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18th - 19th Century European Armies tended to fight in ranks of men packed in formation firing their muskets. They were so clustered together and the rate of fire so slow, did they ever consider augmenting musket lines with archers (longbowmen)?

by /u/oppleTANK in /r/AskHistorians

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