HEY GAL posted:

i should Let's Read the 1632 series

Chamale posted:

Please do.

Murgos posted:

By the time rifles were common in the ACW though, well, I know a guy who can hit a a 20" target at 400 yards with his antique.

V. Illych L. posted:

i suspect that the authors may have somewhat mischaracterised gustav adolf

also, Denmark's history after the medieval period is generally one lost war after another, i think they won, like, one war during that entire period and that's because the swedes were busy getting wailed on by Peter the Great

AceRimmer posted:

steinrokkan posted:

Well, the Austrian Giradoni air rifle, which predated Napoleonic wars, was pretty accurate up to like 200 yards, supposedly, in addition to having a tube magazine, though it was more of a curiosity than a viable mass-produced weapon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOQ9Ij3G1c

HEY GAL posted:

i should Let's Read the 1632 series

SeanBeansShako posted:

This page goes into a little more detail about Napoleonic uniforms than I can properly be spergy about.

SeanBeansShako posted:

This page goes into a little more detail about Napoleonic uniforms than I can properly be spergy about.

Murgos posted:

e: VVVV That's not how machine guns work irl. It's how they work in movies and video games but not the real world. Machine guns, with their long, heavy barrels, sturdy bases and large caliber, heavy rounds are extremely precise and accurate out to very long ranges. And they fire quickly.

Murgos posted:

Ok dude. I'll just go with you instead of my personal experience carring an M240 (effective on point targets to 800m) across Africa and manning M2s (effective range of 1850 meters, about where the eye can no longer discern individual objects).

Some poorly trained people may use them as you said but that's not actually how they are employed or intended to be used by anyone competent. The killing power of a modern infantry squad is its integral MGs, (well it's radios really) not small arms.

quote:

Most engagements are within 300 meters. However, the gunner must still engage targets out to
the maximum range of the machine gun.

Enemy personnel are seldom visible except when assaulting.

The gunner directs most combat fire where he has detected the enemy or where he suspects the
enemy of being, but where the gunner cannot see him. Area targets consist of objects or
outlines of men irregularly spaced along covere
d and concealed areas (ground folds, hedges,
borders of woods).

Most combat targets can be detected by smoke, flash, dust, noise, or movement, but the targets
remain visible only for a moment.

Some combat targets can be engaged using reference points, predetermined fire, or range
card data.

4-12.
In automatic fire, position is the most important aspect of marksmanship. If the gunner has a good
zero, correctly aims his weapon, and properly applies a steady hold in firing a burst of automatic fire, the
first round of that burst hits the target at the point of aim. However, this procedure might apply only to the
first round fired. The first round hits the aiming point the same as when a single round is fired. The recoil
from the first and subsequent rounds progressively disturb the lay of the weapon with each round of the
burst. The relationship between the point of impact of the first and subsequent rounds of the burst depends
on the stability of the gunner’s position. His body, directly behind the weapon, serves as the foundation,
and his grip serves as a lock to hold the weapon against the foundation. The better the body alignment and
the steadier the grip, the less dispersed the rounds of a burst of automatic fire will be.

Disinterested posted:

that site is run by an insane sperg and I love him for it

it's the most detailed resource online about the napoleonic wars by far, although it has some weird questionable spots

Thomamelas posted:

Not a major sea battle but the HMS Dreadnought did that to a sub in WWI. It's the only kill of a submarine by a battleship.

"Congratulation Telegram from the public posted:

BUNGA BUNGA STOP

Disinterested posted:

it has some weird questionable spots

quote:

The uniforms worn during Napoleonic Wars
represent the most elaborate display of pomp
in the whole history of military dress.

Cyrano4747 posted:

I can't give you a solid recommendation, but I will say that you are limiting yourself terribly by demanding online access. Most good historical literature is only ever published on physical media.

Immanentized posted:

Outside of the magnificent facial hair, everyone in this picture is just so excited to be doing some ramming. (They missed, the first time at least.)

For those who may be curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_(1866)

quote:

The Italian gunners got a full broadside off at point blank range, but while they had remembered the gunpowder, in the excitement they had forgotten to load the shot.

