NET TREFFERS TEL

dc.creator	W. Otto
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:07:59Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:07:59Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/6-3-851
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/eb9a3199ad964e9d95ef35a16caf21e1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/7929
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/eb9a3199ad964e9d95ef35a16caf21e1
dc.description	<p>In recent years historical writers in the United States have begun to question the accuracy of the patriotic mythology of the American soldiers' markmanship. Particular attention has been paid to the American Civil War and it is evident from, a study of the facts that troops on both sides were indifferent shots. A large proportion of the Federal soldiers was recruited from urban backgrounds and lacked any knowledge of fire-arms. Rifles thrown away at Gettysburg provide ample proof of the lack of expertise among thousands of troops of the Confederate armies and even some of the regiments of the western states made very poor showings at target practice.</p> <p>As in the case of the American frontiersman, the Republican burghers of the late nineteenth century have enjoyed a reputation of incredible ability with a rifle. Yet a comparison of ammunition expenditure and casualty lists in the Second Anglo-Boer War surely give pause for thought and there seems ample evidence to bring the truth of the sharpshooting tradition into question.</p> <p>Such myths are indeed hazardous, for they breed complacency in the present day, where a very real danger exists that the modern South African soldier will assume that he has inherited the ability of markmanship instead of realising that this is not an inborn characteristic but rather something achieved after long practice and great mental application.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/851
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2012)
dc.subject	United States
dc.subject	the accuracy of the patriotic mythology of the American soldiers' markmanship
dc.subject	American Civil War
dc.subject	sharpshooting
dc.subject	modern South African soldier
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	NET TREFFERS TEL
dc.type	Article