Question by qwerty: British and American weapons in the Revolution?
What was the difference between the weapons the British used and the Americans used in the Revolution? Weren’t they all just cannons, muskets, rifles and bayonets?

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Answer by mitchellfrank15
Yes and no….the main stay of weapons were the same (the brown bess)…….the american army had access to french weapons as well. It was the militias that were different. Long rifles that were used for hunting gave the shooter a extra 200 ft of range which was good for sniping, the down side was that they were slower to reload. The tomahawk was another weapon that was fierce. It could be used as a dual weapon, or thrown. so there was some different weapons the americans had, but really it was tactics and terrain that favoured the americans. Asymmetric warfare is the word used today, you cannot tell friend from foe and the enemy used hit and run until a big battle can be amassed. As to terrain the americans could just keep falling back into the country side vs the British that needed key towns to resupply there armies. Tactically the commanders were opposites Cornwallis was great at traditional warfare with Continental armies, in traditional warfare Cornwallis did stomp Washington and the Continental army. BUT……Washington was a more Flexible commander he could use and improvise mixed forces on the field of battle hit and run militia and conventional army. Plus, Washington had a great intelligence network of spies as well that were used to turn the tides of battle, e.g. the battle for New York Harbour….. But Washington could think abstractly as a commander and improvise, so once the americans used Asymmetric tactics and did not play the British game the favour went to Washington as a commander.

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