Anachronisms ?

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AFAIK contemporaries thought it took longer to train pikemen than musketeers back in the 16th and 17th century.

Regiments* had different number of companies depending on what nation and what time we are talking about. Companies were also generally an administrative unit and not a battlefield unit, especially in the early/mid 18th century. For combat the battalion would be split up in a certain number of platoons and sometimes men from different companies could be put together.

*ok...the company bit was actually for another thread but who cares.


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