06-26 20:03 - 'interesting thread! / you are wrong about the high rate of fire, try shooting a bow in a battle which lasts several days... you will exhaust yourself after only a few minutes of battle, while muskets will keep on goi...' by /u/rainingalwaysraining removed from /r/history within 0-4min
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interesting thread!
you are wrong about the high rate of fire, try shooting a bow in a battle which lasts several days... you will exhaust yourself after only a few minutes of battle, while muskets will keep on going on and on.
Before battles start your enemy normally harasses ypi, deprives of sleep, makes probing attack, fake attacks (ISIS for example does that sending tiny units of 5-8 men to harass large units of Iraqi Army), your archers will simply be exhausted and after a few hours you only have people with sables and swords and no archers, how are you gonna defeat musketeers who are ranged units, whom you can no longer touch because your ranged units are out of stamina?
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Author: u/rainingalwaysraining
Posted Jun 26, 2017, 8:03 PM UTC