Did the development of reliable small firearms change who self-selected into martial professions? (not counting conscripts/forced service)
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What's the date that you figure on this development? 1836?
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I suppose, though they were still pretty unreliable until the end of the civil war almost
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Guns as great equalizer is an established trope. Reduces the advantage of physical size and strength.


