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Landsknecht
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:04 am
by Gunfreak
Re: Landsknecht
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:02 pm
by Friedrich August I.
Well done...96...nice...that makes then a Gewalthaufen
Re: Landsknecht
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:34 pm
by Gunfreak
Hey, Friedrich!
Long time no see.
What exactly is Gewalthaufen?
The wikipedia article is only in german and Finnish.
Neither is of much use to me.
Re: Landsknecht
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:16 am
by Friedrich August I.
Gunfreak wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:34 pm
Hey, Friedrich!
Long time no see.
What exactly is Gewalthaufen?
The wikipedia article is only in german and Finnish.
Neither is of much use to me.
Yeah, it was far too long for my liking.
The term Gewalthaufen or Gevierthaufen runs together with formations that the Swiss used.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_square
from a Russian
source within the Wikipedia Article about the
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... II_rus.JPG
As far as I see it the Term Gewalthaufen or Gevierthaufen states the formation of a Square of Pikes with the weaker parts inside.