There are some measures that occures to be useful in the line.
However you name the distances in the line (open order, loose order, close order, wide open order), there are three substantial distances for a line:
Another aspect of the width is the relation of persons per meter. In this not only the persons in the first line are taken into measure but all that stand in a certain area of the line.
Depending on tactic and quality of the fighters this relation varies.
Usual rates:
sort | persons per meter |
short weapon | 1,5 |
long weapons | 1 |
Reserve and runner | 1,5 |
sum: | 4 |
There are three disctances to teh opponent the appears most often (measured from the body middle of the front fighter):
phases: sequence and structure of a battle, a description in phases.
Phase -2: planing
Phase -1: instructing and training the taktic
Phase 0: line-up
Phase 1: first Treffen - first clash - winning of the first initiative
Phase 2: second clash - keeping or winning of the second initiative
Phase 3: clearing the field/ chaosphase
m/sec :
A further option to view battle is in terms of time units or velocities.
In this can be planned what time a regrouping would take till contact with the opponent (measuring till the clash). Good examples are a shift to the left, while the opponent is approaching or a board snout during the impact.
In the same way it can be planned, how many metres per second a fighting line moves to make a formation change during the fight (measuring from the clash)