In short we’ve learned nothing, done nothing, and will be caught flat again. If you’re not ready, get ready, because no one is coming to save you.
In short we’ve learned nothing, done nothing, and will be caught flat again. If you’re not ready, get ready, because no one is coming to save you.
A single guy or small unit with hand-held weapons would be obliterated by artillery as soon as the army figured out which general area the shots are coming from.
18th century artillery? I suppose it also depends on whether we were talking a squad, platoon, etc., whether the single person has to defend a particular area like their home with family inside, whether this whole army was in one place, whether the army intentionally traveled through time vs. simply were teleported there against their will (in which case they likely could be convinced to surrender, especially upon seeing a helicopter - and like, wherever they came from were they a defensively minded unit, like would their morale be crushed to realize that neither victory nor defeat would ever allow them to see their loved ones again - plus these defenders could literally be their own family members as in descendants), etc.
But without going into such details, my point was they technology has advanced quite a bit since the 18th century, which would give someone with a modern gun a decided advantage for them to make use of.
Cannons have been around since the 12th century.
I thought they were extremely imprecise, especially vs. a singular target - devastating vs. an entire army, but not an individual.
But they’re also great at destroying buildings and shit, between these and some trebuchets and stuff they could really do a number on an area then move in with the troops, they also had no issues just throwing bodies at the problem. Anyway I was just pointing out the technicality around the term artillery.