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it was the MUCH better training and fire rates of the gun crews that did for the spanish and French. If you can fire quicky you can quickly win the dominace p
by spacecowboy_lon 12y ago
it was the MUCH better training and fire rates of the gun crews that did for the spanish and French.
If you can fire quicky you can quickly win the dominace phase of the fire fight (to use a moderen term)
- cmdkeen 12y agoIt was the same thing that won the battle on land. Napoleon, a artillery officer by training, was ultimately defeated by Wellington's infantry firing fast enough to destroy the French columns. The allies at Waterloo were willing to stand and die against French artillery, the French infantry in column would not stand under the fire of the thin red line.