Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:31:13 -0500 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD"] Message-ID: <38E42A11.9D0C27C5@mail.ptd.net> References: <20000329133624.5372F37B55A@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003291834410.935-100000@acp.swbell.net> <20000330203039.D20275@wallnet.com>
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"Christopher S. Weimann" wrote: > > He should also add rifles to the Revolutionaries. They probobly had > some of the best marksmen in the world since they grew up using guns > of some sort or another (one of the advantages of an armed society.) > These early rifles had much better range and accuracy than the muskets > carried by the British and we actually had an advantage in that respect. > They used the improved accuracy and range to target British officers > before they were in muskerange which made the rifle a pretty effective > terror weapon. It was however much slower to load which made the > rifleman very vulnerable so they were kept behind the normal troops. > Riflemen would more usually be in front as skirmishers, until the opposing force got too close, at which time the skirmishers retired. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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