PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGood going, Ensign Expendable, you get an extra ration of hardtack to-night!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11
arrow-up1108arrow-down1imageGood going, Ensign Expendable, you get an extra ration of hardtack to-night!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoTo be fair, it still takes a couple of weeks of training to get proficient with a gun. But that’s a far cry from any medieval weapon.
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoHardly any proficiency needed at point blank
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoIt’s a flintlock though, so just loading it and reliably firing it took a lot more work than the guns any toddler can use today (once loaded anyway).
To be fair, it still takes a couple of weeks of training to get proficient with a gun. But that’s a far cry from any medieval weapon.
Hardly any proficiency needed at point blank
It’s a flintlock though, so just loading it and reliably firing it took a lot more work than the guns any toddler can use today (once loaded anyway).