Anti-cavalry defensive infantry formation for pikemen
The pike square (German: Gevierthaufen, lit. 'square crowd', or Gewalthaufen lit. 'crowd of force') was a military tactical formation in which 10 rows of men in 10 columns wielded pikes. It was developed by the Swiss Confederacy during the 14th century for use by its infantry.
The pikesquare (German: Gevierthaufen, lit. 'square crowd', or Gewalthaufen lit. 'crowd of force') was a military tactical formation in which 10 rows...
Pike and shot was a historical infantry tactical formation that first appeared during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and was used until the development...
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categories: those designed for extended reach and thrusting tactics used in pikesquare or phalanx combat; those designed to increase leverage (due to hands...
to the maestre de campo. Within a tercio's squares, ranks of pikemen assembled into a hollow pikesquare (cuadro) containing swordsmen – typically with...
to enter or leave the square. The square was revived in the 14th century as the schiltron. It later appeared as the pikesquare or tercio during the Thirty...
rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period. Consisting predominantly...
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effective with this tactic; however, when facing a fresh, well-ordered pikesquare, they were vulnerable as at the Battle of Seminara. They were also very...
the Swiss pikesquare by dashing under their unwieldy pikes and stabbing them. However, this tactic operated in support of allied pikesquares and thus...
the mid 17th century began replacement of the pike with the infantry square replacing the pikesquare. To maximise their firepower, musketeer infantry...
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but taken captive for ransom. However, the use of the longbow and the pikesquare against mounted knights (as at the battles of Crécy and Laupen) ended...
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carried with both hands (and often partial plate armor), giving rise to pikesquare tactics. Although obsolete as a military tactic because of firearms and...
formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together. The term is particularly...
-nice. Haufen, sometimes in the compound Gewalthaufen, also designated a pikesquare formation in German.[citation needed] In the Hussite Wars of the 1420s...
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