Pike & Shotte Landsknecht Missile Troops

Description

The late 15th and early 16th centuries in Europe were defined bynear-constant warfare. National ‘standing armies’ were unheard of and theambitions of empires were reliant on the mercenaries they could affordto hire.

Landsknechts were instigated by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian I, as areaction to the Swiss mercenary pikemen that had dominated battlefields fordecades before the Italian Wars (1494–1559).

They would be found in most armies in Western Europe of the time, evenappearing in the British Isles in the service of Henry VIII. Clashes betweenrival Landsknecht regiments were particularly bloody, becoming known as‘Bad War’.

The most striking aspect of a Landsknecht force was their outlandish dress.Maximillian was keen to give the men freedom to wear what they wanted, and thisresulted in plumes, slashed sleeves and bright colours.

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

The figures in this boxed set can be used to represent the Landsknechtsraised in Germany or other nations of the period.

This box set contains:

• Plastic components to make 30 Landsknechts with either arquebus orcrossbow.
• Plastic bases.

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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