military - What decides who goes in the front rank in a line …
From what I learned in military strategy classes in OCS, the line infantry for pretty much all militaries in the 18th and 19th centuries consisted primarily of ill-equipped, poorly trained conscripts. These were men who either chose the military rather than going to prison, or enlisted because there was no other job to be had.
military - Why didn't line infantry tactics try to keep up a constant ...
2018年7月13日 · Question: Why didn't line infantry tactics try to keep up a constant volley of fire? Short Answer: It wasn't due to a lack of knowledge. From the mid sixteenth century until WWI volley fire was the predominant way infantry discharged their weapons on the battle field (groups of men trained to fire together).
military - What's the advantage of the infantry column formation …
Most of Napoleon's opponents had inferior armies. The main exception was the British army, which was exceptionally well-drilled, and could not only deploy in line, but "refuse the line" (the standard anti-column defense used at e.g. Little Round Top by the North at Gettysburg), and form squares (against cavalry).
Did line infantry units have designated marksmen?
2020年8月31日 · It depicts a Prussian line infantry unit marching towards enemy. My (actually pretty silly question) is: why is the soldier at the bottom left of the drawing shooting during the march without waiting for the command from the officer? …
Why did the line infantry not use shields in the 18th century?
2019年4月8日 · Why did soldiers in the line infantry in the 18th century not used shield as protection against the fire from the other line infantry ? I have seen that line infantry was used this way where the one line are shooting against the other line and vice versa in wars like these: Seven Years War, American Independence War and the Napoleonic Wars.
infantry - Why do musketeers shoot in volley? - History Stack …
2018年2月28日 · There was more shock value to in having, say, 20-30 men in the other guys' line of infantry hit simultaneously (and graphically maimed, falling, and screaming - if not dead), than them seeing individual soldiers taking potshots at their line and missing half the time (or, if hitting, probably hitting someone a few yards from them, which their ...
Were there ever wars/battles where infantry were given multiple …
2017年4月18日 · The infantry is broken up into two or more ranks. One fires while the other reloads. The result is a continuous volume of fire, there's no lull in which the enemy might charge at you. This required an immense amount of training both …
Have there been armies who deploy veterans on the first line (and ...
The Persian battle deployment has been criticized by some for not placing its "true" veterans in the front line, who were the Greek mercenary infantry. However, it placed what its leaders probably viewed as its best soldiers at the front, the heavy cavalry, to prevent the enemy even getting a foothold on the bank.
How to identify this probably French Military uniform?
My own research (not part of firm family info) seems to validate he was a member of the French Army of the Rhine -2nd Infantry Division of the 1st Army Corp, 74th Infantry Regiment of the Line. I assume from the bugle patch, we was in the "signal corp" and the epaulettes suggest he was an officer of some rank.
military - Why did the musket become the standard infantry …
The Bayonet was primarily a anti cavalry weapon, with bayonets a formed well drilled steady infantry had a good chance of holding off cavalry. (reloading times , versus speed cavalry covering distance and effective range were problems otherwise) With foot troops the effectness of firepower of muskets over short distances and the relatively ...