Napoleon's Soldiers Used This Intense Musket Drill

How did Napoleon's soldiers stay calm under fire? Matt Groves of the 21eme de ligne demonstrates the firing drill that all French soldiers were required to master. It allowed a trained soldier to fire three or four shots per minute.

[@survivehistory]

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[@Clkr3]

Remember, switching to your baguette is faster than reloading

[@not.inglish]

so many likes not even one comment so im here to claim the spot

[@yukiomarco5288]

i shall claim my spot in history

[@adamicb]

@@yukiomarco5288i shall also claim my spot in history

[@youenbodenan7295]

That's what the Austrians said at Austerlitz

[@Rosos234]

Switching to slippers always faster anything

[@sanjoynath7935]

Now remember, switching to your melee is always faster than reloading.

[@triplex3459]

Switching to bayonet even faster 😂

[@Jack.Fontaine]

Musketeer rapiers are beautiful

[@MattLogan-s2f]

​@@triplex3459duh melee is faster then bayonet, you can throw it to the enemy at a distance 🥴

[@amirhaikal6672]

​@@triplex3459that is only after it was already affixed.

[@Sniper_shooter36]

Bayonet the wa-or melon

[@kiggs-piggs]

I admire his bravery to speak French without the accent Edit: for clarification, I mean without a French accent, he definitely has a British one.

[@pedrojuan8050]

He was a British spy in the 1800s, he had to be fluent and have no accent, hahaha.

[@Saucisse_Praxis]

There is a difference between having an english accent and not putting any effort at pronuncing words somewhat correctly.

[@jack18over]

I’d love to know where you guys get what you’re smoking from because you can hear he is trying to add a wee bit of accent, the second he over-does the French accent, the frogs would be up their own arses about it.

[@sup3rgaming660]

@@jack18overu dont speak french do you? His accent isn't a french one at all. Mix between english accent and french canadian accent

[@jack18over]

@@sup3rgaming660 I didn’t say it was, it was an slight imitation of one however, anyone who would say otherwise is simply just a twat.

[@imam.pramono]

Now imagine doing this while your enemies just a few metres in front you doing the same thing...its terrifying and nerve racking...

[@venus-tame8428]

Why not just FIX BAYONETS

[@sniperfity2327]

@@venus-tame8428 the enemy probably would just do the same thing

[@venus-tame8428]

@@sniperfity2327 it would be a shorter battle than waiting a minute to charge ONE BULLER

[@asbestos1502]

@@venus-tame8428 a bayonet charge requires strong, fit men that have high morale and generally outnumber the enemy. Around 20 seconds per shot when each volley causes a devastating effect on the enemy is well worth it

[@tomthai7674]

repeating the drills is the only way to act without thinking in the battlefield. when you can't think properly, the body takes command and do what he only knows: the drill.

[@teleee12]

Imagine saying baguette in the middle of a battle without laughing

[@Dapur-0073]

Unless they know the secret of the baguette!

[@czolgistta]

You know... I can imagine myself not laughing saying/hearing that during a bloody battle.

[@clemsondriver9214]

I like how in the middle of this technical explanation he explains "baguette means stick" because he kneeeew what we were all thinking lol.

[@WrRAMMI]

​@@czolgisttau must be fun at war

[@theguybehindyou4762]

"Baguette!" (Crams literal baguette into rifle) "I found the english spy!"

[@tonyz7216]

Now you may understand why in French the gap in someones teeth is called 'dents du bonheur' literally 'teeth of happiness'. Gap in your teeth meant you may have the chance to escape from conscription as you would not be able to load your rifle.... This is what the legend says about this expression still in use to this day.

[@mcmax571]

There was always the artillery.

[@thenewcatgirl2727]

@@mcmax571 you still need to be able to load and fire small arms....

[@blackdynamite5560]

The French must have been trying to conscript lawyers if that worked.

[@kutyaember]

He uses his canine teeth, not the front ones. Due to a mild abnormality I could not even try using my front teeth, yet I can rip packets open like that, too.

[@goldeagle8051]

Is that were it comes from? I've been wondering about that phrase!

