Grenadiers have grenades in NW?
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Commander Millander
Grandmaster Knight
*Incoming history lesson*
ill let other people explain this...anyway grenades hadnt been used by grenadiers etc since the early 1700's, they were to dangerous etc , the title greandiers was give to the flank companie of regiment , same as light infantry, during the Napoleonic era,and before, the grenadiers were the biggest men in the regiment
SeanBeansShako
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Adi said:
It was done in the early beta of Mount and Musket. It did not go around well.
Grenades of the 18th century were basically those silly looking spherical cartoon bombs that if thrown at another human with a fuse longer than 10 seconds (It'd have to be long or the thrower would get a face full of iron shards for his trouble) they would have been easily kicked away or put out.
Grenadiers and Foot Guard were shock troops due to their height and strength held back in reserve or placed on the right side of the line during battle. What you see in Total War games is hilarious innacurate fun.
GingerYeoman
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Adi said:
Grenadiers had grenades, as said, in the early 1700s. However when thrown up a breach they had a tendency to roll back down.
At Badajoz the French used improvised Artillery Shells as Grenades to roll down the breach, and the French navy had some freaky glass grenades that look as nasty as an attack dog in a portaloo.
jbebes
I could just imagine the to mess if they did
patton521
Sergeant at Arms
Yeah I still remember the first version of MM when they still had nades, you couldn't move two feet sometimes without half the people in spawn getting killed it the first five seconds or the server would crash from lag and I'd imagine that a few players with low end PCs where watching them implode or burst into flames.
As for grenadiers not having grenades in the 1800's was due to the fact that it wasn't only dangerous to be carrying an iron ball full of black powder and could kill the person thowing it, the men who had to throw the grenades had get really close to the enemy. Plus improvements in artillery shells ment that for the time being grenades went mostly by the wayside. Grenades where still probably still used in naval combat in boarding actions.
As for grenadiers not having grenades in the 1800's was due to the fact that it wasn't only dangerous to be carrying an iron ball full of black powder and could kill the person thowing it, the men who had to throw the grenades had get really close to the enemy. Plus improvements in artillery shells ment that for the time being grenades went mostly by the wayside. Grenades where still probably still used in naval combat in boarding actions.
Commander Millander
Grandmaster Knight
However I believe they were used during naval engagements.
Also, did anyone notice the matchcases on the Grenadiers' crossbelts? The Grenadiers of many nations still had them, while they didn't had grenades to use them for. They were some kind of distinction, if I remember correct;
OsricFromHamlet
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