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   From: chine.bleu@yahoo.com   
      
   Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > "chine.bleu"  wrote in news:10j5e08$3c9m9$1@dont-   
   > email.me:   
   >   
   >> Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   >>>> Yesterday I saw a video clip of a drone kill.  A fiber optic FPV drone   
   >>>>> knocked a Russian off his horse, chased the horse away, then came back   
   >>>>> and took out the soldier as he was lying on the ground.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I would never have expected horse cavalry in the 21st century.   
   >>>   
   >>>        I remember the Duke of Wellington saying   
   >>> his biggest need in the Battle of Waterloo was   
   >>> a detachment of Welsh longbowmen. A few good   
   >>> arrow storms could have broken up Napoleons'   
   >>> Imperial Guard before they had a chance to   
   >>> charge.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> He needed to wait a few years. In our Civil War fast loading rifles were   
   >> used and could be Welsh longbows and kill rebels at distance in   
   >> Pickett's Charge.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >      There was nothing fast loading about   
   > muzzle loading rifles, whereas an archer   
   > can fire a dozen arrowss a minute. And   
   > against troops without armor or shields   
   > they would have been devastating.   
      
   The Minié ball was easily rammed down the barrel. It expanded and   
   engaged the rifling when fired. It was fast to load. It was used in the   
   Civil War to murderous effect. Breech loading rifles also took their   
   first tentative steps.   
      
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