[@xcaliber7779]

If Napoleon's soldiers would see how we load and fire rifles now they will have a heart attack 😂

[@roballister5269]

lmao

[@TarkovRaider7749]

They're gonna fainted just by seeing the funny tube that volleys some big bombs that can rapid fires faster than how they load their cannons tbh

[@VictorGomez-fy3no]

Se hacia en bateria

[@laurentdevaux5617]

As a Frenchman, I'm amazed to see these English people wearing the uniforms and weapons of our imperial army, their "best ennemy", and in a very accurate way. I doubt that a Frenchman would agree to wear a British red uniform... But it seems Napoleon is still popular, even more popular than in France, in many countries that admire his military genius, in particular those who were our ennemies... Congratulations to these young lads !

[@NotLeftarded1]

I'm a Frenchman in the Commonwealth and I still won't swear an oath to their crown. I remind them that they are red coat loyalist scum every chance I get. Worse still the Frenchman who participate in their political system and swear an oath to their crown. If you guess that I'm in Canada you are right and goddamn I hate Justin Trudeau.

[@Aureus_]

You are our greatest rivals

[@laurentdevaux5617]

@@Aureus_ We were, not we are. We are now allies, and it's a good thing. This little video is also for me an opportunity to greet and pay homage to all the British soldiers who fought by our side with such courage and gallantry during two world wars

[@Aureus_]

@@laurentdevaux5617 Indeed, I was merely referencing our immense century long history alongside each other. The French will always be our brothers-in-arms.

[@laurentdevaux5617]

@@Aureus_ Glad to read such words ! How could I disagree ? For sure, we fought each other many times, but when we think a little more about it, even if we often, by tradition, tease each other, we have so much in common. No matter some people may think, on both sides of the Channel...

[@Joeyhiro]

The wife: I think he’s cheating on me… The Husband:

[@Braian9887]

Common joke

[@AlphaSections]

@@Braian9887 But it's true!

[@koala_guest_rbx8344]

he is loyal to the emperor for sure

[@manjuan9632]

Nah this is way more fun!

[@manu_spawn]

Bro, you deserve to be in the Napoleon movie. Edit: Ah, such a dissapointment of a movie :( but the commentary was in good faith.

[@pog428]

The worst movie I've seen in a long time

[@lemon__j]

@@pog428I was excited about it but now I've decided not to go and see it. I just get a sense it's not that good.

[@dazednotconfused1503]

@@lemon__jI’m a big history buff and I was a bit disappointed in the actual story of Napoleon but it has great battle scenes

[@Arnor2207]

nah, this movie sucks balls. Watch the other films about napoleon (the french and russian ones) they're much better

[@Redactedredacted5837]

@@dazednotconfused1503 I agree. They were great fun but they were far from historically accurate.

[@Rainbing]

BRO MY SCHOOL USED THIS IN ONE OF OUR CLASSES TODAY

[@survivehistory]

Love that!

[@vanguardactual1]

What's amazing is I've been reenacting the American Civil War since 1991 when I turned 16. I understood every loading term even in French. America basically copied the Napoleonic tactics and procedures because at the beginning of our Civil War we were still using linear tactics and fighting. In our drill it's called " Load in 9 times" or moves I suppose.

[@rustomkanishka]

Not an American here, so my knowledge is sparse. I heard somewhere that the US civil war was much deadlier than previous conflicts because rifles used on both sides were way more accurate as compared to the US war of independence. How did the Napoleonic rifles fare against the civil war era rifles?

[@Frost73268]

​​@@rustomkanishkaInfantry weapons had significantly been improved on from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the beginning of the American Civil War. A majority of the Union Army were equipped with Rifles instead of muskets, which in turn were significantly more accurate, increased range and faster to reload and even more deadly as they fired the Minie Ball invented some time before. Most Generals fighting in the American Civil War were taught Napoleonic Era strategy at West Point. You can see many examples of this throughout the war when you have units engaging in a line battle many times there'll be regiments suffering 50-60% casualties. You have technology surpassing strategy, and at the end of the Civil War you see more trenches and siege warfare.

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

​@@rustomkanishkacivil war was proto modern warfare with the Boer war being first

[@jackhaugh]

@@Frost73268I agree entirely with what you’re saying, but the vast majority of people that died in the US Civil War died from dysentery; not combat wounds, much like every other war in history before hand. What did come out of the US Civil War; due to the use of the Minnie ball was a quantum leap in medical interventions such as the use of a field ambulance, ether (believe it or not, but most surgical patients received ether, unless they ran out…), proper sanitation, and a VAST increase in the number of amputations preformed. The expanding Minnie ball caused such catastrophic wounds, that it often led to patients having limbs amputated because there was no surgical intervention previously to treat such wounds. This led to expanding bullets being outlawed in warfare eventually by the Geneva Convention.

