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conduct of tactics

  • Sumerian phalanx
    In tactics: Linear formation

    Meanwhile, the improvement of firearms caused armour to be discarded. Infantry ceased wearing it almost completely after 1660, and the armour carried by cavalrymen grew steadily shorter until all that remained were the breastplates worn by heavy cavalry—the cuirassiers—as late as the 20th…

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