> consider actual Napoleonic-era tactics: why was Napoleon running around and defeating everyone with them when the same guns were basically available everywher

> consider actual Napoleonic-era tactics: why was Napoleon running around and defeating everyone with them when the same guns were basically available everywhere? More prosaically, Napoleon had much larger armies available to him than his opponents: "You can't stop me, I spend 30000 men a month" [1]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/25qmz6/can_someone_give_me_some_context_on_this_napoleon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/25qmz6/can_s...