This armour consists of a pot helmet, back and breast plates, tassets to protect the lower trunk and thighs and a gorget to guard the throat. A pikeman’s armour could weigh between 20 and 30 kg; many men abandoned it because of its weight. Around two-thirds of the men in a Civil War infantry regiment would have been armed with muskets, but the rest would have used a five-metre, steel-tipped pike. Pikemen played an important role in protecting musketeers from enemy cavalry – no horse would charge onto the closely-packed points of their pikes.
Collection: Images
Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Higher Education
Link: https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-07-279-3
Resource type: Image
Format: Images
Source: National Army Museum, Battle gallery
Owner: Porto group (Modernalia)
Identifier: NAM. 1996-07-279-3
Copyright: National Army Museum Copyright
Abstract: Armament
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