Editing Musketeer (section)

===Spain===
[[File:1650 - tercio arquebuse2.jpg|thumb|A ''[[tercio]]'' musketeer c. 1650|247x247px]]
In the [[Spanish army]], the ''[[tercio]]'' or the ''Spanish square'' was a mixed infantry formation that theoretically could number up to 3,000 pikemen, swordsmen and musketeers; although it was usually much smaller on the battlefield. It was effective in its era, capitalizing on the close-quarter impact of the pike combined with the long-range projectile capabilities of the musket. It resembled a loosely formed [[phalanx formation|phalanx]] in function, but was far more flexible and deadly. Musketeers were developed by the Spanish during the [[Italian Wars]] so as to deal with the [[Plate armour|heavily armored]] [[Gendarme (historical)|French Gendarmes]]. An [[arquebus]] was not powerful enough to take down an armored knight, but a [[wall gun]] was. Spanish field commanders wanted to bring the firepower of a small wall gun onto the battlefield yet have it be as maneuverable as an arquebus. The solution was a bigger arquebus, but the additional weight made it extremely difficult to support the barrel during aiming and firing; hence, the musket rest, the precursor to the [[Weapon mount#Monopod|monopod]].<ref>{{cite book
|last1=Marek y Villarino de Brugge
|first1=Don André
|title=Discourse on Spanish Musketry in the Late 16th Century 
|date=2022
|edition=Revised
|page=19
|location=Norwalk
|isbn=979-8429737126
}}</ref> Furthermore, musketeers were the first infantry to give up armor entirely.<ref>{{cite book
|last1=Marek y Villarino de Brugge
|first1=Don André
|title=Discourse on Spanish Musketry in the Late 16th Century 
|date=2022
|edition=Revised
|page=43
|location=Norwalk
|isbn=979-8429737126
}}</ref> Other than the musket rest, the musketeer's equipage was upgraded from a powder flask to a [[bandolier]]. Due to the difficulty in manipulating the musket rest and the strength needed to handle the heavier gun, musketeers were stronger men and paid more than the rest of the infantry.<ref>{{cite book
|last1=Parker
|first1=Geoffrey
|title=The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road
|date=1972
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|page=274
}}</ref>