They tended to combine long rifles and rapiers against heavy infantry, because both weapons could penetrate mail armor. They also served on horseback as dragoons, useful for outflanking main units and harassing the slower moving artillery, baggage trains, and reserve units.
Because rifle technology was in its infancy (early firearms were literally called “hand cannons”), bayonet-rifles and swords allowed soldiers to quickly close on units that were slow to reload. From a storytelling perspective, this made them popular as adventurous heroes of the battlefield. From a more military perspective, they were either household guards more inclined to be visually impressive than militarily useful or expendable second-sons of the aristocracy who were often more trouble to train and field than they were worth.
Historical ones did, but marksmanship wasn’t really a thing because, well, muskets. The ones in the book mainly rely on swords, nougat, and multiple Quirks.
It gets weirder because they’re known for their storesmanship rather than their marksmanship.
Do they ever use muskets?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musketeer#France
They tended to combine long rifles and rapiers against heavy infantry, because both weapons could penetrate mail armor. They also served on horseback as dragoons, useful for outflanking main units and harassing the slower moving artillery, baggage trains, and reserve units.
Because rifle technology was in its infancy (early firearms were literally called “hand cannons”), bayonet-rifles and swords allowed soldiers to quickly close on units that were slow to reload. From a storytelling perspective, this made them popular as adventurous heroes of the battlefield. From a more military perspective, they were either household guards more inclined to be visually impressive than militarily useful or expendable second-sons of the aristocracy who were often more trouble to train and field than they were worth.
Historical ones did, but marksmanship wasn’t really a thing because, well, muskets. The ones in the book mainly rely on swords, nougat, and multiple Quirks.
In the movies, not so much. In the books they do. Historically they would have.