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Re: Long barrelled, bayonet equipped muskets
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Date: 
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:39:45 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Low writes:
In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
Following on from Dave's post on rifle modifications to carry a diver's knife
as a bayonet (which post I can't seem to find, sorry):

It was in an email (that's why it's not here!).

Yup that would explain it. Doh!

Looking forward to seeing this fearsome weaponry in action at the next
Brickwars!

I'll certainly bring along a squad.  I haven't decided whether to field them.
I think I'm still better off with long bows.

I seem to recall that historically crossbows replaced longbows because while
they took longer to load aim and fire, any idiot could load a crossbow and
fire it reasonably accurately.  Muskets offered even more fatality with the
same lowered training and physical prowess requirement.  Strong, highly
skilled longbowmen were hard to come by, and more expensive to train than
drone crossbowmen or musket armed infantry (musketeers?).  As I understand it,
this little bit of history didn't actually make it into the game.

Just a tick...what's that sound?  The steady, ominous whoosh of displaced
air....no!  It can't be! The hammer of discipline!  Duck!

<whoosh>

Hey hey!

<whoosh, thump>

Ow!

<whoosh, thump, just for good measure>

OW!  Alright already!  Sorry.  I'll be fielding a squad of redcoats armed with
long barrelled rifles, complete with bayonets.

<rubs head>

That really hurt....

Richard
Still baldly going...



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  Re: Long barrelled, bayonet equipped muskets
 
(...) knife (...) Longbows were replaced by firearms, not crossbows, and that was primarily out of disuse more than effectiveness. Bruce (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.pirates)

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  Re: Long barrelled, bayonet equipped muskets
 
(...) It was in an email (that's why it's not here!). Here's the original plan: I've figured out a way to make a bayonet. (warning: involves mods) Take a modern rifle, an adventurers camera and a divers knife. You can get the first two in many (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.pirates)

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