Talk:Swiss Pikemen

Proposed merge.

Unofficial bands of Swiss Mercenaries existed before and subsequent to the elite pikemen referred to in the Swiss Mercenaries article and regardless of the intentions of the Swiss government!

The Pikemen were a notable phenomenon in history, deserving their own entry.

The (excellent, valuable) information in Swiss Mercenaries that doesn't overlap with the current small article at Swiss Pikemen should be moved there.

Swiss Mercenaries could be left as a disambig to point to the Pikemen and the Swiss Guard and any other Swiss mercenaries who've been caught up in the multiplicities of wars in human history.

Dweller 10:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The disambig idea is a suitable solution to this problem, as it satisfies both sides' arguments.--Blututh 02:32, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I think that it would be better to make a new article named: Swiss Warfare and Tactics in the Middle Ages. I've researched quite extensively in this area, and instead of explaining the Swiss Pikemen plainly it would be better to add some background information e.g. the Battle of Morgarten, etc. The article Swiss Mercenaries really only concentrated on the Swiss Mercenaries itself, not on its background. -- WillSkeat 17:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Medieval warfare
I added a link to Medieval warfare because the article is very interesting for a personn interested in Swiss pikemen. There's a very nice paragraph on these deadly pikemen.