Death of the Line — Rifles, Machine Guns and the End of Volley Fire

How technology killed the tactic: Minié to needle gun to machine gun, 1866 and 1870 shock verdicts, and the WWI race from mass volleys to fire-and-movement squads.

Playlist by @volley_fire_explained

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Muskets to Machine Guns: Evolution of Weapons (1837-1901) | Animated History — The Armchair Historian
2. The War Room I: Firearms vs Tactics 1815-1914 — Usually Hapless
3. How BRITISH Infantry Squads Evolved in 100 Years — Battle Order
4. How Big Guns Changed War Forever — Planes, Trains & Automobiles
5. Dreyse vs Chassepot - neeedle fire rifles of the Franco-Prussian war — capandball
6. 1866: The Needle-Gun and the Dawn of Mission Command — Battlefieldtravels
7. How Prussia Won the 1866 Austro-Prussian War (no, it wasn’t just because of the needle rifle) — Paper Cartridges
8. A Mad Minute with the Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr (Prussian Needle Rifle) — Paper Cartridges
9. The War Room X: 1918- The Limits of Tactics — Usually Hapless
10. Artillery Combat in World War 1 — Military History Visualized