Musket (Light Infantry)

Not to be confused with Musket (Line Infantry).

Light Musket
The light musket with no bayonet.
Overview
Nations	All
Ranks	Light infantry rankers Irregulars
Type	Firearm
Ballistics
Maximum Deviation	0.004
Velocity	35
Damage
Head	150
Torso	100
Limbs	100
Construct	50
Horse	100
Falloff Range	100
Falloff Multiplier	0.5
Walk Speeds
Default	17
Operating	0

The light musket is a ranged weapon used by light infantry. It functions similarly to the line musket, but has a faster reload speed (10.5 seconds) and better range in exchange for having no bayonet. The light musket is available in every faction's Skirmisher tab (except for Russia, it is available in the militia) and in randomized partisan loadouts. Light muskets are more accurate than line muskets and can present faster than both rifles and line muskets.

For more information on skirmishers, check the page: Skirmishers

Design

The design of the light musket is similar to the line musket with the absence of a fixed bayonet and has a longer barrel.

Usage

The light musket is all-purpose, as it is quick to fire and accurate enough to support riflemen at long range if necessary.

Light muskets are mainly intended as anti-infantry due to the absence of a bayonet and its benefits over the line musket. This means that it's more effective to use the light musket on a map that does not include cavalry due to its superior speed over the line musket. Players can still bring light muskets to a cavalry map if they think that cavalry won't be a problem.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Higher accuracy than the line musket.
• Faster reload speed than the line musket.
• Faster readying time than any other musket (musketoon is equivalent).
• Faster walk speed than the line musket, musketoon and pistol.
• Better accuracy than most muskets.

Cons

• No bayonet.
• Not as accurate as the rifle.

Gallery

The light musket presented by a British 71st Regiment of Foot ranker.

An Austrian light infantry ranker kills a French lancer with his light musket.

Trivia

• In the pack that CoderQwerty released the line musket, rifle, pistol, and sword didn't include the light musket, but there is one light musket made by Vleltor named "Naval Rifle".
  • Optionally, in the pack by thepoopxd, the user can unbind the bayonet "B" key by going through the code.
• The light musket had the same accuracy as the line musket until CoderQwerty increased the accuracy of it in 11/12/2017.
• Russia seems not to have light infantry under the skirmishers tab (most likely an oversight since the Russians utilized strelki platoons which were essentially French voltigeur equivalents) in B&I, but they are under the militia tab as Opolcheniye light infantry. Opolcheniye were militia, mostly serfs filled up the role, it would be unfair to have every nation have light infantry except Russia.
• Light infantry in the Napoleonic Wars were actually armed mostly the same as infantry (musket bayonet were standard supply).
• The light musket used to be named the 'Skirmusket' before the reforged update.