>>33933510For me, I'd think that besides the halberd, we'd have sabres for the troops.
As for firearms, since we focus on close-ranged combat the soldiers would use something like a blunderbuss or musketoon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MusketoonAnd finally, axes don't die, they just got an upgrade.
http://firearmshistory.blogspot.com/2010/12/combined-firearms-axes.html 