User blog comment:El Alamein/French Revolutionary Militia vs. American Minutemen/@comment-4098900-20120822024824/@comment-4098900-20120822041742

Well, I still vote Minutemen for superior close and mid range weaponry. Did a little research into the Brown Bess and 1777. Both have basically the same effective ranges, similar rates of fire (although the brown bess has about 1 more round per minute) both way the same. Guess I'll call it even. I honestly don't know shit about canons, black powder weapons in general. Given you just want fire-power guess the 8 pound gets the edge.