Brandon Fisichella
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Why Did Armies Fight In Lines? Because Horses (among other reasons)
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Why would soldiers ever line up in shoulder-to-shoulder rows and shoot at each other without using any cover? It sounds like absolute madness! Well, madness it may be, but it was also necessary. The material conditions of warfare in the Long 18th Century (along with most of human history until fairly recently) meant that formation fighting, even shoulder-to-shoulder at times, was the most efficient and practical way for these armies to fight. There are many different reasons why formation-based, linear combat was so important- and one of the biggest reasons, is because horses exist...well, cavalry exists!
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