[@THECHEESELORD69]

Hey, if it works, it works!

[@CountSwann]

I went to school with this guy! Be knows his stuff! Great to see you again mate!

[@AlephTroll]

I doubt Britain in 1814 knew that they’d have the largest number of napoleon diehard fans and re-enacters

[@Rafjol]

Actually, Napoleon was extremely popular among the English population. He petitioned to be exiled in England, but the British government back then feared he would rally the English population around him.

[@amh9494]

​@@Rafjol it was only after defeat that be l he became more universally admired previously it was mainly radicals that idolised him.

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

Just like how the South made up for the fact they had fewer soldiers in the Civil War by producing way, way more re-enactors in subsequent generations.

[@ramseydoon8277]

​@@Rafjol"napoleon was extremely popular among the British population" Do you have a source to cite for that, by any chance?

[@mrrandom1265]

Fun fact: in French, "passer l'arme à gauche" (put the weapon on the left side) also means to die (like "kick the bucket" in English).

[@Fang-sigma2mz]

Instructions unclear, mauled by runners.

[@racquelcaballes1544]

oh ma gawd 💀

[@minhuctranvu1380]

roblox gb real??

[@CarlosDaBird]

bro did not tell him about the bayonet or down swing on sabre

[@fujinfromwarrobots1130]

bro cancel reload and switch to sabre if theres runners

[@appendixpower5538]

What we could have had in the Napoleon movie instead of what we got....

[@terminal8]

Would have been like veggie tales but with bread

[@soemin9894]

There's nothing we can do. *music start playing

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

Oh come on, that battle by the icy lake was a glorious scene.

[@appendixpower5538]

@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 it reduced austerlitz, Napoleons masterpiece, to "everyond gets into one huge melee, haha i hid cannon to break the ice". Never once did this movie show off Napoleons tactical genius.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

@@appendixpower5538 So you're not happy about the historical inaccuracies. I get that.

[@mystery1266]

So that's why my French soldiers in Total War Napoleon keep talking about bread Edit: this is the most likes of gotten on a comment thx

[@WarPigstheHun]

Oí oí baguette

[@Takero-Sc]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Arnor2207]

honhon

[@nathanpont3831]

Omelette Du Fromage@@WarPigstheHun

[@VeryCreative-wu5kr]

Bru same I heard baguette like hundreds of times in the desert of Egypt and thinking how they still have them

[@user-ms7kq5ke2s]

average g&b musket reload time

[@oliverfreitas8593]

*WE MAKING OUT SAN SEBASTIAN WHIT THIS ONE!!!!!*

[@theflyingdutchman724]

Bro spawned too late💀

[@liorbeaugendre6935]

and in the wrong team

[@Turtleboilol]

@@liorbeaugendre6935 Autobalanced to BLU Team.

[@krinashimota3583]

​@@Turtleboilol💀💀💀

[@rickcharon1197]

As a Frenchman, I am honored to see a British man wearing the uniform of the French empire and to say the orders in French. Long live you, dear neighbors

[@EmperorDionx]

Dear neighbors? Good lord no wonder napoleon lost.

[@rickcharon1197]

@@EmperorDionx Times change and some people too. Aren't you ?

[@alexanderwarren1785]

Merci mon amis, Vive la France!

[@aaronmarks9366]

I mean, a huge percentage of English words come from French, and between the 11th and 15th centuries the dynasties of the two countries were all tangled together. The relationship is a deep one, even when it's been hostile.

[@Blermie1794]

Napoléon: we're neighors??? Nay! To arms, friends!

