I'd be very surprised if the following Pike & Shot Drill link has not been posted before. Anyhoo, for those who are new to the era or have not seen it before, this link may be of interest.
http://syler.com/drillDemo/menu.html (http://syler.com/drillDemo/menu.html)
Wow! Never seen this before, very good indeed! :-bd
Thank you 8)
Make sure you see the battle of Breitenfield:
http://syler.com/ (http://syler.com/)
Yes. Quite an extensive section, there. Interesting to read in the Swedish Brigade section that pikemen were arrayed in ranks of only 5 deep - first I've heard of that. Was always under the impression, Pike would be as deep as the Shot (which, in the illustration, shows musketeers in ranks of 6 deep). Also amazing when you think how often you see war-games units with Pike blocks deeper than the Shot! The reason given for 5 ranks is that any deeper, even 6 ranks, the rearmost ranks could only serve as back-up since pikes are five to six meters in length & distance between ranks usually a meter.
P.S. Good of you to post the link to the home page, Rob. Gives everyone a better idea of what's on the site, including the animations.
There was another site well worth looking at but it seems to have gone although I have found a remnant here:
http://forum.milua.org/archive/TactiqueUk.htm (http://forum.milua.org/archive/TactiqueUk.htm)
View it while you can it will probably not last too long
:) Rob