Article number: 500788061
Product: 1:72 Austrian Musket.+Pikemen 17th cty
Parts: 48
Size: 2,5 cm
Kit consists of 45 figures in 12 different poses.
Since the middle of the XV century the Austrian family of Habsburgs had
been chosen invariably for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. In
connection with the Turkish invasion of the Central Europe importance of
the House greatly increased. Since the XVI till XVIII century in opinion
of contemporaries they were like a shield protected the Western Europe
from incursion of Moslems. In the first half of the XVII century the
Austrian infantry had been organized in accordance with directions given
by Morris von Nassau, who was founder of the Netherlands army which was
the most progressive during that time. Infantry battalion had been
included 550 persons. 250 pike- men were in the center of formation, 240
musketry were in positions at flanks and 60 were in the line of
skirmishers. Skirmishers were to fire during countermarch, and that
required a highest skill and coherence of actions of soldiery, but at
the same time it was a way to keep the strength of continuous fire. In
case of threat from cavalry musketry were to shelter behind ranks of pikemen
without breaking of formation. On a battlefield battalions had been arranged in three echelons similar to battle formation of
the Roman legions. Such arrangement had been given no obstructions
during maneuvering of separate detachments and had been allowed to give a support to each other in necessity.
Detailed Plastic Kit of model
Austrian Musketeers and Pikemen, 17th century
in scale 1:72
