Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months agoMusketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch churchwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down12cross-posted to: archaeology@mander.xyzeurope@feddit.org
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkMusketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch churchwww.bbc.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square6linkfedilinkcross-posted to: archaeology@mander.xyzeurope@feddit.org
minus-squareDiceTrauma@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoI’ve always found it humorous that in all of the movies I’ve seen, you never once see a musketeer use a musket. Just saying, it’s odd.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoThey were originally equiped with musket as guards, but muskets are slow loading and cumbersome so, other than guard duty, they relied on swords and pistols.
I’ve always found it humorous that in all of the movies I’ve seen, you never once see a musketeer use a musket. Just saying, it’s odd.
They were originally equiped with musket as guards, but muskets are slow loading and cumbersome so, other than guard duty, they relied on swords and pistols.