same unit rendering

[econ21]

There may be some very minor differences if you look hard enough, but most of the time they are pretty much the same.

As are the stats. The big difference seems to be the free upkeep for militia. wikiman on the .com forum challenged a poster, asking whether they were they really the same on the battle - so there may be a difference in morale. But somehow I doubt it - they feel the same on battle. For England, for example, I suspect Levy spearman=spearman militia. I don't have a problem with that though (a man with a pointy stick is a man with a pointy stick).

[Dooz]

Kind of off-topic, but for England, in custom battle they have Armored Sergeants, but they're nowhere to be found in the campaign. And I don't think they're supposed to either because it's not in the unit recruitment list poster thingy that came with the game. Weird why they're included in the custom battle roster.

But anyhoo, Levy Spearmen are exactly the same as Militia except for the upkeep as econ mentioned. Kind of weird stuff with some areas of the game, but of course, the great modding communities will fix all that.