Rain is going to hurt the effectiveness of bowstrings, too. There's a reason battles never took place in the rain.
If you're a general/king how will you equip and organise your foot-soldiers?
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I saw a bowman shoot multiple arrows in short succession once, each shot took him less than a second. Although to achieve this, he held the extra arrows in his left hand, together with the bow. So while his rate ofCaptured Joe said:
That's what I mean.
Rhodokguard
I forgot to tell you that the bowman is standing still and the musketmen are like ca 9 metres away from the bowman
If the 20 musketeers couldn't hit the bowman from 9 metres, than it really doesn't matter how fast the bowman shoots. And if the bowman suddenly appeared 9 metres from the musketeers after they fired their shots, they'd better just rush to the bowman (which would take less than 2 seconds) and club poor sod to death with their empty muskets.
gtabigfan34
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well, if the era is modern or nowadays i'll equip them with the latest weaopons and equipment
I will equip them with a AK-74, and a chainsaw
Rhodokguard
I thought 2 men per cannon would do.Froi said:
Rhodokguard said:
Not even close. If necessary, a napoleonic era cannon could be fired & reloaded by one man, but he'll have trouble even getting it back in position for the second shot & it'll be very slow.
You're more likely looking at something in the region of 20 or more men per gun in an artillery unit, although thats for the whole battery or company, not just the gunners themselves.
An example: Talavera, 1809. Wellington had 30 guns in 5 batteries which between them came to just over a thousand men, that's more than 30 per gun. Cuesta had 800 men with 30 guns, about 26 per gun. The French had 80 guns with 2000 men so 25 per gun.
More than two men would still be necessary otherwise the process would be painfully slow/inefficient. And one guy would be running in front of the cannon all the time and getting tired. Sort of like trying to reload a musket with one hand.
I think it also has to do with pragmatism;
Two men can effectively fire a cannon. One man alone can do that aswell. However, if you have eight men, each doing a single one of the rather simple tasks required to fire to work together, you increase your rate of fire tremendously.
One man doing all on his own is slower than one man for inserting the charge+round, another man ramming the charge home, a third man preparing the 'zundgat' (whatever the term is in English) and a fourth man preparing a next shot, a fifth man working the elevation of the cannon while a seventh man is aiming, to have an eight man stand ready to light the cannon...
Yeah I think you are firing faster. Thereby, due to the simple expensiveness of a single cannon (a massive tube of metal on a finely engineered chassis) and the relative availability of manpower, it seems only logical to make the best use of those expensive guns.
Two men can effectively fire a cannon. One man alone can do that aswell. However, if you have eight men, each doing a single one of the rather simple tasks required to fire to work together, you increase your rate of fire tremendously.
One man doing all on his own is slower than one man for inserting the charge+round, another man ramming the charge home, a third man preparing the 'zundgat' (whatever the term is in English) and a fourth man preparing a next shot, a fifth man working the elevation of the cannon while a seventh man is aiming, to have an eight man stand ready to light the cannon...
Yeah I think you are firing faster. Thereby, due to the simple expensiveness of a single cannon (a massive tube of metal on a finely engineered chassis) and the relative availability of manpower, it seems only logical to make the best use of those expensive guns.
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Back to the main subject 
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Medieval Times
If a typical Medieval Army is numbered around 10.000-20.000, then I would likely have a composition of:
-7.000-14.000 Footmen, equipment will be standarnized. A footman would atleast have leather armor, mail coif is also good. Weapons will vary, offcourse, one-handers, two-handers, polearms, etc.
-500-1.000 Knights, good equipment, say a bascinet and plate armour. Weapons, some will have lances, others one-handers.
-4.000 Longbowmen, equipment will also be standarnized. They will use English longbows.
-The rest will be supporting units, sappers, engineers, etc.
They'll use some typical medieval formations; I don't really have much to say about formations.
...Medieval Times
If a typical Medieval Army is numbered around 10.000-20.000, then I would likely have a composition of:
-7.000-14.000 Footmen, equipment will be standarnized. A footman would atleast have leather armor, mail coif is also good. Weapons will vary, offcourse, one-handers, two-handers, polearms, etc.
-500-1.000 Knights, good equipment, say a bascinet and plate armour. Weapons, some will have lances, others one-handers.
-4.000 Longbowmen, equipment will also be standarnized. They will use English longbows.
-The rest will be supporting units, sappers, engineers, etc.
They'll use some typical medieval formations; I don't really have much to say about formations
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Gollumking
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I would go light skirmishers in front, then pikemen, then archers, then swordsman, with calv to both sides protecting flanks. when the enemy gets within archer range, they start shottings, when the enemy is about 50 meters or so from skirmishers, the skirmishers charge, archers retreat behind swordsman, and the calv run around and flank from behind...
meanwhile im up on a nice safe hill a mile away from the fighting...
meanwhile im up on a nice safe hill a mile away from the fighting...
Rhodokguard
Lol 
. Well, if you want to stay alive i think thats the best way.
. Well, if you want to stay alive i think thats the best way.