The preview looks interesting but there seem to be a few problems with it.
The black powder weapons section (page 85) make several references to rifles that seem to be incorrect. A rifle is a very specific thing and the author seems to be using the term incorrectly. It is like saying digger instead of tractor, similar but different
Arquebus. Not a rifle. Bayonets would have been plug bayonets (originally a hunting weapon for boar) so you shoot or you stab but not both.
Blunderbuss loaded with “small pebbles, shot and other scrap”. No, no no. This is rubbish that has been repeated far, far too often. They were loaded with shot. The bell muzzle made them easy to load on a rocking carriage or ships deck and doubtless looked scary.
Decksweeper. Almost certainly not a rifle. Reminiscent of some real, but not very successful naval weapons.
Let me sign an NDA and let me look at the files for you and I am sure we can fix this. Even doing a find and replace on rifle for gun is better than this.
Chainmail
It is a widespread but incorrect term. I think we are stuck with it even if a Taliban faction like myself grumbles about it.
The black powder weapons section (page 85) make several references to rifles that seem to be incorrect. A rifle is a very specific thing and the author seems to be using the term incorrectly. It is like saying digger instead of tractor, similar but different
Arquebus. Not a rifle. Bayonets would have been plug bayonets (originally a hunting weapon for boar) so you shoot or you stab but not both.
Blunderbuss loaded with “small pebbles, shot and other scrap”. No, no no. This is rubbish that has been repeated far, far too often. They were loaded with shot. The bell muzzle made them easy to load on a rocking carriage or ships deck and doubtless looked scary.
Decksweeper. Almost certainly not a rifle. Reminiscent of some real, but not very successful naval weapons.
Let me sign an NDA and let me look at the files for you and I am sure we can fix this. Even doing a find and replace on rifle for gun is better than this.
Chainmail
It is a widespread but incorrect term. I think we are stuck with it even if a Taliban faction like myself grumbles about it.