The nature of warfare - The developments in weaponry

Question 1

When did the musket start replacing longbows?

Answer 1

1550

Question 2

Why did the musket start replacing longbows?

Answer 2

New armour that stopped arrows, less time for archers to train, reports of musketeers defeating pike-men and because the noise of muskets decreased enemy morale

Question 3

When was the wheel lock pistol invented and who began to use it?

Answer 3

It was invented in the 1450’s and began to be used by mounted cavalry

Question 4

What replaced the matchlock musket in the 1690’s?

Answer 4

The flintlock and bayonet

Question 5

Which type of bayonet came out in the 1660’s?

Answer 5

The plug bayonet

Question 6

By 1705, the pike had been replaced with the socket musket. What did this do to musketeers?

Answer 6

It made them into melee combatants

Question 7

The rising power of the cannon was weakened as defenses adapted. What were the adaptions?

Answer 7

Low, thick walls; angled walls; and bastions were developed on castles