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            The main tactic used during the American Revolution was marched straight into the enemies until the range is close enough to fire at each other. A hundred years later, the tactic didn't change with the technology; that's why many people died when they"re marching to the enemies. The muskets used during the American Revolution are inaccurate, so most of the soldiers would missed their shot and spend their time reloading while their enemies are marching closer. But during the industrial revolution, the weapons are more accurate and more powerful, so the muskets can take out good amount of enemies before the enemies reach to them. There are three different types of weapons used during the industrial revolution; they are shoulder arms, artilleries, close range weapons, and side arms.
             The shoulder arms were the most important weapons in the industrial revolution. Most common shoulder arm is the rifle musket, also referred to as Enfield. Three main improvements of the rifle musket are the rifle barrel, which increased the range and accuracy, the breech-loading system made the loading much easier, and the percussion lock increased reliability and it can also attach with a bayonet. In 1848, a French officer named Captain Claude Etienne Minie, invented a practical musket with a much easier loading "minie-ball", a cylindrical bullet. The loading process is very complicated, it takes ten steps just to reload and fire again, but a well trained soldier was expected to .
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             reload in twenty seconds and be able to fire three aimed bullets per minute. A rifle musket can shoot very accurately at 800 yards and fairly accurate at 1100 yards and with .
             the help of minie-ball and breech-loading system it can shoot more rapidly. With all these improvements of rifle muskets, it makes it more deadly.
             Artillery ranged considerably in size, firing distance, and power. Field artillery was organized into batteries; each had four to six guns, and commanded by a captain.


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