Heavy Pikemen (Tercio de los Morados Viejos) - Spain image - Nine Years War mod for Empire: Total War
This mod aims to recreate the atmosphere of the period of the War of the Grand Alliance, also known as the Nine Years War. The mod will reflect the transition from matchlock to flintlock and from pike to bayonet. There will be a new faction (the Cossack Hetmanate and the Jacobites). The mod will incorporate some units of the Hetmanate TW mod with some changes to reflect the late 17th century.
Before 1690, Spanish heavy pikemen were still used in the field. By 1690, Spanish pikemen in the field no longer wore armour, but it were still used in the fortresses. During the Nine Years War, the ratio of firearms to pikes in the infantry was about 2-1. The pike was officially abolished in Spain in 1703, but in practice may have survived as late as 1710, especially in the poorly armed Spanish militias.