Battlefield Weapon Popularity Trend

[Mirco Wahab]

Thus spoke Chris Mattern (on 2006-09-27 19:09):
> In article <efd9g0$sn5$1 at mlucom4.urz.uni-halle.de>, Mirco Wahab wrote:
>>
>>When the Samurai of medieval Japan were confronted
>>with new 'battlefield language', e.g. early Shotguns,
> 
> "early Shotguns" :D.  Your mastery of the history of
> firearms overwhelms me.

You want a fight? With a muzzle-loaded gun?
Three shots for everybody -- 5 minutes time?

BTW: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket)
    The date of the origin of muskets remains
    unknown, but they are mentioned as early as
    the late 15th century, and they were primarily
    designed for use by infantry. Muskets became
    obsolete by the middle of the 19th century,
    as rifles superseded them.



Regards

Mirco