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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (23 children)

Napoleonic tactics worked fairly well in the 19th century. Mixed results in mid to late-19th.

It’s when they tried to apply them to WW1 that the body counts got ridiculous.

[–] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Eh. I'm still convinced it could have been better, and resulted in less death.

After watching scenes from The Patriot, I was thinking ”why not kneel, or go prone!?”

But no, let's just stand up right and risk getting hit in the head by a cannonball.

[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

Didn't the first row kneel so the second could shoot over their shoulders?

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