@S-3125
It evolved from pike formations, that’s half the reason why muskets and bayonets were so long. With inaccurate unrifled muskets and such a long reload, being able to form a pike wall of sorts was important.
…Course European nobility didn’t realize when that era was over and charged against machineguns.
He’s talking about the kind of combat that British soldiers used to do, where they would just march forward like human meat shields. How anyone ever thought that kind of fighting was a good idea is something I will never understand
@Background Pony #CB5B
The shaped charge round wasn’t bad either. It could penetrate 10cm of rolled homogeneous armor at 90 degree angle of impact, independent of velocity. Which was better than harsh language or a pointy stick.
Bucephalus must think this is magic.
An iron tube filled with metal bullets themselves filled with powder to make them fly faster ith a bang than any arrow or ballista bolt.
It evolved from pike formations, that’s half the reason why muskets and bayonets were so long. With inaccurate unrifled muskets and such a long reload, being able to form a pike wall of sorts was important.
…Course European nobility didn’t realize when that era was over and charged against machineguns.
The shaped charge round wasn’t bad either. It could penetrate 10cm of rolled homogeneous armor at 90 degree angle of impact, independent of velocity. Which was better than harsh language or a pointy stick.
An iron tube filled with metal bullets themselves filled with powder to make them fly faster ith a bang than any arrow or ballista bolt.
>tfw no antitank weapons in my life
Life is suffering.
something along the lines of “Not enough!”
Also, I love that facial expression she has in the 4th .