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Re: No more steel in jolly old England
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:40:08 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jason Catena writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > The British naval officers wore blue coats. The British Marines wore red.
> > Of course, you can make 'em whatever you want - I use 'em all as British or
> > French and British as fancy takes me.
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> *boggle*
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> Their marines wore *red*?
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> Wouldn't that make them excellent targets? ;)
1. Think smoothbore musket - good luck hitting anything with it at distance.
2. British land troops were often refered to as redcoats. It's nothing new for
the marines for the brits to be wearing red.
3. Most troops were brightly colored during this period - you usually aimed at
a vast body of men from extremely close range. It didn't matter if you were
brightly colored or not. Feldgrau at 100 paces wouldn't do you a lot of good,
and less with bayonet or sword.
4. You're the captain of a ship - *the* primary target for sharpshooters. Do
you want to be wearing red or the guys whose primary duty was to fight? :-)
Bruce
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