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Napoleonic: French Imperial Guard Kneeling Defending No.2
Manufacture Product Number : WBN-36204 
| Before the flintlock musket and socket bayonet, the infantry was composed of matchlock musketeers and pikemen. The pike was the main infantry weapon of the middle ages, but by 17th century it found a new role providing defense for musketeers. While unreliable and slow to load, the matchlock musket was more effective than the pike as an offensive weapon, defensively it was little more than a glorified club. Later musketeers were equipped with plug bayonets (which fitted into the end of the musket muzzle) so now they could both to fire and defend themselves though not simultaneously. At the end of the century the invention of the socket bayonet enabled musketeers to fire and defend themselves en masse eliminating the need for pikemen altogether. 1/30 scale Matte Finish Single Figure |
Type = Toy Soldiers and Miniatures
Period = Napoleonic Wars
Scale = 1/30 Scale (60mm or 2 1/2 inches)
Material = Metal Figures
Finish = Matte
Date of Release = 2023-03-16
Status = Available
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