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minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago TLDR- a close formation lets you concentrate your firepower at one point. Can’t they just all aim at the same spot no matter where they’re standing?
minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoThey only had a range of like 50 yards. Split your troops up and they can’t aim at the same point because they wouldn’t all have the range to hit it.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI mean you can still have guys standing further apart than shoulder to shoulder. 50 yards is still something to play with.
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOn a vast featureless plain, yes. But you won’t be overly surprised to learn most battles were fought over some form of terrain, and not a mathematics textbook.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI thought line of sight would be an exceedingly obvious requirement, but I suppose some people need it spelled out for them.
Can’t they just all aim at the same spot no matter where they’re standing?
They only had a range of like 50 yards. Split your troops up and they can’t aim at the same point because they wouldn’t all have the range to hit it.
I mean you can still have guys standing further apart than shoulder to shoulder. 50 yards is still something to play with.
On a vast featureless plain, yes. But you won’t be overly surprised to learn most battles were fought over some form of terrain, and not a mathematics textbook.
I thought line of sight would be an exceedingly obvious requirement, but I suppose some people need it spelled out for them.