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Subtitle: Weapons Effectiveness on the Battlefield, 1630 -1850,
Sarpedon, N.Y., 1997, index. bibliography, tbles, illustrations
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Reviewer Comment:
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1. The Weapons:
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
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2. Theoretical performance:
The Musket
The Rifle
Rates of Fire
Scales of ammunition
Records of trials
The use of different weapons
Estimtes of the overall effectiveness
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3. Inefficiencies of he battlefield:
The animate target
Technical failures
Human Error
Grond
Ammunition supply
Smoke
Conclusion
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4. The seventeenth and early eighteenth century:
The first appearance of firearms
Gustavus Adolphus
The early eighteenth century
Conclusion
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5. frederick theGreat to Napoleon:
Frederick the Great
Turn of the eighteenth century
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Pictorial section: Musket drill c. 1815
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6. Albuera
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7. Talavera
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8. Bussaco
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9. Ferozeshah and the Sikh Wars
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10. Conclusion
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