Eighteenth-century drill breakthroughs doubled army speed, tripled firing rate, and quadrupled size

Evidence

Only in the later eighteenth century, however, were simultaneous breakthroughs made in drill, signalling and command, embodying the new thought about what an army was and how it could be created, that resulted in armies doubling their speed of manoeuvre, tripling their firing rate, and quadrupling their manageable size. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 649 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Eighteenth-century military reforms quadrupled army size and tripled firing rates — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 649; Eighteenth-century drill prescribed marching steps to the second and inch — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 231; Egyptian drill built complex maneuvers from tiny standardized unit movements — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 740

Broader Connections

• Eighteenth-century military reforms quadrupled army size and tripled firing rates #corroborates (0.98) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 649