To: vladimir998
A friend of mine, a Civil War buff, speculated that units of archers could have played a role on the 1860’s battlefield. He said trained archers could put out a higher rate—6 to 8 arrows per minute—of fire than infantry armed with Springfield or Enfield rifled muskets—2 to 3 rounds per minute. Of course the riflemen would have a great advantage in range over the bowmen who might well be limited to fighting from defensive positions, firing indirectly in volleys at masses of attackers. Just saying.
41 posted on
07/30/2015 12:08:32 PM PDT by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Nothing came close to the Mongol rate of sustained fire and accuracy for 600 centuries.
49 posted on
07/30/2015 12:21:19 PM PDT by
zek157
To: Brad from Tennessee
***units of archers could have played a role on the 1860s battlefield.***
Ben Franklin came to the same conclusion in the Revolutionary War.
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