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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 .
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).
This category covers warfare in the Early Modern era (c. 1500 to c. 1800). ... Military units and formations of the Early Modern period (8 C, 33 P) W.
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.
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.
Persian Immortals, detail from the archers' frieze in Darius' palace in Susa. 510 BC.. Infantry was the primary combat arm of the Classical period.Examples of infantry units of the period are the Immortals of the Persian Empire, the hoplites of ancient Greece and the legions of Imperial Rome and Auxiliaries (Roman military) troops.
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A tercio (pronounced), Spanish for "[a] third") was a military unit of the Spanish Army during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and Habsburg Spain in the early modern period. They were the elite military units of the Spanish monarchy and the essential pieces of the powerful land forces of the Spanish Empire, sometimes also fighting ...