From:	Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject:	Re: timeline for SR/Earthdawn
Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:27:50 +0200

>2) Can someone come up with rules for the type of weaponry that the
> cavalry under Custer used. Did they have the Gattling gun, for example?
> I'm not to keen on my military weaponry history. What kind of weapons
> did the U.S. Cavalry have at that time?

This is not my era, really, but I believe Custer's men used Sharpe carbines
(one-shot breech-loaders), revolvers, knives, and cavalry sabers, mainly. I
doubt Custer would have had Gatling guns at Little Big Horn (that's what
you're aiming at, isn't it?), because he'd left behind the heavy equipment
and part of his unit so he could travel faster (I think).


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