Landsknecht Starter Army

SKU: WG-209916002
GTIN: 5060393709732
Category: Italian Wars 1494-1559
Manufacturers: Warlord Games

Das Set Landsknecht Starter Army von Warlord Games aus der Serie Italian Wars 1494-1559 enthält 147 Modelle im 28mm Maßstab aus Plastik & Metall.

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Description

Das Set Landsknecht Starter Army von Warlord Games aus der Serie Italian Wars 1494-1559 enthält 147 Modelle im 28mm Maßstab aus Plastik & Metall.

Die Figuren sind mehrteilig und müssen zusammengebaut werden.
Die Modelle werden unbemalt geliefert.

Herstellerbeschreibung:

The late 15th and early 16th centuries in Europe were defined by near-constant warfare. National ‘standing armies’ were unheard of and the ambitions of empires were reliant on the mercenaries they could afford to hire.

Landsknechts were instigated by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian I, as a reaction to the Swiss Mercenary Pikemen that had dominated battlefields for decades before the Italian Wars (1494-1559).

Over the course of the Italian Wars, however, the Landsknecht tactics adapted far more than the Swiss and the use of firearms in conjunction with the Pike would give them the edge, at least tactically.

The toughest of a rough bunch were the veteran Doppelsöldner – soldiers on double pay. Their extra payment was for volunteering to fight in the front ranks and the inherent risk that entailed. The trick was surviving to claim the extra pay!

Doppelsöldner would most often be armed with the ranged arquebus or crossbow and arrayed in front of the main blocks of pikemen. Alternatively, they may be armed with the vicious six-foot-long two-handed swords, the Zweihänders, or equally long halberds. Zweihänder-armed Landsknechts would generally be found in the front ranks of the pike blocks or occasionally detached to form their own unit for special roles as well as providing protection for the unit’s colour party. The famous German mercenaries, the Black Band, included 2,000 two-handed swordsmen.

The Landsknechts, as well as other troops, made good use of the crossbow and then latterly the new arquebus black powder weapon as skirmish screens ahead of the blocks of pikemen or as tactical units in their own right. They were equally useful during sieges.

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