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Early modern warfare is the era of warfare during early modern period following medieval warfare.It is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development of suitable weapons to use the explosive, including artillery and firearms; for this reason the era is also referred to as the age of gunpowder warfare (a concept introduced by Michael Roberts in the 1950s).
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Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Early Modern period" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Military Revolution is a conceptual schema for explaining the transformation of European military strategy, tactics and technology in the early modern period. [70] The argument is that dramatic advances in technology, government finance, and public administration transformed and modernized European armies, tactics, and logistics.
The Military Revolution and Political Change: Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe (1992) Duffy, Christopher, Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494–1660 (1979) Duffy, Michael. The Military Revolution and the State 1500–1800 (1980) Haines, Spencer (2017).
In its widest sense, it includes all warfare since the "gunpowder revolution" that marks the start of early modern warfare, but other landmark military developments have been used instead, including the emphasis of artillery marked by the Crimean War, the military reliance on railways beginning with the American Civil War, the launch of the ...
The line formation is a standard tactical formation which was used in early modern warfare. It continued the phalanx formation or shield wall of infantry armed with polearms in use during antiquity and the Middle Ages. The line formation provided the best frontage for volley fire, while sacrificing maneuverability and defence against cavalry.
A mounted archer of the Ming Dynasty Army fires a parthian shot. In the 4th century BCE, Sun Tzu said "the Military is a Tao of deception". [7] Diversionary attacks, feints, decoys; there are thousands of tricks that have been successfully used in warfare, and still have a role in the modern day.