"The Jäger rifle and Napoleonic light infantry tactics" Topic
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| Tango01 | 01 Aug 2018 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 01 Aug 2018 5:03 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 02 Aug 2018 11:29 a.m. PST |
No mention my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Oliver Schmidt | 03 Aug 2018 9:01 a.m. PST |
In the beginning, the guy in the phantasy costume (or his translator) is  ting: self priming touchholes were not in use during the Seven Years War, and thus France and Austria did not "return" to the cyindrical touchhole in the 1770s. Prussia introduced the newly invented conical (self priming) touchhole as late as 1780. I didn't watch the rest, so I can't tell whetheer it is good or not … |
| Oliver Schmidt | 03 Aug 2018 9:01 a.m. PST |
bleep = telling nonsense ;-) |
| Tango01 | 03 Aug 2018 12:31 p.m. PST |
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| von Winterfeldt | 04 Aug 2018 11:00 p.m. PST |
The French actually increased the windage in the Napoleonic Wars in the French Revolution from 18 balls cast to a French pound to 20 pounds, they did not have conical touch holes at all – till after the Napoleonic Wars. When it comes down to real shooting the video is actually quite good – when he concentrates on the Austrians even better.
He is an Hungarian, and did wear a Hungarian dress of 1848. |
 deadhead  | 05 Aug 2018 10:42 a.m. PST |
How impressive. Wrong era for his rig…OK. His rifle drill cannot be faulted though Surprised he did not use the rammer that came with his rifle but maybe that was explained in the voice over. They may have also explained, but I did not listen to it all I admit, the origin of the firearm. It looks so like a Baker, but without the sword fitting |
| von Winterfeldt | 05 Aug 2018 10:48 a.m. PST |
the Austrian Jäger rifle – in the Napoleonic time did not have a ramrod in the stock, it was carried extra – the rifle he did shot, the flintlock rifle was not an Austrian one – it did not look like a Baker rifle, it had an octagon barrel. |
| 14Bore | 06 Aug 2018 1:06 p.m. PST |
He explained the later uniform, and had a original that he didn't want to actually fire. So explained with the later rifle. |
| Tango01 | 07 Aug 2018 11:54 a.m. PST |
Thanks Von Winterfeldt…. Amicalement
Armand |
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returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
