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    Default In 17century which armies were the most succesfull among Europeans and Asian

    This mean in tactics logistics and generall war technology .
    I suggest Tercios and Carls Gustavs armies had good tactics that were the start for the 18 cent Tactics

    Whilie in Logistics i will added Chinese and ottoman armies

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    Default Re: In 17century which armies were the most succesfull among Europeans and Asian

    I'd say Gustav's, the barrel role wasn't new but he perfected it into something that can be used offensively, and he used it to great effect. So I say the Swedes

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    Default Re: In 17century which armies were the most succesfull among Europeans and Asian

    One interesting that i read on Gustav is that his changes were based also on nessecity not in clear innovation

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    Default Re: In 17century which armies were the most succesfull among Europeans and Asian

    Quote Originally Posted by Jo the Greek View Post
    One interesting that i read on Gustav is that his changes were based also on nessecity not in clear innovation
    True, the barrel roll was a Dutch invention, but it moved backwards to act like a sponge. Gustav used it to push forwards with great effect. Not really innovative sure, but oh so effective

    Edit, Just realised my English sucks, a barrel roll means something else in English. What I mean is rotating a firearms formation. The Dutch moved backwards for it to act as a defence, the Swedes used it offensively
    Last edited by Fragony; 08-26-2012 at 13:07.

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    I think if we look into infantry the most advanced would have been Spanish, Dutch and Swedes chronologically. Cavalry wise the Polish Hussars were practically undefeated force during the century. Lot of credit concerning creating of field artillery can be given also to Swedish as they were the first ones to field larger amount of light artillery pieces in field battles.
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    Default Re: In 17century which armies were the most succesfull among Europeans and Asian

    i wouldnt agree on cavalry European had mostly heavy cavalry

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