It appears that the only job of the guys in the front lines are to take the initial volley of enemy fire. Most don't even get a chance to fire a shot from their muskets.
That was the idea. Nobody particularly enjoyed fighting with the bayonet, so it was better for the attacker if they could persuade the defender to clear off before it came to that. It was still true in Napoleon's time - there was a Swiss infantry officer who fought for France who wrote in his memoirs that when they advanced on soldiers from the Central European armies (who had a lot of inexperienced conscripts), you could see signs that they were losing their nerve. But the British remained still and silent - which in turn made the French attackers nervous.
He who gets off the first shots has less enemy to shoot back. Engage the enemy at the maximum effective range of your weapons. Learn to fire at long targets and reload quickly.
I know you probably won't read this, but your comment is a terrible idea for a musket-wielding 18th century army. At Fontenoy, the French guard regiments were absolutely annihalated; partially as they fired prematurely. One issue with firing too early is that of bullet drop. A musket is essentially point blank accurate up to 75 yards; and can hit targets up to 300 yards (usually it's cited upwards of 150 yards, and i've heard this claim in good sources too, but the claim is misinformed). But at 300 yards the musket is relatively ineffective. Combine that with the fact that gunpowder smoke (never potrayed correctly) will clog the battlefield and take ages to go away, and your volleys will be ineffective. It seems to me that in Barry Lindon, albiet a very accurate film and beautiful overall, gives the French a rate of fire way too rapid as compared to reality. Muskets can only fire at a rate of 2-3 shots a minute if you're trained decently; the Prussians could even get it up to 4 sometimes. But in reality during the heat of battle, a soldier will be making constant mistakes, and the average rate of fire will go down. Generally, advancing to a close range and giving a devastating volley worked out if your men were well-trained enough to hold themselves together until that moment. The Swedish ga-pa tactic relied upon having one of their ranks give a fire at a far range, causing their generally-inexperienced enemy to fire back prematurely, and then immediately close in to give a devastating volley. I also want to point out that a bayonet charge would usually come instantly afterwards; not really to kill the foe, as bayonet wounds were quite rare overall, but to make them run from the field, as the fight-or-flight mechanic hits the average soldier when being run at by thousands of enemies.
As other commenters have pointed out, smoothbore muskets were too inaccurate and too short-ranged for that to work, no matter what that particular episode of Sharpe said. The British realized that it was more effective to wait until the enemy were so close you couldn't miss, let 'em have it right in the face all at once; then keep firing by platoons until they can't take any more. When they begin to crack, that's when you counterattack with the bayonet.
@@Sergey_S They would not have reloaded once in this time. After the first French volley, the Britsh would have closed to range, fired by volley and then charged. At this range, fewer would have fallen than in the film. Also the French would have fired by sections whilst the others reloaded, producing continuous fire, which would have generated more casualties as the enemy got closer. Overall in these centuries personal weapons were not very lethal eg. hunters used slow-loading rifled muskets. Artillery did all the killing, usually with canister rounds out to 600 metres.
@@Sergey_S Стреляют первые два ряда из четырёх, вторые перезаряжают. Скорость перезарядки - 2-3 выстрела в минуту. Итого - до 6 залпов в минуту, каждые 10 секунд. К счастью это начинается только на расстоянии в 100 метров. До момента штыковой надо выдержать всего десяток залпов...
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It appears that the only job of the guys in the front lines are to take the initial volley of enemy fire. Most don't even get a chance to fire a shot from their muskets.
The soldier who carried that fat officer away has all my respect...
it is Barry Lyndon he will took that officers identity afterwards )
@@РустамҐанєєв no its not that officer. different officer
If I saw a large group of men all of whom are walking in absolute unison toward me, I'd be scared shitless.
Especially when they are carrying pointy sticks...
Especially if you are just a poor farmer maybe bearing an old hunting rifle
That was the idea. Nobody particularly enjoyed fighting with the bayonet, so it was better for the attacker if they could persuade the defender to clear off before it came to that. It was still true in Napoleon's time - there was a Swiss infantry officer who fought for France who wrote in his memoirs that when they advanced on soldiers from the Central European armies (who had a lot of inexperienced conscripts), you could see signs that they were losing their nerve. But the British remained still and silent - which in turn made the French attackers nervous.
