Re: (TFT) Guns and their implementation

["Dan Tulloh" <dwtulloh@zianet.com>]

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From: "Quite Confused" <selfinflicted_wounds@hotmail.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: (TFT) Guns and their implementation


> The Musket Drill*
>
>
> The commands of the Steuben musket drill seem too slow and deliberate to
> modern ears to be of efficient use in a battle situation.  However,
through
> proper execution of the training commands, the soldiers became a well-
> synchronized unit.  Speed came with practice.  In the stress of battle,
> officers gave shortened combat commands, and Washington's men could fire
> coordinated volleys of musket fire every fifteen seconds.
>
>
> The Training Commands
> 1.   Half-cock Firelock
> 2.   Handle Cartridge
> 3.   Prime
> 4.   Shut Pan
> 5.   Charge with Cartridge
> 6.   Draw Rammer
> 7.   Ram Down Cartridge
> 8.   Return Rammer
> 9.   Shoulder Firelock
> 10.  Poise Firelock
> 11.  Full-cock Firelock
> 12.  Take Aim
> 13.  Fire

Hard to believe that some frontiersman, such as Simon Kenton, mastered the
ability
to do all of this while running!

Dan
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