When armies changed from predominately cold steel to gunpowder weapons the old warrior caste abandoned the military and the new armies of the state were made up of literal retards, criminals, and poltard tier nationalists, all of whom were considered undesirables by their monarchs. No one cared about soldier's lives - quite the contrary, the more of them that died, the less undesirables there would be in society. Plus you don't have to pay a dead soldier, and wars were so irrelevant and indecisive that losing a battle hardly changed the position or wealth of a monarch.
Just march towards enemy fire in a straight tightly packed line bro
Thomas Cooper
Kevin Hernandez
They existed and they were rare. Rifled muskets & long rifles also existed but they were also rare/cost-prohibitive due to time involved & skill involved. You could not have a large army of sharpshooters with rifled weapons.
Juan Gonzalez
the guys in the front are a mobile shield wall for the guys behind them
its kind of genius actually
Camden Gonzalez
The guys in front would kneel for fire by rank.
Julian Diaz
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Jackson Robinson
3 ROUNDS A MINUTE
Luis Price
Sharpshooters were skirmishers. If you sent 30 sharpshooters out there they could easily be routed by cavalry or a larger infantry force.
Luis Williams
>have front rank carry these
>wins all battles
ppl were really retarded back then.
Bentley Peterson
Imagine thinking the majority of an army is special forces.
Angel Scott
the guys in the front are human shields for the knees of the guys in the second row
the guys int he second row are human shields for the guys in the third row
its kind of genius actually.