{"product_id":"pike-shotte-imperial-harquebusiers","title":"Pike \u0026 Shotte - Imperial Harquebusiers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the rise of the pike-armed infantryman as well as the increased firepower of black powder weapons on the field of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heavy \"shock\" cavalry could either be fended off with long pikes or shot down, no matter how thick their armour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis change of events led commanders to rethink their cavalry tactics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs arquebuses and muskets became cheaper to make and handier to carry in their shortened form, it was found that well drilled horsemen could move quickly across any battlefield and add their fire power at a decisive point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMounted troops thus equipped with short firearms, carbines as they were later to be called, were called harquebusiers and were raised in great quantities throughout Europe in a series of conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe men were armoured where possible, and carried a good sword, but often used the Caracole tactic of discharging their carbines and wheeling away to reload whilst another rank trotted forward to give fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the battlefield they often supported the heavy shock cavalry by disrupting enemy charges and firing upon pike formations until they are vulnerable to a charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarlord's boxed set portrays typical mounted harquebusiers of the late 16th and early 17th century, and can represent troops of many nationalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 multi-part metal Harquebusiers (including command)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 plastic horses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlastic bases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackground guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSIx Full-colour flags for Thirty Years War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSupplied unassembled and unpainted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44660491976773,"sku":"WGP-15","price":60.82,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/5218\/0037\/files\/wgp-15-harquebusiers-00.jpg?v=1772116728","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.warandpeacegames.com.au\/products\/pike-shotte-imperial-harquebusiers","provider":"War and Peace Games | Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}