lowest rungs of society joined as enlisted soldiers - certainly not people with a skilled profession like hunting. In my years of studying Napoleonic-era warfare, I've never come across a story of a hunter joining a European line regiment as a musketeer. This post talked about a serviceman with his Brown Bess musket. Those that were impressed or joined into the military ended up in the rifles regiments, which predominantly used the Baker Rifle. Pretending that experienced marksmen were in any way widespread in line infantry regiments of this time is factually inaccurate and a product of Hollywood History. This is a matter of historical fact, and you imposing your *unsourced assumptions* on history is fucking irritating.

@@zakpearce7826 Sorry to say this, but the other guy has a point to his argument. I am convinced to a level I am satisfied with that you are the insecure one. However, I'm also convinced that you're both idiots, because you've been arguing with each other in a manner which is quite blatantly a waste of time. You did say 'I can go back through my uni coursework and drag up all the sources if you would like'. I'd like to take you up on that. Please provide sources for your assertions. Especially if you're going to argue on the internet with complete strangers. If you have those sources, instead of offering to 'drag them up', just post the sources... If you can't be bothered to cite your sources the first time, then in my opinion it's clear to me you don't care enough about the point you're making to warrant actually making that point in the first place.

I still can't believe that people used old charging tactics after muskets and artillery was already invented for hundred years. Weapons evolved in decades and tactics evolved in centuries. Edit: I'm not in any way a historian, just have read some books and played historically accurate games.

As always, many factors play into tactical warfare. How good is the equipment, and how well trained are your soilders. How precise are your weapons and what is the sweet spot for a weapon ( Zweihander + heavy armour / 1hander + big shield are good examples. Many battles perfected the tactics and weapons. Implementation of any new weapon means you have to start at zero, not knowing what works or not.) musketeers need coverage, and dead man are great cover to reload.

@@BodomFox too be fair muskets were inaccurate

One reason soldiers still marched in lines and wore bright colors was because of honor, no world power wanted to be known as an uncivilized nation.

@@elite9553 Who cares about honor when your dead. (FYI: I’m perfectly aware that ALL wars are brutal)

*machine-musket ;)

His record is now 4 shots in under a minute, no misfire 😊

It’s not even a rifle lol

@@ponraul1221 a musket is a rifle

@@MegaXhydra A musket has a smoothbore barrel without any rifling. Therefore, it’s not a rifle.

Hahah, I was thinking exactly that! And if only they actually fired in volleys instead of randomly.

You can set them to fire volleys actually! Its just... having to be manually done! heh.

*Laughs in Otomo clan*

You gotta research fire by rank, but hold off researching platoon fire because it ain't as effective even though it's supposed to be more advanced

@@JBGARINGAN My favorite thing about that game was watching the opponent's morale break when Fire-by-Rank unloaded on them! It didn't take long either! 🤣😅

im pretty sure that was a hang fire, you can see him pull the trigger and nothing happen

@@CynderDragoneye Definitely a hang fire. You can see him pull the trigger and hear the hammer fall just before he unshoulders it and it fires.

@@boogaloobaloo that's the nature of these weapons, they don't fire immediately

@@darth-hellhound6534 but in this case fired extremely late

Same topic of comment under your comment

@Funtime Florian Argentine?

Rifle bullets are a lot harder to muzzle load though because they're tight inside the barrel, also while a musket can just be fired and forgot, a rifle would have to be aimed properly ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gdtz4rXV-Yg.html

The fuggin' ROTC recruits be all:

To be fair he is not loading the musket with a ball, so ramming is mostly cosmetic. However if you load a ball you better make sure it is rammed all the way down or you risk having the gun explode in your face killing you. This guy knew the gun would not blow up in his face so he did not spend much time or care with the ramming.

And they lost anyway XD

That kind of attitude is what lost your people the colonies.

"Peaceful protest" In Boston This guy- So anyways, I started blasting...

@@Justin-pe9cl they didnt lose more men though, and america lost 1812 so it goes both ways

@@WednesdayAddamsMW Britain gave away their colonies not lost. The only one they lost was america

I guess he's not an officer.

He's not a pirate

@@masteroutlaw100 But he could be a highwayman, going after that Capt. Farrell! *"I first produced my pistol, then produced my rapier..."

@@Agent1W got to love Whiskey in the Jar. The best version that song is Thin Lizzy

Hes not in elite rank yet

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Damm your impudence sir

fast hands perk in COD 1776

I'm totally digging that cartridge manpurse tho... Maybe they should've started battles with several cartridges stuck to the sides of their musket frames, or their musket straps, with a dot of candlewax? That way they wouldn't have to spend time digging around in their purses! (At least not until later in the battle.)

Texas BEAST They weren’t just thrown in the pouches, they were individual holes for the cartridges, so it wasn’t too hard to find them😂

I shoot a Brown Bess, first land pattern, model of 1740. A practiced musket man can hit a man size target at 80 yards every single time. Yes you do aim. You line up the tang screw head at the rear of the barrel with the bayonet lug, which WAS sometimes referred to as a sight, and aim above or at the top of the target. At 80 yards, my musket shoots 3' low, CONSISTENTLY. Rumors that muskets are worthlessly inaccurate are exaggerated. You can shoot a musket about 3 times as fast as a rifle. That's why George Washington himself said he needed more muskets, as opposed to rifles. I encourage you to obtain and shoot one. You will absolutely love it when you see how big a hole it makes!

Like, he might actually miss when the plot wants him to hit the target

That's when you tap load...

screeem Line infantry is not a special force of any kind.

Kur-Brandenburg Infanterie You don't get jokes, do you?

***** Sharpe can load and fire a 19th century rifle 10 times/minute lol

screeem Maybe in the 1770s

+Miles Wilkinson Prussians could surely train entire battalions to do 4rpm.

I was christened by a canon...

Napoleon's Old Guard struck the butt against the ground.

@@bedstuyrover Since writing that comment, I watched some old episodes of Sharpe and they made a point of highlighting the “tear, spit, tap, fire” technique as a plot point.

Now that's soldiering

God save Ireland

@@thekingshussar1808 LOUDER!!!

@@eldorados_lost_searcher GOD SAVE OIRELAN

It has been in my recommended for a month, I finally clicked.