Quote Originally Posted by Dimeolas
If you notice when they turn they lift their pikes, turn , and lower them. If I understand correctly pike formations were not primary killing tools but were a defensive tool used to `hold` the main line while Cav swept the wings and gave the decisive blow.
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Yeah - but they were a huge meatgrinder of metal sharp thingy's which they didn't really use defensively if they were attacking - it would just close towards the enemy as quick as they could and have the cav advancing alongside, ready to flank. It's not like they just sat there and waited - they would just press forwards, having the bodies behind them pressing those 4-8 rows of pikes forward and gouging anyone in teh way.

Imagine the guy saying: "STOP PUSHING I HAVE SIX DEAD GUYS ON MY PIKE!!!"