redarmyscreaming:The Exercise of Armes: By Jacob de Gheyn IIThis exercise was one of the ideas of Pr
redarmyscreaming:The Exercise of Armes: By Jacob de Gheyn IIThis exercise was one of the ideas of Prins Maurits van Oranje Nassau (Prince Maurice of Orange Nassau, son of Prince William of Orange Nassau) during the eighty years war against the Spanish. The idea was to make the soldiers familiar with the loading process to the point where it became muscle memory. Maurits was also responsible for the tactic of fighting in line formation, which was used for several hundred years -- source link