By David Vergun, Pentagon News
This year marks the nation’s 250th birthday. To commemorate this milestone, it is fitting to look back at the weapons that won the American Revolutionary War.
The “Brown Bess” muzzle-loading smoothbore musket was the most common weapon used by both the British and Americans forces during the war.
With an effective range of 100 yards, the Brown Bess was slow to load, limiting its rate of fire to about three rounds…
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