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Why were crossbows not used in the 19th century?

• arclein

m. He placed a large number of pikemen front and center (4 squares to be precise), very akin to the Swiss, but he then backed them up with sword and buckler men and crossbowmen. He too was one of the first commanders to believe in the use of firearms and so kept an artillery division that not only had cannons, but also lighter hand cannons. And onward he went when the second Italian war broke out, to face the mighty


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