| According to Frederick Smith's 'Waterloo' regarding muskets
"In ideal conditions, there was one misfire for every four shots. In battle conditions three misfires for every four shots were not uncommon. The reason was because the musket had to receive the correct amount of powder and humidity, sweat or rain would render the powder useless and one if not all are present on the battlefield.... With only two shots a minute under ideal conditions it is something of a mystery why archers who could have fired fifteen times as many lethal arrows in the same time had gone out of favour"
I am surprised why they didn't think of replacing the musket with something like a grenade launcher.
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Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Herman Goering
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