Mounted Crossbowmen Regiment WM-1-12-2022 The figures in this box

The figures in this box are in skirmishing poses

Many of these would be armed with the yari (spear)

Admiral Villeneuve

68 page book - The Bolt Action Field Manual

3rd rates were the most popular ship size

Mounted Crossbowmen Regiment WM-1-12-2022 The figures in this boxRain bolts into the foe before your horsemen charge home! The rise of pike armed infantry during the Italian Wars rendered the cavalry charge traditionally the ultimate arbiter of the medieval battle far less effective. To counter this, heavy cavalry units began incorporating men with small but powerful crossbows, who would screen the advance of their more traditionally armed fellows, and deliver a point blank salvo to break the cohesion of a pike