1. By: Evan Helfrich

2. At the beginning of the Late 1700’s - 1800 Wars, It was very different from the 2010 warfare. The drivers and horse teams for the artillery were hired civilian drivers. This was not only awkward, it was dangerous. In the middle of a fight, the civilians might decide things were getting just a little dangerous and depart, leaving the gunners on their own to save or move their guns as best they could. This was particularly inconvenient for the new horse artillery arm, organized in 1792, which was an excellent idea and innovation, but could quickly be converted to 'foot' artillery after the shooting started. There are lots of wars with the British, French, Americans, Spanish. The more important part of all of this is the weapons that they used to fight these wars.

3. In the early 1800s you had smooth bore muskets. Not very accurate, which is why they would line up troops in mass formations and have them shoot at each other. Brown Bess for example. They also had cannons but those also were not very accurate. Around the time of the Napoleonic wars there was the introduction of shrapnel rounds.

4. Around the time of the Napoleonic wars there was the introduction of shrapnel rounds. Shrapnel is a type of antipersonnel projectile named after inventor, Major General Henry Shrapnel, an English artillery officer. Shrapnel projectiles contained small shot or spherical bullets, usually of lead, along with an explosive charge to scatter the shot as well as fragments of the shell casing. From 1784 - 1817, Henry Shrapnel invented and perfected the shrapnel shell for cannons, which was later adopted by the British army in 1803 for cannons and rifles.

5. By the middle of the 1800s they had rifles, which were quite a bit more accurate than the muskets. Sharps rifles could kill at 1000 yards. A Musket is different that a rifle. A rifle is semi-automatic and a Musket is not, It has a 30 second to a minute reload time (however experienced the person is tells the time).

6. The Gatling gun was also introduced around 1860. The Gatling gun is one of the best known early rapid-fire weapons. It used a few rotating barrels which were turned by a hand crank(from one soldier) and firing loose metal cartridge ammunition using a gravity fed system from a automatic loader.

7. Frag Out! A fragmentary grenade (frag grenade) was an antipersonnel weapon that explodes a short time after release. Many infantry carried these. The frag grenade was developed from 1854-1856

8. The last generation of a new breakthrough in battlefield weaponry is the Bazooka which was another anti- personal weapon. This was developed in 1880 by Charles Munroe. This was a very good weapon to use on carriages or on buildings. Later in 1930 this was a HEAT (high explosive anti-tank) gun.

9. How accurate were the weapons? Not very. The usual musket had a range of 50 feet. Why did they stand in a straight line and shoot instead of using guerrilla tactics and hide? It was the set type of warfare back them but Washington would sometimes let his soldiers use these Guerrilla tactics. What was a bayonet used for? It was used as a close range melee weapon that if swung or jabbed at a soldier it would kill them.

10. Why did they wear bright colors instead of something more camouflage? They were traditional to the Country and were used for identification. How long does it take to load a musket? 15-30 seconds for an experienced soldier. What are the balls made out of? Usually lead but it could fire rocks if needed so. How much gunpowder does it take to shoot off a cannon? 1 dram usually. 1 dram is 27.34 ounces of gunpowder.

11. What kind of transport did they use to carry soldiers? a horse drawn carriage for some and some walked and rode on horseback.

12. What was the best weapon? In terms of damage it would be the cannon. I believe this because it had the most range and the best killing power. it wasn't very accurate but when you loaded 7 at once and shot at a ship it could easily sink it in a couple trys. That is my opinion and you don't have to believe it.

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14. Special thanks to Mr. Emmi