Fun article if a little silly. As the author notes, the primary reason muskets started to overtake bows is because you can train shooting in five minutes where

Fun article if a little silly. As the author notes, the primary reason muskets started to overtake bows is because you can train shooting in five minutes where archery takes months. The transition is a classic example of a disruptive innovation—-initial tech is worse along every dimension (range, damage, reliability, firing rate) except one, training time. Some of the comparisons are wildly biased. The effective range of an M4 is 550m, much better than the M9’s 50m. A standard rifleman’s combat load is 180 rounds which is surely lighter than 180 arrows.