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Hi Both
Thank you very much for the reply. Neil - you said you could fire 10 shots a minute, somewhere I read (I recall on this forum), recruits only shot 50 rounds before going to war - how many accurate shots would they have got off with the zulu's going at them? thanks again |
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When you consider the 1st 24th had been heavily engaged in the run up to 1879, culminating in the Battle of Cetane, they would have been very adept in their weapon system i.e the MH, indeed were considered "old steady shots".
OK reports from Khambula and Ginginlovu do point he fact that the drafts out to the battlefront were not getting range sight adjusted etc, the 24th, the 80th and the 13th had been out in SA for some time and I see no evidence to disprove that they were not top of their game when it came to musketary. I somehow do not endorse the belief that they were anything other than totally proficient in what they did, Mike Snook would probably agree that the British army, even for 1879, particularily those campaign hardened men were nothing but the best Queen Vic could put out. Again history is the only barometer, the 66th at Maiwand were battering the Afghans, Abu Klea, Tofrek, Tamaii pretty much the same man with the same rifle. |
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ciscokid
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Neil
Thanks again for replying. Sorry, I actually got the fire rate wrong - according to the Warriors program you can fire 13 shots a minute! That's 3 more you got, leaving only 3937 |
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Warriors: The History Channel |
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