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If one of the main purposes of Napoleonic military uniforms was to distinguish your soldiers through the smoke of battle, why did some armies (Prussians, Black Brunswickers) wear dark uniforms? Were they at a disadvantage because of this?

by /u/AccomplishedBuffalo5 in /r/AskHistorians

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