Is this game supposed to be realistic ?

[Filibert]

Actually, there was no ballistic improvement until the generalization of rifles in the second half of the 19th century as shown by the Graz test (the Austrian military tested original weapons from the 16th to 18th century and measured the velocity, accuracy and penetration of the bullets) :
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC...7669/22312
http://firearmshistory.blogspot.fr/2016/...rms-i.html

According to Thomas Digges in "Stratioticos" (1590) muskets effective range was between 75 to 150 meters. Humfrey Barwick (English officer of the late 16th century) claimed he could hit a man at 100 meters every 40 seconds with his own arquebus.

Although I agree that rate of fire was not as fast as flintlocks, I believe 15 minutes of musket fire (which roughly equates to 15 salvos, multiply by the number of shooters...) should do more damage than that. Even if accounting for misfires.


I'd like to have more practical evidence on this subject (albeit without the inconvenient of losing a limb or my life in a real battle )