[freeciv-data] Re: New techs in history ruleset

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La 2002-10-28, Christian Knoke skribis:

> > To me, the
> > word riflery simply sounds like the skill of being able to fire a rifle
> > (as in archery).

But it takes a great deal of skill to fire a bow, and it's dead easy to fire a gun. For a long time the longbowmen were much more effective than musketeers (eg the battle of Hastings), but musketeers were much cheaper (get a bunch of guys, give them guns).

> Yes, but now when it comes to technology, this sounds a bit ridiculous.
> I guess the ruleset author refers to the ability to produce rifles.

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