Battlefield Weapon Popularity Trend

[Chris Mattern]

In article <efeko0$bqg$1 at mlucom4.urz.uni-halle.de>, Mirco Wahab wrote:
>Thus spoke Chris Mattern (on 2006-09-27 19:09):
>> In article <efd9g0$sn5$1 at mlucom4.urz.uni-halle.de>, Mirco Wahab wrote:
>>>
>>>When the Samurai of medieval Japan were confronted
>>>with new 'battlefield language', e.g. early Shotguns,
>> 
>> "early Shotguns" :D.  Your mastery of the history of
>> firearms overwhelms me.
>
>You want a fight? With a muzzle-loaded gun?
>Three shots for everybody -- 5 minutes time?
>
>BTW: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket)
>    The date of the origin of muskets remains
>    unknown, but they are mentioned as early as
>    the late 15th century, and they were primarily
>    designed for use by infantry. Muskets became
>    obsolete by the middle of the 19th century,
>    as rifles superseded them.
>

Muskets are not shotguns.

-- 
             Christopher Mattern

"Which one you figure tracked us?"
"The ugly one, sir."
"...Could you be more specific?"