ister ▁d ' Ar tag nan , ▁lieutenant ▁captain ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁company ▁of ▁the ▁King ' s ▁Mus k ete ers ) ▁by ▁G at ien ▁de ▁Cour til z ▁de ▁Sand ras ▁( C ologne , ▁ 1 7 0 0 ). ▁ ▁Sweden ▁Thanks ▁to ▁the ▁re forms ▁of ▁Gustav ▁II ▁Adolf , ▁the ▁Swedish ▁Army ▁brought ▁to ▁m atur ity ▁the ▁new ▁style ▁of ▁fighting ▁that ▁made ▁Sweden ▁into ▁a ▁great ▁power ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁This ▁style ▁of ▁fighting ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁standard ▁throughout ▁Europe ▁and ▁its ▁colon ies ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁stages ▁of ▁mus ket ▁domin ated ▁war fare . ▁Man uals ▁based ▁on ▁Gustav ' s ▁own ▁revolution ised ▁the ▁training ▁and ▁tact ics ▁of ▁western ▁arm ies . ▁ ▁Britain ▁ ▁The ▁icon ic ▁" Red co at " ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁was ▁the ▁st ap le ▁unit ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁arm ies ▁that ▁created ▁the ▁largest ▁emp ire ▁in ▁history . ▁The ▁British ▁inf antry man ▁was ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁the ▁. 7 5 ▁cal ib re ▁Land ▁Pattern ▁Mus ket , ▁or ▁Brown ▁B ess . ▁He ▁was ▁well ▁trained ▁by ▁the ▁standards ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁training ▁with ▁live ▁am mun ition . ▁A ▁fully ▁trained ▁red co at ▁could ▁fire ▁four ▁times ▁a ▁minute . ▁This , ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁technique ▁of ▁firing ▁by ▁companies ▁( a ▁method ▁where in ▁blocks ▁of ▁men ▁fired ▁smaller ▁vol le ys ▁in ▁succession , ▁creating ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁fire