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So before napoleon cannons were never used effectively to decimate tight infantry formations ?
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>>1706984
Why do you think medieval pike formations died?
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>>1706984
there is no effective difference in cannons between the Thirty Years War and the American Civil War.
the only difference is the amount of cannons an economy could produce and the army could field.
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>>1706994
Because of bayonets becoming common but even then tight infantry formations were a thing for centuries to come.
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>>1707005
>Because of bayonets becoming common
Thus pikes could not reach like muskets.
>tight infantry formations were a thing for centuries to come
More of an issue with limited rate of fire and accuracy of firearms of the time.
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>>1707001
>what are explosive shells
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