Why didn't Napoleon adopt rifles?

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2016-07-01 10:37:15 Post No. 1355361
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:37:15 Post No. 1355361 [Report]

Why didn't Napoleon adopt rifles?

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:40:18 Post No.1355369
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:40:18 Post No.1355369 [Report]

Rifles were slow to load and difficult to produce. No army equipped all troops with rifles in that age.
But some units used them, like voltigeurs and chausseurs.

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:42:35 Post No.1355371
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:42:35 Post No.1355371 [Report]

>>1355361
Because they were shit
An irrelevant unit from an irrelevant country played soldiers with them on an irrelevant theater, and that's about it

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:50:13 Post No.1355396
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:50:13 Post No.1355396 [Report]

40 shillins...

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:52:38 Post No.1355402
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:52:38 Post No.1355402 [Report]

>>1355396
On the drum

>>1355371
fuck off retard

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:54:00 Post No.1355405
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:54:00 Post No.1355405 [Report]

FOR THOSE WHO VOLUNTEEEEEEEEER TO COME

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:56:38 Post No.1355413
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:56:38 Post No.1355413 [Report]

SEND IN THE OLD GUARD

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:57:23 Post No.1355417
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 10:57:23 Post No.1355417 [Report]

>>1355361
Fucking expensive

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Anonymous 2016-07-01 11:07:53 Post No.1355443
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Anonymous 2016-07-01 11:07:53 Post No.1355443 [Report]

>>1355371
Hey Frenchie, the 95th kicked your ass in Spain