@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 3 months agoDiagram of a Union soldier, US Civil War, 1862imagemessage-square9arrow-up150arrow-down11
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minus-squareSSTFlinkEnglish2•3 months agoThe standard issue .58 caliber boxes were meant to carry 40 rounds. Here is an example of a box for sale.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-23 months agoI do my Napoleonic reenactment, and we also carry 60, but the box is a fair bit bigger. That might be just a scaling issue (not a lot of short female soldiers back then)
minus-squareSSTFlinkEnglish4•edit-23 months agoI think if you’re carrying 60 rounds compared to the U.S. Civil War’s 40, naturally your boxes will be bigger. I think the drawing’s scale is about right.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 months agoTrue about the number, I meant a scaling issue in that I’m smaller, so the box will look relatively bigger on me.
The standard issue .58 caliber boxes were meant to carry 40 rounds. Here is an example of a box for sale.
I do my Napoleonic reenactment, and we also carry 60, but the box is a fair bit bigger. That might be just a scaling issue (not a lot of short female soldiers back then)
I think if you’re carrying 60 rounds compared to the U.S. Civil War’s 40, naturally your boxes will be bigger.
I think the drawing’s scale is about right.
True about the number, I meant a scaling issue in that I’m smaller, so the box will look relatively bigger on me.