16183 - French Royal Deux-Ponts Standing Tearing Cartridge WWII K&C DD often called a “Brown Bess

often called a “Brown Bess

Custer was promoted to Brigadier General days before the Battle of Gettysburg where he commanded the Michigan Brigade

Scott was commissioned as a captain in the light artillery shortly before his 22nd birthday but began his military career as corporal of cavalry in the Virginia Militia

the great man himself is perched on the rear of an 8th

German 88mm Flak 36

16183 - French Royal Deux-Ponts Standing Tearing Cartridge WWII K&C DD often called a “Brown BessFrench Royal Deux Ponts Standing Tearing Cartridge The average soldier of the 18th century was expected to fire three volleys per minute. After the first volley, troops usually took from twenty to thirty seconds to reload. Upon loosing the second volley, they would reload and the third volley would occur a minute after the first. Defending troops were expected to release two volleys in the time it would take their enemy to cover a hundred yards at a