Gunpowder Units Ineffective

[DisruptorX]

I read somewhere that Janissary Musketeers were individually better than their European equivalent, but tended not to shoot as a unit. Turkish units tended to emphasise individual bravery and feats of arms. The reason that Western armies tended to prevail over their Eastern counterparts was the degree of organisation and standardisation that became a feature of modern late medieval and early renaissance armies.

Tell that to my great-grandfather who fought at Gallipoli!

I don't know about that. During the height of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500s, they were nearly unstoppable and suffered few major losses, notably Vienna and Malta.