Iain Churches wrote:
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> "Peter Wieck" <pfjw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 19, 1:03 pm, "Iain Churches" <Iai...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Peter Wieck" <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Rifle regiments? With repeaters?
>
> No. Single shot. The British army rifle started out as a
> version of the venerable Brown Bess musket with a rifled
> barrel introduced about 1830.
>
> There had been several British Army rifles before this
> dating from as early as 1776 (Ferguson) Then came
> the Baker, and Brunswick.
>
> By 1851 the British Army Ordnance factory at Enfield
> was producing the Enfield Rifle.
>
> > During the American Revolution, the British ran into problems with the
> > American "amateur" soldiers. First they mostly had rifles vs. smooth-
> > bores, second they mostly were ex-hunters and actually aimed. There
> > are some descriptions of the charges at Breeds Hill (AKA "the Battle
> > of Bunker Hill) where the trees and branches above the battlefield on
> > the revolutionary side were shredded as most of the shots from the
> > British went over the heads of the entrenched Americans. Also,
> > Americans often used "buck and ball" meaning typically four pieces of
> > buckshot per ball. A wounded soldier took two healthy ones to carry
> > him off the field. A tactic that is still used today, shoot to wound
> > or AP mines designed to damage, not kill. Nothing new under the sun.
>
> Infantry tactics were changing fast, and the British were unused to
> facing small groups of fast moving skirmishers. The traditional British
> square, three deep, which had been used so successfully against
> Napoleon's infantry and heavy cavalry also, was only practical in
> set-piece engagements.
>
> > I will say that shooting black powder is a blast (pun intended). The
> > significant delay between the hammer release and the *BANG* together
> > with a 9 pound piece makes aiming a trip.
>
> Yes I have fired black powder too.
>
> At one stage, I was set on a military career. My grandfather,
> father and brother had all served as officers in the British Army.
> I was interested in military tactics and history. Did you know
> that it was exceedingly difficult to make a cavalry horse charge
> an infantry square? They knew instinctively what would happen.
> Maybe it was the bayonets glistening in the sunlight?
>
> But what has all this to do with Tube/Valve amp Noise???
You too have to be very certain of an outcome before
charging into the underside of a tube amp chassis.
Patrick Turner.
>
> Cheers
> Iain
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