"Ming Chinese infantry tactics" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 May 2020 10:39 p.m. PST |
"Generally speaking, four typical Chinese soldier would occupy a five chi (approx. 5.35 feet or 1.63 metre) by five chi square. In other word, space between two soldiers, measured from shoulder to shoulder, is roughly 2.1 feet. For example, an early Mandarin Duck squad employed by Qi Ji Guang (戚繼光) would occupy a rectangular space of five chi wide and one zhang five chi long (5.35 feet × 16.05 feet). Typical Chinese formation was actually incredibly spacious by European standard, as European pikemen of the sixteenth and seventeenth century fought in very dense formation, with space between two soldiers as little as 18 inches…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Tango01 | 26 May 2020 12:45 p.m. PST |
Seems not many wargame this period … eh? (smile) Amicalement Armand
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