[@BULLMOOSE_1901]

Important to remember that this is by the numbers training. In combat soldiers would have been given commands to prime and load “obviously in french” and then fire. This breaking down of the loading process was a way to train soldiers and was very effective at training. On the field of battle soldiers are discharging their weapons between 3 to 4 times a minute. Great video but important distinction.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

I think you've watched too many episodes of "Sharpe". What you are describing might be true in a melee, but before that point in a battle soldiers were expected to remain tightly disciplined, and the heavier the enemy fire, the greater the need to maintain that discipline. The practice of "forming square" is one example of when uniformity of movement would be essential, as each rank of the square needed to fire in unison to achieve maximum effect. Maintaining the integrity of the square was necessary to provide protection from cavalry, and immediately obeying officer or NCO orders to maneuver the square or redirect its fire could make the difference between victory or defeat. It only became a melee if one or the other line broke, and the intact line was ordered to rush the weakened enemy. As a rule, you only loaded and fired your weapon when ordered to do so, and only fired at your own discretion if given the order to fire at will, or if all officers or NCO's were dead or severely wounded.

[@TrinityCore60]

3 or 4? That’s an impressive rate of fire for a Napoleonic muzzle-loader. These guys must’ve been badasses.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

@@TrinityCore60 That idea is taken directly from the UK tv series, "Sharpe", set during the Napoleonic era. Tons of clips on YT. Great entertainment, but not necessarily good history.

[@Azkaazief]

Guts and blackpowder learn belike:

[@Sigmaman-x9s]

Nope

[@Azkaazief]

Yes​@@Sigmaman-x9s

[@phisit8813]

Give this soldier la baguette!! 🥖

[@ghostass422]

Imagine being on the battlefield fighting Napoleon army knowing just enough of french to know baguette is a type of bread and you get gunned down by french troops, that for all you know are talking about sandwiches they are gonna eat after they kill you

[@adx8371]

Not only "joue" which means cheek, but rather "en joue" (put your rifle next to your cheek).

[@AudieHolland]

Ah, now I know what the French were shouting during the first skirmish in 'Barry Lyndon (1975).'

[@JohnnyJSmith584]

⁠Apprêtez armes!!! En joue!!! FEU!!!

[@mixdiver12]

@@JohnnyJSmith584yep or as brits would say. Make ready! Aim! fire!

[@JohnnyJSmith584]

@@mixdiver12 I believe the Brits would say “Present!” instead of “Aim”, “Aim/ Take aim” is American.

[@wozn7195]

Imagine getting shot somewhere during that reload and your last word literally being Baguette 😬

[@theguybehindyou4762]

That carries the same energy as Marines fixing bayonets and being told, "If you french fry when you're supposed to pizza, you will not have a good time!" just before a shell blows them all up.

[@hititmanify]

Prepare the hamburger! Ketchup!!!

[@audiblecult7528]

That French is brutal

[@Mr_MonkeyMan69]

"Guts and Blackpowder" Moment

[@xand-er5625]

Hes gutting his blackpowder

[@JohnDoe-di2rt]

"How much recoil do you want for these blank loads?" "No"

[@cattledog901]

🇫🇷TIREZ LA BAGUETTE 🥖💥🔫🔥🇫🇷

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

I highly recommend the book Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée, by Col. John R. Elting. There are detailed descriptions of what Napoleonic soldiers did and how they lived. Curious detail: sometimes, amidst the tension of a battle, soldiers forgot to take the baguette out from the gun - and when they shot, they shot the bullet *and the baguette!* This was awful, as they were left without the essential tool to shoot; the best they could do was to hit the ground with the loaded gun and hope the powder compacted that way. Once, in a city (in Germany, I think) that was at peace, soldiers made an exhibition which included firing some blanks. One soldier forgot to take the baguette out, shot it - and killed an important official of the city with it. Those things were dangerous.

[@HistoryOnTheLoose]

Seating a charge without the ramrod IS possible, but only within the first shot or two. Black powder leaves incredible fouling and residue that quickly builds up in the barrel. This makes the bore narrower. Slamming a load is highly inadvisable, as any gaps in the breech area could be calamitous upon discharge. The video claims around two tamps with the ramrod are enough to seat a load. In 40 years of shooting and 20+ of those as an instructor, that was a fraction of the required tamps to seat a live round. He refers to blanks, which require no tamping and can be poured in and fired loose. Many battle reenactments require that ramrods not be used to avoid leaving them as projectiles.

