League Of Augsburg - Fighting Talk

World famous Russian microbiologist Ivna Klue has just released his long awaited treatise on Pike Rot and confirms that the disease was prevelent throughout Europe which is why the use of military pikes fell out of use.
It was only because of Swedish and Russian troops recognising the problem and treating their pikes hence the unusual green colour that they were able to maintain their use long into this period.

Cheers
Dave

I always suspected WW2 would be fought with pikes if it wasn't for pike rot!

I forgot to post the link.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

Cheers
Dave