User blog:MilenHD/Streltsy vs Tercio

Streltsy: Russia's elite marksman, who's marksmanship was unmatched.

VS

Tercio: Spain's foot soldier mercenaries who wielded the finest weapons and armor.

Who..is..Deadliest?!? To find out, our world class fighters are testing history's most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we see what happens, when two warriors go toe to toe. No rules, no safety, no mercy. It's a duel to the death, history will be rewritten, but only one will be crowned the Deadliest Warrior.

Streltsy
The Streltsy were Russia's premier guardsmen from the 16th Century to the 18th Century. Ivan the Terrible first established the force in the 1540s, recruiting peasants and supplying them with the arquebus. The Streltsy was divided into several divisions, each with its own task. The Streltsy of Moscow were given the task to defend the Kremlin and perform military guard duty. Because of their commoner backgrounds, the Streltsy partook in the government and fought for an end to serfdom. Totaling 20,000-25,000 members, the Streltsy soon became the primary marksmen for the Russian army. Peter the Great soon brought an end to the Streltsy. He tried to limit their power which resulted in their rebellious attitudes, launching the Streltsy Uprising. The revolt was a failure resulting in the execution of capture Streltsy. The group was replaced with the Russian Imperial Guard.

The Streltsy helped Russia to expand into empire with: Short Range= Sablia Mid Range= Bardiche Long Range= Pischal Special= Kindjal
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 2.5 feet
 * Steel
 * Weight: 7 pounds
 * Length: 6 feet
 * Steel Head, Wooden handle
 * Weight: 8 pounds
 * Range: 200 feet
 * Matchlock
 * Weight: 1 pound
 * Length: 1.5 feet
 * Steel

Tercio
The tercio or tercio español ("Spanish third") was a Spanish military unit of the Spanish Empire during the era of the dominance of Habsburg Spain in Europe and the Renaissance era.

Cross of Burgundy was adopted as the symbol of the Tercios and the Spanish Empire

The tercio was an infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers in a mutually supportive formation, that in theory was up to 3,000 soldiers, although it was usually less than half this size. It was also sometimes referred to as the Spanish Square in other countries and the formation was also much used by other powers, especially the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire.

Spanish tercios were the first modern European army, understood as an army of professional volunteers, as opposed to the conscripted levies and hired mercenaries typical in other European countries of the time. The care that was taken to maintain a high number of "old soldiers" (veterans) in the units, and their professional training, together with the particular personality imprinted on them by the proud hidalgos of the lower nobility that nurtured them, made the tercios for a century and a half the best infantry in Europe. Moreover, the tercios were the first to efficiently mix pikes and firearms. The formation dominated European battlefields in the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth century and is seen by historians as a major development of Early Modern combined armswarfare.

Tercio's led Spain to victory in the Renaissance with: Short Range= Toledo Rapier Mid Range= Partisan Long Range= Special= Parrying Dagger
 * Weight: 3 pounds
 * Length: 3 feet
 * Spanish Steel
 * Weight: 5 ounds
 * Length: 7 feet
 * Spanish steel, Wooden handle
 * Weight: 10 pounds
 * Range: 100 feet
 * Matchlock
 * Weight: 1 pound
 * Length: 1 foot
 * Spanish Steel

My Edges
Short: Edge Tercio: Their rapier is longer and better on foot.

Mid: Edge Tercio: The Partisan is longer, lighter and can both hook and stab, and a little bit slash, while the bardiche is truly a cutting and chomping weapon.

Long: Edge Streltsy: Remember Ivan vs Cortes.

Special: Edge Streltsy: The kindjal is lighet and is more devastating.

X-Factors
Training: Streltsy 88, Tercio 88: They are both trained in the use  of similar tactics and weapons. They are both marksmans and foot soldiers.

Ferocity: Streltsy 100, Tercio 93: The Streltsy repelled multiple enemies and slaughter their way through the Boyar camps and cities, the Tercio's were fierce, but they were more loayl than fierce.

Armor: Streltsy 88, Tercio 91: The Tercio's steel cuirass and morion helmet are made from superior metal, and while the plated mail and fluted helmet are good and give the user more mobility, the bardiche is the only bladed weapon which can pierce the cuirass.

Intimidation: Streltsy 95, Tercio 81: The Streltsy's bardiches and their loyalty to their unstable ruler Ivan the Terrible made them a force to be scared from. Also their ferocity and massive killing sprees on the Boyars is giving them the edge here.