Quote Originally Posted by Ibrahim View Post
the spanish buckler men, the German two handed swodsmen, etc, all had the same approach really: use a sword (and in spain's case, a buckler) to cut, hack, or seperate the pikes, and get in close, ruining the pike formation. It was not an overly effective tactic for the Germans though-the Germans didn't keep that idea for long. dunno about spain.
I have adressed this in the abovementioned thread. The Spaniards fared quite well with that technique.