Pike and Shot Formations
The dominant early modern infantry tactic, combining soldiers armed with long pikes to protect against cavalry with musketeers who provided ranged firepower. This required immense discipline and drill.
Core metadata
- ID: pike_and_shot_formations
- Era: Renaissance
- First known date: 1500 (unknown)
- Region: Afro-Eurasia and other historical societies
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Iron Working (iron_working)
- Musketry Formations (musketry_formations)
- Organized Military Formations (organized_military_formations)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- 5,000 years old Egyptian iron beads made from hammered meteoritic iron (Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, primary_paper) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organized Military Formations (organized_military_formations) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Organized Military Formations provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Iron Working (iron_working) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Iron Working provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Musketry Formations (musketry_formations) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Musketry Formations provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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