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Amount of ammunition typically carried by an C18th British redcoat According to Major Adye's "Bombardier and Pocket Gunner" (2nd ed , London, 1802, page7) The cartouche boxes of the [British] infantry are made of so many shapes and sizes, that it is impossible to say exactly what ammunition they may contain, but most of them can carry 60 rounds
military - Why did England consistently adopt red as their primary . . . Actuallly it goes back to the English Civil War, and Cromwell's raising of the 'New Model Army'- This was the first british army to be given a formal uniform, one piece of which was a leather jerkin- which was tanned in a rusty, orangy-red colour- prior to this english regiments were uniformed in whatever colour the Lord who raised them decided
When the Swiss Guard was formed, was the height requirement 174 cm (5 . . . By the Redcoat standard, 5'8 5" would be off the charts, about the 90th percentile, probably too small a pool to draw from As for 6'6", even today, we are talking about 0 1 or 0 2 of 1% of men, a very small pool, basically a country's potential basketball players
Why didnt the Austrian Empire have Household troops? In Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket the historian Richard Holmes writes on p 103: Most European armies maintained bodies of Household troops - Austria was a notable exception - in which birth and breeding were prized
What were the key differences between United States and Indian . . . In their book, Generations, William Strauss and Neil Howe pointed out that American kids had far better childhood nutrition, and the average Continental soldier was two inches taller than the average Redcoat The average Indian and a lower standard of living, and was shorter than the British
Did any nation have a demonstrable qualitative advantage in their . . . This site implies that the redcoat was given a higher allowance of live ball shot than other nation's soldiers, however the source is not stated An Osprey book confirms the figures for the British army though, although there is no information provided for the state of the other armies
How heavily were the British taxing their American colonies? When a campaign was required, General Redcoat would go to a colonial legislature and say 'we need 500 men and their equipment, and supplies for 3 weeks Or even "I need 10000 pounds to pay the regulars" Then the legislature would take care of the raising of the troops, supplies and funds