[@yellowhazeproductions]

egypt: get out of our country france:

[@matdens]

Living in Waterloo, il like watching this kind of stuff.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

I bet "you've met your Waterloo" is a common joke there. 😂😂

[@TheCimbrianBull]

ABBA's 1973 Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" must make you sigh then! 😁

[@Yougotclapped55]

WE MAKIN IT OUY OF SAN SÉBASTION WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💦💦💦🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Wowaniac]

"this is the only time you look down" proceeds to look down a second time

[@flavypy9477]

Evrything is perfect 👍. Pro tip : (baguette dont mean stick, it's a word we use for something thin.) You were really close by saying "stick". As a french I Can Say you have an excelent french. I love your uniform and your musket, it's so cool to have.

[@GabrielChamblin]

Baton🫱🏼‍🫲🏻

[@romainandrieux5948]

well, "drum sticks" are baguettes in french too ahah

[@flavypy9477]

@@romainandrieux5948 yes that's not false

[@christiank1251]

I love it when the conductor of an orchestra is introduced by saying "à la baguette: ... " (intrusive images about to spoil the experience)

[@laurentdevaux5617]

Here "baguette" means rod

[@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179]

Fantastic! I would love to see this same film but with a more open angle, to see your whole uniform including the rest of your pants and feet. As a painter I can tell you, that you look very pictorial in some frames, excellent reference for an oil painting!

[@EmperorDionx]

Gay

[@sovannareachLee]

Normal guts and blackpowder reloading be like

[@GizmoDuck_1860]

Thank you for not permeating this "Spitting ball" myth that Bernard Bloody Cornwall started. Always good to see the French side, though I still don't get the whole French Column tactic.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Maximum amount of men , as fast as possible while grouped together with a lot less training or the chance to rout ?

[@GizmoDuck_1860]

@@Rusty_Gold85 Fair, but what do you do once you actually get to the enemy's firing line?

[@Uhtredskaer]

​@@GizmoDuck_1860the idea is that you don't. Formations very very rarely made bayonet contact. Imagine you're in a line 2-3 ranks deep and suddenly there's thousands of men coming straight towards you, bayonets fixed. You look behind you and there's open fields. You're not likely to stick around!

[@GizmoDuck_1860]

@@Uhtredskaer I mean, the British stuck around and just blasted the columns to pieces, but I get your point. 👍

[@nolancummings9590]

@@GizmoDuck_1860well, if the enemy is British. You lose

[@xand-er5625]

At that point bro wouldve been grabbed by either a shambler or a runner😭

[@shykj8892]

Napoleon would've loved to see this

[@comettamer]

This may explain where the Union Army derived some of their musket drill tactics from. The motions and terminology are quite similar.

[@FeeZ_FZ]

Now imagine having to fight off a horde of zombie with this one...

[@cattledog901]

🇫🇷TIREZ LA BAGUETTE 🥖💥🔫🔥🇫🇷

[@duckz236]

"What makes a good soldier, Sharpe?" "The ability to fire three rounds a minute in any weather, Sir"

[@Flangel66]

There it is! I was looking for this comment.

[@sticy5399]

Great video!

[@salus1231]

Napoleon should have done whatever it took to make a treaty with Britain even conceding much more than he'd have wanted. Once Britain's piece was off the chessboard the game was his.

[@pasty6179]

As a french, im really proud that this man putted efforts on learning our shotcalls and maked a true napoleonian uniform

[@itchytastyurr]

BREAD, FIRE!

[@davidducouret791]

Nice to see quality content

[@KornPop96]

You should show us how to march 70 miles in 2 days and then fight.

[@olivierpujol8772]

From what I know they made it in 36 hours or something close to that. Absolute madness.

[@KornPop96]

@@olivierpujol8772 those guys were made of sterner stuff as Shakespeare would say.

[@olivierpujol8772]

@@KornPop96 I think it just shows how much humans are capable of adapting to their circonstances. It's nice to read such feat in history and find inspiration in them.

[@Hardrada88]

Well done! This lad knows his stuff. Good show and nicely performed

[@erwanmarie8756]

"En joue, feu!" To the chick, fire!

[@HunterDev-tehepikguest]

It sounds like he said “LOAD THE BAGUETTE”

[@leme_1]

Blud & iron new Update

[@_TheNoobPlayer]

💀💀💀💀

[@bluesusername]

I'm here because of Guts and Blackpowder 💀

[@cnkaiser1]

Very effective against zombies can confirm 👍

[@TheArklyte]

Now imagine for a second that Napoleonic Wars happened a decade later. Suddenly one of the sides could have had Hall rifles or some other type of rifled breechloaders. Maybe even Pauly/Prelat primer cap and cartridge experiments would have led somewhere. Idk if Europe was lucky or unlucky that firearms revolution of 19th century started after Napoleonic Wars.

