2015-11-18 History Channel:西恩宾回顾滑铁卢战役-10

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These slow motion images are shocking.-It's showing quite clearly that the bone is disintegrating¹ on the impact. The limb would have to be removed. There was no bone left. -Terrifying really. You can see the bone flexing² as the bullet approaching.

-A little bit sick, really. I thought it was absolutely horrific.

-You don't want to hit by this. The power of a musket³ is terrifying in close range. But how easy was it for a soldier like Matthew Clan⁴ to hit his target? Who better to test its accuracy than a modern army sharpshooter? The Indian pack musket weighs almost exactly the same as a modern army combat rifle.

-So it adopted the kneeing position, just as you normally would. But the Waterloo weapon was notoriously unreliable. If the mechanism⁵ got wet, the gun might not fire at all, as Matthew Clan would later discover to its cost. -Good shoot! -That is actually in the right circus down to the right man.

-Yeah. Strong shoulder.

-You can hit the target. 

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