At the time of the Napoleonic Wars the British army was going through an amazing transformation with intense training and discipline, creating a powerful and professional force. Structural training and logistical reforms brought in by Prince Frederick the Duke of York in the late 1790s created a highly trained army with a professional officer core, who drilled their men into an effective fighting force.
It was all well and good being drilled, but what the redcoat really needed to become deadly was an effective weapon. Enter the legendary Brown Bess (Land Pattern Musket), a deadly weapon in skilled hands!
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thats so cool
The gun that built the British Empire.
And it was the useless politicians that destroyed it.