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Anon studies history (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Eh. I'm still convinced it could have been better, and resulted in less death.

After watching scenes from The Patriot, I was thinking ”why not kneel, or go prone!?”

But no, let's just stand up right and risk getting hit in the head by a cannonball.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You couldn't easily reload one of those bad boys while prone.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 months ago

The moment breach loaders became available Prussia used them to absolutely destroy Austria-Hungary and their muzzle loaders in battle.
This shows that the soldiers back then where limited by technology not their intellect.

[–] Doxatek@mander.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

They did do this sometimes. The Patriot isn't so great for this

[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

Didn't the first row kneel so the second could shoot over their shoulders?