Re: [FT] (LONG) The Balance of Power -- Fighters and a Defense

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>Actually there was much moralizing on the unfairness
>of infantry standing up in front of heavy cavalry.
>However most of it was done by armchair strategists
>(hmmm. . . do we see a theme?). The actual soldiers
>were out buying wheellock pistols to shoot pikemen
>with.

Um... considering that the edict against crossbows was issued some four
centuries before the wheellock pistols were even invented, I kinda
doubt that last statement <g>
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Fair's fair, Oerjan. I believe John meant it as 'The actual soldiers
were
out buying wheellock pistols' RATHER THAN moralizing on the unfairness
of
infantry standing up in front of heavy cavalry, not rather than using
crossbows.

Now, will John see this before he goes off? I don't think so. ;->=