*teleports behind your pikemen*

>tfw no RPG game where with no doppelsoldner clothing/armour

Skyrim probably has mods for it on the nexus, the real tfw is that shit mechanics so no virgin pikemen to massacre.

AoE3 has doppels but they are so expensive to raise and also take up 3 pop.

Omae wa mou shindeiru.

90% of landsknecht doppelsoldners used pikes or handguns though

Theres probably a mod that has them for Mount and Blade Warband.

>pikes
More like halberds for doppelsoldners.
>or handguns
Nigga what? Did you mean handgonnes/handcannons? Crossbows and later arquebuses sure, but hand cannons weren't a landsknetch thing.

Also, to specify something people often get wrong: it's not that doppelsoldners wielded greatswords, it's that being able to wield a greatsword entitles you to double pay (aka doppelsoldner status) regardless of your role in battle, which could be on the frontline, could be bodyguard/standard guard duty, or whatever the fuck else. Being a doppelsoldner was more a paygrade thing than a role, kinda like duplicarii in the roman legions.

>More like halberds for doppelsoldners.

Statically speaking most weren't equipped with either swords or halberds. They were paid double because they could afford expensive equipment like arquebusses and armour or because they were veterans.

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>he doesn't realise that gonne is the nonstandardised/medieval spelling of gun

Are the mutineers counted as casualties?

>23 fucking ranks.
As someone only familiar with ancient warfare isn't that highly excessive? IIRC the Macedonian Phalanx was only 16

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THe Macedonian phalax was typically deployed more in a battle line type of thing with the individual blocks closer together.

Late Medieval and Early modern pike blocks functioned completely loose from others with shot forming sleeves at the side. They had to go for more depth to provide comprehensive flank protection, at least that is what I imagine made them line up so deep.

Huh, I wasn't aware of that. That's pretty neat.

If you think of Alexander's army, he had a combined arms of everything needed to conquer Persia in different organized units. The phalangites, hypaspists, peltasts, hoplites, archers, various heavy and light troops etc.

For late medieval pike blocks, it's just a mishmash of everything all in one block.

Witcher 3 DLC has some if i remember correct

The Spanish Tercio took it to a logical extreme with several thousand men serving in a completely autonomous block.

contrast with the Macedonians who deployed a long pike line (though some 13 ranks deep) with the flanks covered by cav and lighter troops

Millitary noob why is the right flank heavier than than the left?

Among all kinds of Eurasian cultures the right flank was the preferred offensive flank. The most veteran troops were stationed there in the days of the ancient Germans and back when England fought the Jacobites.

One explanation suggested is that those on the right flank and more easily shield themselves since they have their shield on the left arm and their weapon on the right. The opposing left flank of the enemy would have more trouble defending themselves from the enemy.

Frankly it could also be a cultural thing but some sort of logical explanation or background that had to do with spear and shield fighting is possible.

Actually putting more men or cavalry on the flank is a strategy used to quickly break the enemy. By having a localized numerical superiority one should be able to apply disproportionate force to one part of the enemy army.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_order

Sometimes it was even combined with a refused flank on the other end.