Cavalry wanted to kill musketeers, and if possible flank and route already-engaged units of pike. Generally though (as I understand it), the role of the pike was to control physical space and protect the real killing power of the army, which were the musketeers and artillery, from attack by other infantry and cavalry and pinning other pike in place so that cavalry can flank them. Spanish Tercero(sp) for example used more Pike than the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus did. For instance, the makeup of pikemen, musketeers, and assorted other infantry (Halberdiers, swordsmen etc) varied a hell of a lot. My questions in regards to this Era are thus:ġ: what was the standard tactic of this Era, how was it used it's strengths and disadvantages?Ģ: What was the size of armies during this period, the percentage breakdown of types of units making up armies of this time? What I mean by this is 80% infantry, 15% cavalry, 5% artillery that breakdown isn't historical but it got my point across.ģ: What was cavalry's role during this Era?Īll of these questions actually varied considerably over time and region. My attention has recently turned to the Era of Pike and Shot, warfare of the 16th and early 17th century.
In my eternal quest to better my own knowledge about certain historical periods and the styles of warfare that that Era was defined by.
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