Talk:Musketeers of the Guard
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[edit] Rapier? Or something else?
The classic image has always been of the Three Musketeers wielding their rapiers, but I've started to wonder: Is that right? Especially considering that some of the musketeers acted as cavalry, you'd think they'd have used some other kind of sword on the battlefield. I asked this question somewhere else and was told that they probably used something more along the lines of a "walloon sword" on the battlefield, but that the officers in particular may have carried the more fashionable rapier off the battlefield (and perhaps the smallsword in later periods?).
So anyway, I just thought I'd say that a nice addition to the article (from anyone who has some good sources) would be something about the equipment/uniforms of the musketeers over the course of their history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macroidtoe (talk • contribs) 22:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
