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Originally Posted by vierasmarius
Actually, apart from small, homogenous skirmishing forces, I was under the impression that most armies included a mix of troop types. For example, Napoleonic commanders recognized three branches of the army (infantry, cavalry, artillery) that had to be used in concert to wage a battle. In medeival times there was an even broader assortment of troops (light and heavy infantry, archers, cavalry, artillery).
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I had low-TL armies in mind. My impression is that apart from the armies of great and very organized empires, such as the Romans and Persians, most TL1-3 (and 4 too?) armies consisted mainly of one troop type, either archers, or infantry, or cavalry.