What made the Swedes so good at war?

Why start this thread while most threads are asleep?

Our genuinely Swedish barbarism

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WE WUZ VIKINGS N SHIEEET

>>1358541
Revolutionary tactics like mobile artillery. Perhaps they also had a bit of zeal being soldiers of Protestant Sweden which was fighting against the forces of the pope.

>>1358541
they lost that war

>>1358541
Unlike most soldiers, they were more than happy to have long deployments away from home, secure in the knowledge that their wives and daughters would be taken care of by well endowed Bulls.

>>1358541
I have no knowledge on the subject but the image you've provided isn't the best example. Holding a fort obviously requires fewer soldiers than taking one does and they had more artillery/cannons as well.

Not to add funding from France..

They used book keeping to determine superior tactics than the popular feel based approach. Like during the 30 years war it was common to send out several initial waves of knights to shoot several pistol barrages before contact, most likely very cool looking and impressive

But Gustavus found few enemies dead from pistol bullets in regard to the massive cost to outfit cavalry, with several pistols, and supply them ammunition. I imagine it would be very hard to tell what was effective or not outside losing

>>1358541
Mercenaries

>>1358541
They literally got btfo by the Tsardom not long after

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>>1358541
They had the best cavalry units

>>1358541
Fighting only incompetent shitholes instead of the powerful France and Spain I'd say

>>1358541
They only got gud after they captured former danish lands

So literally, because Denmark

>>1358541
Carolean army was one hell of a drug
>run up 100m from enemy
>volley to the face
>Run up to 50m from enemy
>second volley so close you can snipe balls off
>then draw swords/pike armed grenadiers charge forward into terrified and decimated enemies
Nothing could stand up to that in the day especially given the kind of warfare they were used to
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroleans

>>1360479
which mod is this?

>>1360493
Got it wrong, they fired FIRST at 50 metres then after at 20 just before the charge

>>1358541
Weather

>>1360499
I think is M&B:With Fire & Sword, a standalone expansion

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at first I was like

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>>1360602
but then

>>1358541
Russian has sucked at war since forever. They were a threat due their sheer numbers

>>1360483
They fought Spainish troops once and lost. Besides,most of the Swedish troops were German during the 30 years war

Carolus Rex

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>>1358541

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>>1362235

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>>1360563
>>1360499
Yes, it's With Fire & Sword.

Pretty good game, fun gunplay. A bit easy once you figure out that swedish cav > all

Even does sieges easily, just position them outside the gate and get them to gun down everyone as they funnel out.