Comments by "Pete Sheppard" (@petesheppard1709) on "Enjoying Black Powder Episode 2: The Modele 1874 Gras" video.

  1. Volley fire was a tactic to provide a degree of indirect fire on distant groups. Whole units firing in unison could put a reasonable amount of lead on a given spot.
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  2.  @scottmccrea1873  I cannot imagine being packed into a shoulder-to-shoulder formation and just 'taking it'...
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  3.  @scottmccrea1873  AND yet, most soldiers survived the carnage--sort of...
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  4.  @scottmccrea1873  Yes, and the British had already had direct experience with machine guns in the Boer Wars but they didn't learn.
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