Brown Bess

==Summary==
"Brown Bess" is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. This musket was used in the era of the expansion of the British Empire and acquired symbolic importance at least as significant as its physical importance. It was in use for over a century with many incremental changes in its design. These versions include the Long Land Pattern, the Short Land Pattern, the India Pattern, the New Land Pattern Musket and the Sea Service Musket.
The Long Land Pattern musket and its derivatives, all 0.75 inch caliber flintlock muskets, were the standard long guns of the British Empire's land forces from 1722 until 1838, when they were surpassed and succeeded by a percussion cap-based smoothbore musket. The British Ordnance System eventually managed to convert many flintlocks into the new percussion system known as the Pattern 1839 Musket, and though a fire in 1841 at the Tower of London consumed many of such muskets, the Brown Bess itself still remained in service until the middle of the nineteenth century.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with piercing damage
Name: Land Pattern Musket, Brown Bess
Origin: The Real World
Age: Was in service from 1722 to 1838 before being replaced by percussion muskets
Wielders: British Empire, United States army, French Army, Swedish Army, many Native American factions, Maroons, Mexican Army, Indian Army, Zulu forces and many more
Classification: Muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock rifle
Attack Potency: Street level, higher with piercing damage
Speed: Supersonic (400-550 m/s with an average of 475 m/s, though even higher average speeds of 1700 ft/s or 518.16 m/s were not uncommon, confirmed by renowned gunnery scientist Benjamin Robins in 1742 in his book New Principles of Gunnery and in modern-day tests where muskets from earlier time periods obtained similar results)
Range: Varies from Hundreds of Meters (Effective range is 100-300 meters) to Kilometers (Maximum attainable range is 1.1 kilometers when fired at an angle of 60 degrees)
Weaknesses: Takes incredibly long to reload. Projectile quickly loses velocity over long distances (Though as long as the target is within its range it should still remain fully lethal). It outputs tremendous recoil, which results in fewer accurate shots.
Category:Real World
Category:Items
Category:Military Weapons
Category:Guns