What will be the typical loadout for a infantryman? I have read that union soldiers have carried up to 100 rounds but i am unsure as to where they kept them.
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What will be the typical loadout for a infantryman? I have read that union soldiers have carried up to 100 rounds but i am unsure as to where they kept them.
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I'm sure maybe 60 or so rounds in the tins(maybe less). As for extra they were probably carried in the knapsack or mule collar in arsenal packs like this... I don't think 100 full size cartridges would fit in the tinsOriginally Posted by [RG]Chewie
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Only 60 rounds per man.
USA Sergeant
60rds? Yes thats adequate.... Will we be seeing supply trains though for a chance to replenish? Or just a straight 60rds? ( Not sure if this has been asked already or not...If it has been I Havn't seen it)
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
-William Tecumseh Sherman-
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Can we pick up ammo from the dead on the battlefield?
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Most likely, also I have read in the history of my ancestor's regiment that they carried 100 rounds each at first, before they realized it was not a good idea.
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Don't worry i doubt most of us will live long enough to fire sixty shots.
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yeah in mount and blade NW you get 30 and you rarely even use 15
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ROFLMAO! :d
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true but stranger things have happened and history has proven itI assume the Sharps Rifle will have a faster reload time in game thus using more ammunition than a muzzleloading rifle. The average soldier could fire 3 rounds per minute with a muzzleloading rifle and I think the sharps upped that to 10 rounds per minute. Of course fowling is going to be an issue.. But even if your training I still think it would be nice to be able to resupply your troops in the field
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-William Tecumseh Sherman-
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