Ah, then we approach congruity.
It was said - some 1,000 messages ago - that Prussian fusiliers of the 7 YW period were specifically raised as second-rate troops. My chase has been to find why this was.
You are now saying that they were not consciously raised as second rate units, but were not as effective as veteran units.
You also say that Dr Bleckwenn did not say that the Prussian fusiliers raised at this time were raised as second rate units.
They got better in the hard school of war.
We have to remember that tactics at that period were almost exclusively parade-ground movements; standing and moving in strict time, in straight lines, wheeling, turning, forming to a rigid tempo, firing one`s musket in strict tempo etc, etc.
Of course, a well-practiced parade-ground unit would perform in battle automatically as expected.
New units would find it much more difficult to perform to the same standard, particularly over rough ground, or under fire for the first few times.
It had nothing to do with courage; all to do with drill. Good drill = good quality - until the crunch point, when the best-drilled unit might well be crushed.
My quest seems to be over; thank you for your input.