"Scots musket/pike ratios" Topic
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| Footslogger | 08 Nov 2023 11:46 a.m. PST |
Hi, can anyone help me? What sort of musket to pike ratio should I be looking at for a 1644 Covenanter army, please? |
| JimDuncanUK | 08 Nov 2023 12:17 p.m. PST |
Warlord go for a 40/40 ratio. You would expect them to have done some research. Maybe not! |
| FourDJones | 08 Nov 2023 1:15 p.m. PST |
1644, Morpeth Castle, Northumberland: The Covenanter garrison consisted of five companies of infantry. During the Royalist siege, the Scottish commander of the castle -Sommerville- complained a third of his men (the pike)were useless in this situation. … |
| Footslogger | 08 Nov 2023 1:46 p.m. PST |
A useful primary source clue! |
| Timbo W | 08 Nov 2023 2:48 p.m. PST |
For the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant (Marston Moor Scots) it was 3 muskets to every 2 pike, or 1.5 to 1.
Based on what they bought for the invasion of England anyway. |
| 4DJones | 09 Nov 2023 1:59 a.m. PST |
The Covenanters dropped off the garrison for Morpeth Castle early 1644, on their way down to Newcastle and Sunderland and the battles in north Durham. The siege of the castle was May 1644. Primary source: 'Memoir of the Somervilles' |
| Footslogger | 11 Nov 2023 5:22 a.m. PST |
Thank you for your replies. |
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