Gunfreak 
		  
		   
		     
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		 American war of independence = AWI      Ok a list.         1.The rifiled musket could hit a man at 600 yards, probebly only 1  man out of 100 could do it, so a regiment  of 600 men would get 6 hits, lets say 10 because if random bullets getting lucky.       2. If the unit is infantry it would get hit sevral times before making contact,  and bt then could have lost a 100  or more, in theory.      3, most soldiers  didn't shoot to kill, they  fired above or below  the target,  this is constant no mater how good the weapon was, most soldiers  didn't  use it to kill, it was like that in roman times, middle  ages, thirty years war, napoleonic wars, acw, ww1 and ww2. Only during  the vietnam war and later with new training  would a majority  of soldiers  shoot to kill(and that  brought with it a whole bunch if new problems )      4. At 100 ish yard, the hit rate of a rifled musket and musket is about the same, again going to the, it's  the shooter not the weapon that  counts.      5. Terrain, A, cav doesn't charge in woods, water or hills, most acw battlefields wers that. B, a rifle that can kill at 600 yards doesn't  help  in a forest were you can only 70 yards.      If America  looked like Europe, there would be less cav then during the  napoleonic wars. (Kinda like FPW)      But not to that extent. 
			
								
			
			
				  	
		  
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