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this how you know that their conquests weren't exclusively due to technology overmatch. they were just better at warfare.

Half a minute at their best. Usually 1 shot per minute. The real problem is the heat at the cannon and the rest of gunpowder that doesn't burn completely inside the cannon, so they should stop every 6-8 shots to clean the cannon or to refresh it with leather soaked in vinegar

1m45s would be unacceptable at the time to load aim and fire

Well the Spanish won didn’t they?

I know exactly how this works, and still watched the whole thing like a dweeb with rapt fascination.

Or What? get your Plate-Armor Scratched by Stone Axes? Nah man time to Introduce those Pagans to a Spring-Tempered Sword.

This is not an accurate depiction. Bernal Diaz, who fought with Cortes, described how some arquebus men fired while other reloaded, and they were supported by crowsbowmen and troops with partisans. Read carefully, later accounts suggest similar tactics, an early form of tercios.

I think it was more to do with steel blades/armour against stone age obsidian weapons

@Babygravy9 Pretty sure they moved a bit more quickly than this dude, worked in rotation and in conjunction with equally well-armored pikemen, cavalry and the like, right?

You can change "mayan warriors" (incredibly inacurate by the way) for the french gendarmerie cavalry lead by king Francis I charging in Pavia and obtain the same result: spanish archebusier won.

This only makes sense if you dont actually know history

Really?

And yet...

Y con eso y saliva, han conquistado, civilizado, y cristianizado medio planeta.Bueno…eso y unos huevos que asustan al miedo.

Thankfully they've had a cough for several days, caught it off the sea breeze before landing.

Spaniards main advantages were plate armor, steel swords, and horses Guns and cannons were more psychological though

@Babygravy9 And the Mayans were still eradicated.

The Mayan warriors waiting for the reload so they can charge.

Not only arquebusiers. Sword, “rodelas” (shields), pikes, armor, horses, better training and a lot of local allies. Article in Spanish about conquistadores equipment

No problem

Important point: Conquistadors won.

could be a bit faster than that

I guess yesterday was shoot a matchlock day or something. 😂

@UpdatingOnRome Cartridge made reload faster, but volley fire still worked pretty much like

They could barely use them. They won because they led the people that did not want to give their families as dinner to mexicas and incas. And then raised together new families and live happy ever after until some traitors sold them to anglos

We have options & also the musket doubles as a club/2 handed cudgel

It's way you volleys. And cannons. And pikeman. And cavalry. And the best trained ones are faster that this dude. Beside, once the Mayans or any other tribes saw the distruction of this, fear also becomes a major factor.

Hoy día con una pistola moderna necesitas más 7 metros o 21 pies para enfrentarte a un cuchillo. Ahora imagina recargando contra esto que puede partir a un caballo

Im sure the main weapon still was a sword + horses, steel armor and thousands of local allies.