Pike
TypePolearm
OriginMacedon/Europe
EraAncient
About Pike
Could reach 5-7 meters. The Macedonian phalanx under Alexander used the sarissa pike. Swiss pike squares dominated Renaissance battlefields. Pikemen protected musketeers from cavalry, the origin of the push of pike. At its peak, an army might field 10,000 pikemen.
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