He who gets off the first shots has less enemy to shoot back. Engage the enemy at the maximum effective range of your weapons. Learn to fire at long targets and reload quickly.
I think your advice is a bit late.
I know you probably won't read this, but your comment is a terrible idea for a musket-wielding 18th century army. At Fontenoy, the French guard regiments were absolutely annihalated; partially as they fired prematurely.
One issue with firing too early is that of bullet drop. A musket is essentially point blank accurate up to 75 yards; and can hit targets up to 300 yards (usually it's cited upwards of 150 yards, and i've heard this claim in good sources too, but the claim is misinformed). But at 300 yards the musket is relatively ineffective. Combine that with the fact that gunpowder smoke (never potrayed correctly) will clog the battlefield and take ages to go away, and your volleys will be ineffective.
It seems to me that in Barry Lindon, albiet a very accurate film and beautiful overall, gives the French a rate of fire way too rapid as compared to reality. Muskets can only fire at a rate of 2-3 shots a minute if you're trained decently; the Prussians could even get it up to 4 sometimes. But in reality during the heat of battle, a soldier will be making constant mistakes, and the average rate of fire will go down.
Generally, advancing to a close range and giving a devastating volley worked out if your men were well-trained enough to hold themselves together until that moment. The Swedish ga-pa tactic relied upon having one of their ranks give a fire at a far range, causing their generally-inexperienced enemy to fire back prematurely, and then immediately close in to give a devastating volley.
I also want to point out that a bayonet charge would usually come instantly afterwards; not really to kill the foe, as bayonet wounds were quite rare overall, but to make them run from the field, as the fight-or-flight mechanic hits the average soldier when being run at by thousands of enemies.
yeaaah... Andrew Jackson showed that without a doubt, you want to fire at the last possible moment with absolutely everything you have.
As other commenters have pointed out, smoothbore muskets were too inaccurate and too short-ranged for that to work, no matter what that particular episode of Sharpe said. The British realized that it was more effective to wait until the enemy were so close you couldn't miss, let 'em have it right in the face all at once; then keep firing by platoons until they can't take any more. When they begin to crack, that's when you counterattack with the bayonet.
Stepping on a piece of Lego will be like: 1:49
Best tune ever
It's really skirmish, no artillery present.
0:16 👍
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British, as always
Well, they were among the greatest. You're speaking English for a reason lol. An American film, America was most influenced by the English
Is this the seven year war?
Yes
only if you survive the first 6
French and Indian wars. De Montcalm?
False and it's the Seven Years combat in european site.
Guerra de los 7 años? O Guerras Napoleónicas?
Guerra de los 7 años
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EN JOUE
FEU
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Четыре барабанщика впереди всех и после нескольких залпов в упор живы
Французы вообще без перезарядки стреляют. Магия!
@@Sergey_S They would not have reloaded once in this time. After the first French volley, the Britsh would have closed to range, fired by volley and then charged. At this range, fewer would have fallen than in the film. Also the French would have fired by sections whilst the others reloaded, producing continuous fire, which would have generated more casualties as the enemy got closer. Overall in these centuries personal weapons were not very lethal eg. hunters used slow-loading rifled muskets. Artillery did all the killing, usually with canister rounds out to 600 metres.
У них удача прокачана.
@@Sergey_S Стреляют первые два ряда из четырёх, вторые перезаряжают. Скорость перезарядки - 2-3 выстрела в минуту. Итого - до 6 залпов в минуту, каждые 10 секунд. К счастью это начинается только на расстоянии в 100 метров. До момента штыковой надо выдержать всего десяток залпов...
@@aforandi Would the drummers have charged with the rest of the unit?
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А что это за страна в белых формах?
France. The others are Irishmen serving under Great Britain
@@Anglisc1682 Are the French colors accurate?
@@huskyfaninmass1042yes.
@@huskyfaninmass1042the French army usually wore white coats (Bourbon colours) until the revolution
I dont know what you say
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17 cenchrea i see muskets