Because the rifle lacked a bayonet, a rifle-armed unit was at a serious disadvantage when confronted with a musket-armed unit, which had bayonets. To overcome this difficulty, riflemen were commonly paired with bayonet-equipped troops. The riflemen could begin to inflict casualties on the enemy, while the musket-armed infantry would defend them with their bayonets against a sudden enemy rush. Both the Americans and the British used these tactics, for the British had rifle-armed German Jaegers.
The rifleman standing firing is from Accurate American Militia #1, and the rifleman running is an Ideal recast. I sculpted the roundhat turned up one one side for the Accurate figure. Both are painted with Testors paints.
