Considering how long it takes to reload a musket, why didn’t soldiers from the 18th century simply carry 2-3 preloaded muskets instead to save time?
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Bevor the time of muskets, when people were still using crossbows, they did something like this:
If your castle was attacked, skilled crossbow men were firing down on the attacking force. They often had servicemen reload a second crossbow while they were shooting. This made sense, as both shooting and reloading is a skill and weight was not an issue.
I have no reference for this, but maybe something similar was done with muskets?
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