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

Soldiers now: 2 layers of plate armor for intense shootouts Soldiers back then: *DRIP 🔥🔥🔥*

[@DerekJeeter-sp8du]

All while being shot at and seeing people in the front line getting shot to death…

[@BOXTEN_IS_BOXY_BOO]

"Shoot the one with the barrel" ahh outfit😭😭💀💀💀💀

[@IspeakSnow]

I love that uniform❤️

[@Novabunny_]

Remember lads, always keep a good musket at home for defense. Just as the founding fathers intended 🇺🇸🦅

[@constelacoesazuis6623]

WE ESCAPE FROM THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@absyahwa7698]

La baguette😂

[@Uhtredskaer]

Means "stick". The word to refer to bread didn't come around until the early 1900s!

[@amerigo88]

What about Baton Rouge? I always heard it meant "Red Stick". It's odd that gauche, bassinet, and baguette - French words that found their way into English, but don't seem to have any military relevance. Yet, here they were, guiding the grognards through the Napoleonic Wars.

[@adx8371]

​​@@amerigo88Of course they are very relevant in the military topic because they are words refering to parts of their rifle even though these words come from a more general use. For instance, the part of the rifle holding the silex into its "jaw" that ignites the powder is called "le chien" (meaning the dog). This part in modern cartridges rifles or also revolvers or semi automatic pistols called a hammer in English, is still named "le chien" in French. And yes, even though I'm not sure what is Bâton Rouge, I can confirm this is litterally meaning Red Stick.

[@Tusk-ruk]

​@@amerigo88Bâton is a thicker stick, usually a 2-handed walking stick.

[@user-hh1ji1uz4r]

This deserves to be shared with the world.

[@alexandrebardin8444]

Just one nitpick, baguette means wand, bâton means stick

[@НикитаРозвод]

I'm glad he is still with us 200+ years later

[@chongching6462]

TUTORIAL BEFORE TRIP TO SAN SEBESTIAN🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gregstewart5081]

I always thought it was interesting they stood facing each other instead of hiding while the other guys shoot

[@Lrac011]

I would have gotten so many kills if i were serving in the grande armee💀

[@Zubb_Yightlear.]

The fact the French actually said Le baguette before shooting someone is the funniest thing I’ve learned in years.

[@prodbyboyzclub]

Napoleon would have a stroke seeing this

[@WendiGonerLH]

One of the biggest advantages that came with the adoption of percussion-cap guns was consistent loading. When you don’t have to prime a pan from the same cartridge as you load with, the charges down the barrel will be exactly the same each time.

[@smallblock3505]

I am endlessly amused and overjoyed that the French were unable to engage in combat without shouting about baguettes.

[@GorgeousGeorge056]

Glad to see your still active Marshall, post covid.

[@Hild1]

Interesting, I didn't know about the T shape for the feet.

[@ufackinwot]

Didn't realise this channel was so new, that is exciting news

[@digvijaysingh6882]

In South Asia, gun cartridges are still called "Kartoosh" by desi people, and now I know that it's actually a French word Cartouche😅

[@generalsandnapoleon]

Great video, nice work on the details especially not looking down.

[@leifewald5117]

Demonstrating how to load and fire a French musket? Now thats soldiering…

[@alexandermaier2026]

Передайте их Зеленскому

[@347Jimmy]

Good job keeping those elbows in! Gotta be able to do it shoulder to shoulder

[@dewoitined5207]

Félicitations pour votre français 😉🇫🇷

[@RKNGL]

You’re seriously telling me French troops would say Au jos and Baguette in combat. Napoleonic era memes must’ve been strong to last this long.

[@pdwd88]

Something about this Frenchman sounds awfully suspicious...

[@TheCyricSun]

C'est very suspect, isn't it

[@aragorn767]

There's quite a lot of references to bread for a military drill. Must be nearly lunch.

[@mangotreemafia6766]

Remember they do all this while waiting for the whites of the enemies eyes.

