#History# #Curious # #Military Fun Science # 【Why is modern times called the era of "queuing up and shooting"?】 When we watch movies, we often find that whether it is the American Revolutionary War or the Continental War in the Napoleonic era, the army is standing very neatly, and will not shoot until it is close to a certain distance, and neither side will dodge bullets. This was called "shooting in line" by later people, why did such a thing happen? Now it seems that this method of warfare is particularly clumsy.
Many people may find it incredulous, why do the two sides have to carry out such a large-scale queue-up shooting? And this will cause a lot of casualties, can not dodge or lie down?
Standing there straight, waiting to be beaten, is purely looking for death. It was not that they wanted to find death, it was the firearms used at that time that determined the situation, and the hit rate of the front-loading smoothbore gun at that time was very low, and it was basically impossible to hit the target above 100 meters, even if it was 50 meters, or even 30 meters.
Therefore, in order to give full play to the greatest firepower advantage of their side, they must be arranged in a tight line formation in order to obtain the maximum firepower density.
Some people say that lying on the ground is not OK? It's purely a whimsical idea, to look at the time from the point of view of the present. Because the guns of the time were front-loading guns, soldiers had to stand to reload.
If you disperse the infantry to fight separately, not only will there be no firepower advantage, but even the enemy's cavalry will abuse you all over the place to find teeth.
So that's why, even if the casualties are huge, it is still necessary to take this approach. We cannot understand the past era with the current thinking, and under the conditions of the musket at that time, queuing up to shoot should be one of the most advanced tactics that people think of.
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