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Line infantry was the type of infantry that formed the bulk of most European land armies from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century. Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Adolphus are generally regarded as its pioneers, while Turenne and Montecuccoli are closely associated with the post-1648 development of linear infantry tactics. [1]
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La infantería de línea fue el nombre que recibieron las tropas básicas de infantería europea del siglo XVIII. Características. Infantería de línea de Prusia atacando con mosquetes durante la Batalla de Hohenfriedbergo en 1745.
By the beginning of the 18th century, [citation needed] line infantry appeared and quickly became the main and most common type of infantry in the European countries. Line infantry was armed with smooth-bore muskets with bayonets. Prussian line infantry attack at the 1745 Battle of Hohenfriedberg.
Prussian Infantry attacking in lines during the Battle of Hohenfriedberg. The line formation is a standard tactical formation which was used in early modern warfare . It continued the phalanx formation or shield wall of infantry armed with polearms in use during antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Infantry tactics are the combination of military concepts and methods used by infantry to achieve tactical objectives during combat. The role of the infantry on the battlefield is, typically, to close with and engage the enemy, and hold territorial objectives; infantry tactics are the means by which this is achieved.
