What do you guys think about Spanish Tercios?
Roman infantery combined with fire weapons.
>>1094645
The french destroyed them.
Successors to the Roman legion.
>>1095045
It took 150 years,and battles like Rocroi could have gone either way. Few units have a record as good as the tercios
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bicocca
>>1094645
Obliverated Middle Ages warfare, lead to current warfare
>>1095077
The battle where the Swiss and french cavalry charged in a 15 deep ditch and stayed there for two hours while getting shot to bits at point blank range? Or was that cerignola.
The "Spanish" tercios were not just Spanish men but soldiers from all over Europe- Italians, Walloons, Germans, English, Irish and Scots. It was found that they were crack troops when forced to serve outside the region where they were raised. Otherwise, they would desert and go home.
I read an interesting post yesterday which argued that military reforms which had been credited to Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Aldophus, the countermarch for example, were actually in practice years earlier by the Spanish.
>>1095891
Sweden is basically the Japan of Europe
>>1095891
In fact, military reforms should be credited to Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba aka the Gran Capitan.
He invented the prototype of Los Tercios in Granada War against muslims, then perfected the system in Italy Wars against France
