RELICDUDE07
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In the early 17th Century the matchlock musket was a cumbersome, slow loading weapon and the musketeers required the protection of soldiers carrying long, wooden-shafted pikes to shield them from enemy cavalry and footsoldiers during the lengthy reloading process. As the century progressed, more emphasis began to be placed on the use of the musket as a primary weapon of the common soldier and as a result, the pike was gradually phased out.The obvious disadvantage of the plug bayonet is that once fixed, the gun cannot be fired until the bayonet is removed.
In the late 17th Century experiments were carried out to address this problem and the short- lived "ring bayonet" was born.
In the late 17th Century experiments were carried out to address this problem and the short- lived "ring bayonet" was born.
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