Weaponry

Brown Bess Musket

Muskets

This was the most important weapon in the Revolutionary War and it was a design that the British made. The musket had a long gun with a bayonet attached at the end of it. Muskets couldn't aim very accurately at a distance. Soldiers shot using muskets because it released massive amounts of lead, leading to confusion and panic in the enemy side. This led the British to be able to attack the Americans using the bayonet and kill a lot of Americans.

Pattern 1776 Infantry Rifle

Rifles

Only 1,000 of these rifles were made and they were used to combat the American sharp shooter. In various ways, it was opposed to the American long rifle. Its accuracy was 300 yards.

Cannons

Cannons fired solid shells, exploding shells, and grapeshots. They were a little mobile if they were on wheels. Cannons helped destroy a fort or a large structures. Sometimes, cannons were fired at enemy troops so that it stops the Americans from charging at the British and causing damage to their troops.

Bayonets

These were used for one-on-one combat. It is located on the end of a musket and is used when the Britsh wanted to end the battle after firing a couple of shots of musket balls into the enemy side. It made the Americans either surrender or retreat from the battleground and helped secure British victory.

Pistols

These weapons were used for people on horses (also known as the cavalry). It was used because it was easier to handle while on a horse. When trying to attack the Americans in close combat, it was easy for the British cavalry to shoot from their horses and kill more Americans.

Muskets

Muskets, one of the oldest types of guns, rely on an age-old way of causing a gunshot: Flint and steel. There are 3 main parts to a musket, the hammer, the frizzen, and the pan. The gun works in a way that the hammer, using springs, accelerates and lets the flint and steel touch. The frizzen is the steel. With the force from the hammer sparks are made. After the hammer and frizzen touch the frizzen moves back and exposes the pan, allowing the sparks to go into it. The pan holds the gunpowder and ignites when contacted with sparks. The gunpowder then ignites and the bullet is shot. Muskets are smoothbores, meaning the inside of the barrel is smooth. This causes the bullets to not be as accurate of the opposite, a rifled barrel (which spin the bullet, making it more accurate. Another key feature was that a bayonet could be attached to this, and since this was used so often it was named the most important weapon of the time.

Rifles

Rifles were the runner-up for most important weapon because of their long barrel lengths. In fact, these rifles were called long rifles for that reason. This extra long barrel allows shots to be more precise, but this rifles also has rifling inside. Rifling is a set a groves a bullet can follow to make it spin, causing it to be even more accurate. The way this works is to press the trigger, which causes a firing pin to hit the primer. The primer ignites the gunpowder and shot is shot! Although these weren't used as much as muskets, they deserved their high ranking.

Bayonets

Bayonets are a close-combat weapon that is, in concept, a knife stuck on a gun. That's how simple it is, but is surprisingly effective. A bayonet can be attached on almost any gun (with the right technique) and allows for both close and far combat to be covered. The bayonet allowed the weakness of guns, close combat, to be covered. The way the bayonet can be attached is by putting the bayonet lug into its place (near the end of the muzzle) and making sure it's stuck.

Tomahawks

Tomahawks, which are just axes but also fit for throwing, are close-combat tools. They were mainly used for opening wooden items up, like crates or doors. Also, they were mostly used by the Native Americans.

Cannons

Cannons are wagon-moved bombers that can wreek havoc. Once a fuse is lit and the bomb-shell is loaded, all the soldiers have to do is wait until it fires. Most cannons from this era are effective until 700 yards, meaning it's a long-range weapon. Cannons are mostly used for any destruction in general. If you're trying to take down an enemy fort, cannons are great. If you're trying to stop the enemy from pushing further onto your forces, cannons can break their offense. The common types of cannons used here are: 3 pound gallopers, 6 pound gun, and howitzers. Howitzers are special because they aim up, rather than straight ahead, to drop a bomb from above.