V. Illych L. posted:

i suspect that the authors may have somewhat mischaracterised gustav adolf

also, Denmark's history after the medieval period is generally one lost war after another, i think they won, like, one war during that entire period and that's because the swedes were busy getting wailed on by Peter the Great

Tias posted:

Yeah, "too big for our britches" were basically the order of the day. We really wanted to kick swede/german rear end, and had no idea we couldn't. Well, our delusional politicians hadn't, and that's the main thing

Klaus88 posted:

I visited Gettysburg, stood on Cemetery hill, and listened to one of my fellow visitors sperge about how the muskets of the day weren't accurate past fifty feet.

Jesus, if you're gonna visit the battlefield, then you can at least watch a documentary beforehand.

Tias posted:

E: I just want to add that this thread has made me want to learn about Wallenstein, and I'm having a great time at it

MassivelyBuckNegro posted:

Cool. I'll keep speaking from my experience, too.

The FM on machine guns/my own experience seems to agree.

quote:

Most engagements are within 300 meters. However, the gunner must still engage targets out to
the maximum range of the machine gun.

quote:

Enemy personnel are seldom visible except when assaulting.

The gunner directs most combat fire where he has detected the enemy or where he suspects the
enemy of being, but where the gunner cannot see him. Area targets consist of objects or
outlines of men irregularly spaced along covere
d and concealed areas (ground folds, hedges,
borders of woods).

Most combat targets can be detected by smoke, flash, dust, noise, or movement, but the targets
remain visible only for a moment.

Some combat targets can be engaged using reference points, predetermined fire, or range
card data.

quote:

4-12.
In automatic fire, position is the most important aspect of marksmanship. If the gunner has a good
zero, correctly aims his weapon, and properly applies a steady hold in firing a burst of automatic fire, the
first round of that burst hits the target at the point of aim. However, this procedure might apply only to the
first round fired. The first round hits the aiming point the same as when a single round is fired. The recoil
from the first and subsequent rounds progressively disturb the lay of the weapon with each round of the
burst. The relationship between the point of impact of the first and subsequent rounds of the burst depends
on the stability of the gunner’s position. His body, directly behind the weapon, serves as the foundation,
and his grip serves as a lock to hold the weapon against the foundation. The better the body alignment and
the steadier the grip, the less dispersed the rounds of a burst of automatic fire will be.

Cyrano4747 posted:

You should hear what people say at concentration camps.

Disinterested posted:

gradenko_2000 posted:

Wasn't there a follow-up where she tweets about wanting to shoot the Baltimore protestors?

Disinterested posted:

Cyrano4747 posted:

You should hear what people say at concentration camps.

Wikipedia Talks about Lewisite posted:

Lewisite was developed into a secret weapon (at a facility located in Cleveland, Ohio (The Cleveland Plant) at East 131st Street and Taft Avenue[14]) and given the name "G-34" (which had previously been the code for mustard gas) in order to confuse its development with mustard gas.[15] Production began at a plant in Willoughby, Ohio on November 1, 1918.[16] It was not used in World War I, but experimented with in the 1920s as the "Dew of Death."[17]

After World War I, the US became interested in lewisite because it was not flammable. It had the military symbol of "M1" up into World War II, when it was changed to "L". Field trials with lewisite during World War II demonstrated that casualty concentrations were not achievable under high humidity due to its rate of hydrolysis and its characteristic odor and lacrymation forced troops to don masks and avoid contaminated areas.[citation needed] The United States produced about 20,000 tons of lewisite, keeping it on hand primarily as an antifreeze for mustard gas or to penetrate protective clothing in special situations.

It was replaced by the mustard gas variant HT (a 60:40 mixture of sulfur mustard and O Mustard), and declared obsolete in the 1950s. It is effectively treated with British anti-lewisite (dimercaprol). Most stockpiles of lewisite were neutralised with bleach and dumped into the Gulf of Mexico,[18] but some remained at the Deseret Chemical Depot located outside of Salt Lake City, Utah [1], although as of January 18, 2012 the last of the global stockpile there was destroyed.

In 2001, lewisite was found in a World War I weapons dump in Washington, D.C.[19]