On paper, a Swedish regiment consists of eight companies. Each company has three pike corporalships, each with three files of six pikemen, and three musketeer corporalships, each with four files of six musketeers (432 pikemen and 576 musketeers).
In battle, one musketeer corporalship would be withdrawn from each company (together 192 musketeers) to support the cavalry, form a vanguard, etc. The remainder would form two squadrons, with 12 corporalships of pikemen (216 pikemen) in the center and 8 corporalships of musketeers (192 musketeers) on the flanks. Open questions: - The Swedish files were considerably smaller than the files in a Spanish Tercio. Should each file count as an element, to represent the more efficient use of manpower, or should 1.5 to 2 files make an element, to match the typical number from Mass Combat, p. 4? - Cavalry and Artillery in proportion. But what is the proportion? - Heavy Cavalry, Medium Cavalry, Horse Pistols, or a mix? - Light Artillery with Draft Teams or Horse Artillery? - I'm not even going to touch the question of quality. My gut reaction would be to call them inferior, with a few average units, but that might underestimate the guts and training it takes to form a cohesive pike block. A conservative estimate would count two files as one element, so the Regiment would have this: Two Squadrons, each with: Elements Total TS Classes Mobility Raise Maintain 18 Pikemen 72 (Cv) Foot $1,080K $216K 16 Musketeers 32 F Foot $480K $96K Eight Commanded Corporalships, each with: 2 Musketeers 4 F Foot $60K $12K Total: Fire TS 96 Neutralize Cavalry TS 144 Force TS 240 Double everything if each file is an element. By comparison, a squad of TL8 riflemen with poor equipment is TS 120. Two squads can match this regiment. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
