Just a thought- what would weapons look like after Napoleon if the industrial revolution never came? In a TL I once made, a European faction develops gliders, along with the French hydrological recoil device, that enabled accurate and rapid artillery fire. Ships are powered with steam, and drum pistols and weapons are produced. Tanks also make an appearance, as anti-personal carriages have armor coating, and later ant-carriage carriages are developed. So are bunkers and mega-tanks developed, as they are essentially moving bunkers designed to house people in a state of constant war, moving at 1 kph max. They are meant to be both the battle line, as well as behind the lines (either attacking in front, or housing the battle HQ or something like that) support to other devisions. In my TL, one faction has advanced artillery. They rain hell kilometers back, as the other faction needs to retreat. Then, they have local Command troops, that hide in the deserted bases of the enemy. When he makes a move, the commandos alert the artillery where to fire using fireworks and codes. The other faction takes all it's armored cavalry and charges into the enemy, to no avail. Then, they decide on a joint air-ground attack. The Blitz. So, what do you think?