Sturgian Military Organization
In the late 17th century when pike and shot tactics began to fall out of favor with the development of the flintlock musket (among other innovations) the Stergian military began to professionallize its army due to the training necessary to be a soldier in this new era. And so the generals staff of lords began to develop a system of infantry Formations that would revolutionize infantry combat and almost every other nation would adopt this system at some point. Lets start with the infantry. In this system infantry regiments are made up of 4 battalions total, 3 of which are "line battalions" with 2 companies each and one is a "reserve battalion" usually with 1 company but it can have up to 2. The first battalion is the line battalion, made up of line infantry, this battalion has 2 Seargents, 4 corporals, a Lieutenant, and 444 enlisted men. The second battalion is made up of line infantry aswell but these are the most inexperienced men of the regiment. It has 2 seargents, 4 corporals, and 2 lieutenants and 214 enlisted men. Next the elite 3rd battalion consists of 2 companies, a grenadier company, and a light company. Each with a Lieutenant, a seargent, 2 corporals, and 216 enlisted men. These companies are made up of the most veteran Men and the most skilled men at shooting respectively. Finally is the 4th battalion, this unit is the same as the 3rd battalion except this battalion always stays on the home front for recruitment and training for the regiment. When in battle The first and third battalions will form up in two lines with around 40 feet between them with the 3rd battalion always in the rear. The second battalion will be placed between the two lines of men and as the men in the first battalion fall, men from the second battalion will replace them. This formation is known as the "star" formation. This formation can be changed into a column with the grenadier company in the rear and the light company in the front. It can also be formed into a line of battle by moving the grenadier company to the right of the 1st battalion and the light company to the left. When the front line (or battle line) fires they can either fire the first two ranks of men while standing or if the front rank kneels, all three ranks can fire. Every type of infantry uses this regimental system, line infantry, militia, fusiliers and others. Now there are also other types of regiments aswell... heavy regiments and later on the the late 18th to the 19th century, so called light regiments. The heavy regiment consists of essentially, entirely of grenadier recruits called fusiliers. Heavy regiments can also be made up of guard infantry and are generally used as shock infantry. Next are the light companies, light companies are entire regiments of light infantry equipped with rifles or rifled muskets and are used for long range skirmishing. Additionally no matter the type of infantry regiment or unit within, each one has its own branch or type of grenadiers and lights. Cavalry and artillery regiments were much more simple. Cavalry regiments had 3 battalions of 270 horsemen each, plus an additional company (45 horses and men) would stay at home for training and recruitment. Additionally there are three types I'd cavalry regiments, light, medium and heavy cavalry. Light cavalry was used for reconnaissance and skirmishing and generally light Cavalry are mounted infantry. Medium cavalry are the backbone of the cavalry force and do most of the longer fighting or cavalry to cavalry combat. And finally the heavy cavalry, heavy cavalrys main job is shock tactics to break weakened enemy Formations or lines. Now last but not least is the artillery. Artillery regiments consist of 6 batteries of 5 guns and 50 gunners each for a total of 30 guns and 300 gunners per regiment with an additional light company of 150 men known as "gunners mates" that would protect the guns from enemy attack for a total of 450 men per regiment (not including officers).
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