[@Bountyhopper]

No they didn’t, if you saw just the siloets of the enemy, they’d be shooting and loading down ranges as much is possible

[@janicnevim3969]

Not really. As far as I know this thing with "white in the enemy's eyes" comes from the tactics used by Swedish empire at the beginning of the 18th century, where they also made a short comeback with pikes. Generally in most conflicts involving linear warfare, you would not see much, because the lines were not standing as close to each other as most people think, and also they for some reason forget that flintlocks produce massive amounts of smoke.

[@CR-vv7tt]

Excellent vid!

[@s1-luka149]

English or American are comical when they speak French. Like they say the r like "ua" .

[@samabedin786]

Absolutely Brilliant! Best Army of its Era and one of the Greatest Armies ever! Always outmanned and outgunned- they still won almost all their battles! Vive La France 🇫🇷✌️❤️

[@BIGSID320]

How did they fight with those giant hats on? 😂

[@Rusty_Gold85]

helped stop a Sabre smashing his blade into your skull in one stroke

[@revilsanjiani146]

its stylish

[@AH13371]

Least of their problems

[@adx8371]

Yeah, the pace of the fight was not as intense as modern warfare. Nobody now would have the time to be as not tactical as to wait for the order to process each step of the loading and firing you weapon. Seems like an eternity nowadays lol.

[@janicnevim3969]

@@adx8371 I would not say so, the fighting was very intense, just in a different way compared to now. It is also good to note that this step by step is a training drill for recruits, average soldier was supposed to discharge around 3 shots per minute.

[@ratchetheros]

I love the passion and commitment that people from especially US and UK put into historical reenactments. I’ve seen dozens of videos and the people involved were mostly from those countries. I’m italian 🇮🇹 and despite the countless historical events that happened in this country, nobody really cares about putting up a renactment. Even if there are some, they have low resonance. So disappointing

[@whyareusobad3528]

I am confident people using their instincts instead of standing in straight lines is a better fighting tactic 😂

[@crumpetcommandos779]

Those formations = massed firepower which was the best way to do things at the time

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@crumpetcommandos779 not really Yea mass firepower but what are you going to do against flanks? Or people who have cover? Hell even concealment There’s a reason the US beat the UK in their revolutionary war and it’s not because the US was built different it was because they used decent tactics while the Brit’s were just idiots😂

[@crumpetcommandos779]

@@whyareusobad3528 It was the best way to fight for the time, skirmish formations similar to the American guerrilla forces ambush tactics were used by guys like the Green Jackets. This way of fighting has its flaws too though like being very vulnerable to cavalry and you couldn't really hold ground against advancing troops. As for concealment, those bright uniforms were worn for style but also so commanders could identify their troops from a distance. It might all seem silly now in a hyper lethal world where men can accurately shoot at each other from hundreds of meters away but it really was the best way to fight for the time.

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@crumpetcommandos779 I disagree You can’t effectively cavalry charge trees Especially when you don’t know if it’s 10 or 100 people in there Honestly I think your Coping That was not the best fighting style at the time Guerilla fighting might not be the best but the best definitely wasn’t lining up and taking turns shooting each other Also if it was the best fighting style why when people were defending a reinforced position didn’t they just go outside and fight🥱

[@crumpetcommandos779]

​@@whyareusobad3528 That's like saying, oh why didn't everyone in 1415 just stay in castles and fight that way?????? If it wasn't the best way then why was everyone doing it?? Including the Americans! Why were the Americans bringing in Prussian military advisors to train their troops? Heavy cavalry dominated Europe for centuries which forced men to fight in lines to protect themselves. I've already made clear about massed muskets as well so idk what you don't seem to get. It's pretty obvious that you can get a lot more battlefield use out of massed firepower than a few scattered inaccurate musket shots. Line fighting does seem completely mad from a modern viewpoint. But it wasn't men just lining up and shooting each other because why not. There was a lot more to it.

[@vitusoltmanns8099]

I really appreciate the Explanation of "baguette" because i was ready to burst out in confused laughter

[@herval]

Imagine doing all that while being shot at. The most insane era of warfare in the history of mankind

[@Chelle_Vibes]

You are *ludicrously* brave. Thank you

[@tommiatkins3443]

The actual orders are in battle. Load. Present. Fire. This is for training only. The individual steps are muscle memory

[@shantalclaireflores]

We are gonna get teach this gun in g&b irl for this one🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kevintaylor5715]

Now remember, switching to your baguette is faster than reloading.

[@arielrodriguez6003]

I can hear it in the voice😂