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or idk that sort of era of soldier
That's pretty much discredited
oh ok
It was proposed by SLA marshall who was an absolute hack
oof
most robbers are to afraid to shoot ive heard
soldiers in 16th century idk
well i mean if you're breaking the law, it makes sense
escalates things a lot
etc
yea
it was about ww1 I believe
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honestly i wasn't sure about the time, i just pictured bayonets and extrapolated
A big part of the effectiveness of bayonets was that nobody wanted to fight with bayonets
at least when we're talking muskets
so it was rare for anyone to actually have to fight with them; most charges resulted in the enemy retreating
wait what
oooooh
lmao i thought you meant that not even the attackers wanted to fight with them
so two bayonet armed forces would just charge each other, tentatively stop and reconsider the whole thing
haha
"you know what, I don't want to get stabbed, you don't want to get stabbed, let's just all go home"
they shake hands, play soccer for a bit then turn around
Usually when theres a bayonet charge, the side on the receiving end would usually brake ranks due to fear
one of the big reason why the American civil war was so much more bloody than the usual European conflict of the time was because the soldiers on both side would shoot each other all day long instead of charging in and finishing it quickly
Do we know why they chose to do it that way?
trench warfare too
also rifled weapons
Oh yeah, they did start using trenches in the civil war didn't they?
change of tactics
yep
I remember seeing a really neat trowel bayonet that was tested out for a while
http://www.azquotes.com/quote/542930 imperial russia chad
yea bayonets changed too
sapping used in this
blew up a portion of the trenches
@Schedrevka American officers lacked training and experience, resulting in slow orders when aggression was needed. This is stem from the culture of isolationism and distrust of standing army america had in its early period
What was the purpose of plug bayonets? It seems like a socket type or even a built in offset bayonet just would be a no brainer
Also Confederates were all veterans by the end because once you join and/or were conscripted you stayed