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A well-equipped pikeman would also have a short but sturdy sword to use at the closest quarters, when the ‘push of pike’ as it was termed had become a tangled mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePikemen were expected to wear a quality headpiece or helmet. Ideally each man would be issued with back and breastplates, which were pistol and sword proof. Front ranks were also often issued flexible thigh plates, or tassets, making them formidable opponents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the wars dragged on soldiers tended to shed their heavy and expensive defensive armour, however the sight of a well-drilled pike block bristling with long pike staves clad in grim looking armour was a view that most soldiers would not forget in a hurry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBox contains 12 metal pikemen and 12 metal pikes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44534486499513,"sku":"WLG202213001","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0101\/6761\/files\/202213001-Armoured-Pikemen-01_1024x1024_32df92fb-ed85-4982-b841-a9004adbaa97.jpg?v=1729184589"},{"product_id":"wlg-pike-shotte-infantry-regiment-plastic-boxed-set","title":"Infantry Regiment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 17th Century saw the assembling of large regular armies equipped and supplied by the state. Many units, though not all, were uniformly attired for the first time, and formed into companies and regiments then finally brigaded together into tercios or battalias.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormations on the field could vary enormously as the situation dictated. On paper, a regiment may have ten companies of 100 men each but in reality, due to sickness, casualties and lack of money, regiments could be as small. The norm was to have two equal 'wings' of musketeers on the flanks and a central block of pikemen armed with sharp 16 foot ash pikes. While the slow-firing musketeers whittled down the enemy, the pikes primary role was to provide them with protection from cavalry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis box contains all you need to field a pike and musket-armed regiment of the period, be it for the Thirty Years War that ravaged Europe or the English Civil Wars where Royalist battled Parliament for control of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44534909239481,"sku":"WLGWGP-22","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0101\/6761\/files\/WGP-22-Infantry-Regiment-a_1024x1024_71aa2973-c7db-4f1b-82b9-b2fd6bc3572b.jpg?v=1729190793"},{"product_id":"wlg-pike-shotte-cavalry-plastic-boxed-set","title":"Pike \u0026 Shotte: Cavalry Regiment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 17th Century saw large standing armies in action all over Europe, in numbers previously undreamt of, and huge numbers of infantry, artillery and cavalry were raised. The cavalry of the period were mostly of the heavy variety; big horses that could barge other enemy cavalry and intimidate infantry, while carrying a determined rider protected by, at the very least, a back-and-breastplate, and usually a sturdy helmet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cavalryman's offensive arms started with at least one pistol, a sword or pole axe for close-quarter fighting, and possibly a carbine. Cavalry were formed into squadrons, regiments and finally into brigades and were usually employed en masse in a cavalry wing on either flank of the infantry line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf a cavalry wing routed its opponents, that left it free to attack the flanks of engaged enemy infantry. This could be a battle winner, unless the jubilant horsemen galloped over the hills and far away in pursuit of plunder!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese models can built to represent Royalist or Parliamentarian cavalry in the English Civil Wars or to be fielded as one of the many and varied regiments during the Thirty Years War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44534909436089,"sku":"WLGWGP-21","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0101\/6761\/files\/WGP-21-Cavalry-Regiment-a_1024x1024_ce31b555-a959-43d4-a006-313f7eff7905.jpg?v=1729190797"},{"product_id":"wlg-pike-shotte-for-king-country","title":"Pike \u0026 Shotte For King \u0026 Country 2 Player Starter Set","description":"Pike \u0026amp; Shotte is a game of tabletop battles with model soldiers set in the 17th century. 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