when was the first guns used in a british army?

Answer 1

In Tudor times in 1543 the casting of guns and shot commenced which was far more supperior than had been used before.An order of 120 guns and shot took two years to fill. In 1545 there was a scottish and armarda invasion imminent,the guns where sent to portsmouth and the Isle of White.

Answer 2

It's hard to say when the army first used guns but they certainly had been used in many campaigns pre 1776, the year of Americas war of independence.
Even then they were not in widespread use, I have a photo of my father in law who was in the Kings Hussars, 1932, he was a trooper of the line and the pic shows him sat on his mare with his sabre and lance, he went into the first world war like that.

Answer 3

Used at Culloden, 1746, scattered the Jocks. Probable used in the 1500 century, the cannon was invented by the Germans in the 14 century; Helps to answer your question but not entirely.

Answer 4

I think it's necessary to point out a flaw in the answer given by 'middenmak'. At Culloden the Jocks were fighting on both sides mainly for religious reasons. They were also armed with pistols,muskets and cannons.

Answer 5

I think it was at The Battle of Northampton in 1460, a decisive battle in the War of the Roses, the Yorkists won !

Answer 6

I don't know, but muskets were used in the English Civil War.

Answer 7

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