Theo's ObscuraTV: Reactions. Sharp's Rifle--Part1

Hello To you all
We'll be trying out a new type of episode for channel, reactions! With special guest & my good friend Derik. Today We are looking at the criminally under appreciated television mini series Sharp, the 1800th century war drama based off a series of books of the same name, & more importantly the role that spring boarded actor Shawn Beans career.
We hope you enjoy!
To see episodes of Sharp with the link below. Remember to support the official release.
Links: • Sharpe - 01 - Sharpe's...
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[@robman102]

I can't wait for part 2.

[@lt.branwulfram4794]

The 95th Rifles, a light infantry regiment formed originally as the Experimental Corps of Riflemen by Colonel Coote Manningham and Lieutenant Colonel William Stewart after 3 major influences in British military history: the 7 Years War, where Britain's standard linear tactics proved detrimental in the North American wilderness against joint French and Native guerilla campaigns, the American Revolutionary War, where Britain formed the original redcoat Light Infantry companies attached to to the left of every regiment's battalion and the 60th Royal American Rifles, a British foreign legion who wore the green jackets. A good amount of these legionaries were German and so brought over jager hunting traditions such as the wearing of green jackets and shorter firelocks with rifled barrels.
This proved to be the inspiration behind their namesake weapon, as manufactured and modified by a gunsmith named Ezekiel Baker of Whitechapel, adding a lug for a sword bayonet. The 1800 Infantry Pattern Rifle, or the Baker Rifle as it is known colloquially today, was lighter and more compact than their smoothbore Brown Bess counterparts in the line regiments, conducive to taking aim as opposed to simply presenting the piece and letting volume of fire determine lethality. 7 grooves, known collectively as rifling, lined the barrel, which tightly gripped small bore lead balls wrapped in a greased patch. When fired, the projectile would spin, allowing the weapon to be effective at up to 200 yards or 600 feet as opposed to the Brown Bess's 50 yards or 150 feet. This isn't to say, however, that the weapon couldn't be used like a smoothbore musket when fighting got close. The lack of a patch would make it so the rifleman could fire at the British Army's 3-4 rounds a minute at the cost of fouling in the barrel which caused misfires and generally decreased stopping power.
The Rifles were capable of standing in a line formation and performing standing musket volleys, as well as forming square to repel cavalry charges, but the job of a rifleman was that of a skirmisher and sharpshooter, to harass the enemy, kill important targets and move in pairs (or files as it was referred to) from cover to cover with great speed and alacrity. While a standard redcoat was expected to follow orders without fail, a Rifleman needed to act on his own initiative, think for himself and trust in his file partner. In that sense, Rifles were rarely flogged, if ever. The green-jacketed officers of the regiment, whilst still most likely coming from aristocratic beginnings, would more often than not march alongside their men rather than on horseback, eating and camping with them and generally getting to know them better.

[@GallifreyanGunner]

Great video. You might get more views if you spell the title properly. It's Sharpe's Rifles. The fandom is very active on UA-cam and will visit if you help them.