User blog:Kaiser of Metcalfer99/Landsknecht Doppelsöldners vs Mughal Warriors

Landsknecht Doppelsöldner: Elite Colourful and Psychotic German Mercenaries who sacked Rome and drowned Europe in a torrent of blood.

(A large armoured man swats away the pike of Swiss mercenary with his Zweihander before splitting the man in half)

Vs

Mughal Warriors: Defenders of the Mughal Empire and the Islamic Faith in India.

(A man clad in Chainmail dodges a strike of a Talwar from a Rajput before shoving his Spear through the mans throat)

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Landsknecht Doppelsöldner



The German Landsknechts, sometimes also rendered asLandsknechte, were colourful mercenary soldiers with a formidable reputation, who became an important military force through late 15th- and 16th-century Europe. Consisting predominantly of German mercenary pikemen and supporting foot soldiers, they achieved the reputation for being the universal mercenaries of early modern Europe.

Doppelsöldner ("double-pay men", from German doppel meaning double, sold meaning pay) were Landsknechte in 16th-century Germany who volunteered to fight in the front line, taking on extra risk, in exchange for double payment. The stated ratio was that one Landsknecht in four would be a Doppelsöldner. The Doppelsöldner of each company were usually issued with ranged weapons, such as a crossbow or an arquebus, and arranged in the wings of a square, in front of the pikemen. Likewise, Landsknechte schooled in the use of the Zweihänder (two-hander), a two-handed sword, were entitled to double pay and thus qualified as Doppelsöldner.

Info was acquired off https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsknecht and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelsöldner

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X factors

Brutality

Landsknecht: 90

Mughal: 89

Both groups could be incredibly brutal when it came down it with both groups slaughtering entire villages and cities that got in their way but I’m giving this to the Landsknecht on account of them taking an extreme joy in being brutal and even sacking Rome because them not being paid on time.

Experience

Landsknecht: 100

Mughal: 100

I’m giving this one to both since at this time the Mughals are constantly fighting to expand their empire while the Landsknecht’s are constantly in the middle of ever single fight in Central Europe at the time.

Unarmed combat

Landsknecht: 80

Mughal: 85

Both groups practiced their own traditional form of wrestling but it seems that most Mughals where more familiar with theres.

Endurance 

Landsknecht: 93

Mughal: 95

Mughals get this on account of having the lighter armour and been able to move more freely and quicker than the Landsknecht.

Audacity 

Landsknecht: 100

Mughal: 90

The Landsknecht Doppelsöldner specific job was to march to the front of the line and swat away the enemies pikes before closing into their ranks. With the reason of them being called Doppelsöldner was because they where paid double the normal pay on account of it largely being a suicide mission.

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The battle will be 5 on 5 in a Tea House in the city of Surat at 3:00 PM during a sunny day.

voting will end on Friday the 24th.