"War of 1812 British Naval Landing Party Armaments" Topic
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| agplumer | 28 Mar 2014 2:27 p.m. PST |
Did the Ratings carry muskets or were they armed with cutlass and pistol. I read an account of boarding pikes being used. Were weapons issued in certain percentages per landing party? Thanks,
Andrew |
| MajorB | 28 Mar 2014 3:40 p.m. PST |
Did the Ratings carry muskets or were they armed with cutlass and pistol. Either or both depending on what was available. |
 Artilleryman  | 28 Mar 2014 4:01 p.m. PST |
A boarding party would be armed with a mix of cutlass and pistol which would be more useful for the short range melee. A landing party would primarily be armed with muskets (and bayonets) to give them more ranged firepower though cutlasses would probably still be carried. |
| Pyrate Captain | 02 Sep 2015 8:43 a.m. PST |
In 1810, the British captured Banda in the Dutch Spice Islands armed primarily with boarding pikes, as muskets were thought to be too unreliable in tropic humidity. link |
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