Hey all I am looking for websites with articles on the armies of these nations: Britain Germany France Italy Poland-Maybe Spain Egypt Turk Byzantine Russia Mongol China Japan Korea-Maybe Aztec Inca I need them to describe the army composition look and names sort of like this: The heavy infantryman, known as a Skutatoi, was quite well armored, often as well protected as the typical cavalryman. This would change over time, until only the first two or three rows of heavy infantry would be well protected, while the remaining rows would often posses a helmet and bambakion, which was a padded cloth or leather armor. Unlike the typical heavy armor, the bambakion possessed sleeves and hoods. The remainder of a soldiers clothing consisted of linen tunic in the summer or a woolen tunic for winter, both reaching to mid-thigh, trousers and high heavy boots provided the rest of the armor.Occasionally gauntlets or padded gloves are also seen . The front rank heavy infantryman would have worn the same armor as the back ranks with the addition of a mail or lamellar (scale) corselet which was most often sleeveless and terminated at the waist. In addition these soldiers would also have had iron grieves, gauntlets and either metal or leather, neck guards attached to their helmets. The light infantryman was usually with out armor though when possible a helmet and corselet would have been provided, the corselet being the exception to the norm. The soldiers were also provided with a large woolen or felt cloak. The cloak served as a blanket, coat and camouflage cover for armor during night attacks and ambushes. The usual color for Byzantine uniforms appear to have been shades of red, blue, green and mauve. The red color, sun bleaching to an earthy brown and also showing up black at a distance or in low light. The heavy infantry also typically carried a shield. The shield was a large oval shield, curved but not convex. The shield would have been painted to delineate the users unit affiliation . In the later 1000's and early 1100's the oval shield was being replaced by a kite shaped shield. The light infantryman was equipped with a small round shield though these were often thrown away as an encumbrance or in latter days omitted altogether. Typical weaponry for a Byzantine infantryman depended on whether he was a heavy infantryman or a light infantryman. The heavy infantry fighter was often equipped with a short broad sword for close in hacking, a mace for bludgeoning through armor, a sling, and a twelve to fourteen foot pike that was used to ward of enemy cavalry. The soldier was also equipped with one or two heavy javelins; often the javelin was a substitute for the pike in the rear ranks. The light infantry soldier was equipped with a smallish composite bow and a quiver of 40-50 arrows. He would also have a sling and a small battle or hand axe as a personal close in weapon. Each group of 16 infantrymen was also provided with a cart of engineering equipment. In this cart were the following tools: hand mill, bill hook, saw, two spades, a mallet, large wicker basket, a scythe, two pick axes and a collection of corded caltrops . In the old Roman Empire the infantryman had reigned supreme and the cavalryman had been merely an auxiliary. This changed in the military establishment of the East Roman Empire. The cavalryman because of his mobility and his shock effect would prove to reinforce the theory of quality over quantity. Though man for man it costed far more to equip, train and maintain a cavalry soldier than a grunt , it took far less men to defend the empire with cavalry than with lines of infantry forts. The cavalry came in three types, heavy, medium and light. The heavy cavalry were rarely seen after the 1071 defeat Manzikert and light infantry became more and more the province of Asian horse-archer mercenaries . The medium cavalryman, the Kataphractos, was usually attired and armored in the following manner. He wore a linen tunic in summer and a woolen one in winter. Over his tunic the soldier wore a corselet of mail and on top of this a corselet of lamelle. Rounding out his protection were grieves, vambraces, gauntlets and a mail hood attached to the helmet. The helmet was typically the same model as the infantry soldier wore. On top of this was a waterproof, brownish felt cloak. The horse of the medium cavalry soldier was unarmored. The medium cavalry soldier was equipped officially with a small 12" shield though most drawings depict a 24" shield for those using the lance and the 12" shield for the archers . The heavy cavalry soldier, Klibanophoros, was equipped like the Kataphractos except that they wore additional protective equipment. This equipment was a padded armor coat over the lamelle, a two or three layered mail hood that left a slit to view out of, splint-armor vambraces, grieves, gauntlets and iron overshoes. These cavalrymen were literally armored from head to toe. This level of armored protection was also prevalent with their mounts. The horses were covered in a lamelle blanket of hardened oxhide that covered the body to the knees, the head and neck . The heavy cavalryman appears to have used the same shield types as were common with the Kataphractos. The light cavalry soldier was most often unarmored except for a hood of horn scales and a helmet of either iron or reinforced felt. The horses of the light cavalrymen were identical to their riders in that they were with out protection. The protection they did have being their speed and agility. The light cavalry often carried a small shield of wood or hardened hide for additional protection . As most light cavalrymen were recruited mercenary troops the above is a generalization of the typical light cavalryman that would have been found in the field. There were differences amongst some of the various ethnic groups who by and large served under there own immediate leadership. The weaponry of the various cavalry types was not as varied as their armor. All cavalry types seem to have been equipped initially with a composite bow and a quiver of 40 to 50 arrows. Later on lances would be added to the arsenal of the medium and heavy cavalry. All cavalry seem to have been equipped with swords, javelins and a battle-axe. Th light cavalry also seems to have additionally carried lassos and slings . Typically among the Klibanophoros there would be about 1 in 5 of the soldiers equipped with bows while the remaining 4/5 relied on the lance for a shock type of attack. The Kataphractos seemed to be equally at home using which ever weapon the situation dictated . The army contained in addition to the above type combats units various other specialized units that one would expect to find. There were logistics troops, marines, sailors and an extensive medical corps. Each basic unit or banda had attached to it a surgical doctor and a party of eight stretcher-bearers. So important to the Byzantines was the care of its wounded that the stretcher-bearers were paid a bounty for wounded soldier that was brought in to the medical area. A higher bounty was paid for recovering the wounded during a retreat . See how it deals with all of the army? thats what I am looking for. Thanks all! EDIT: Title lol -CM

You might want to be a wee bit more specific on the time period. Since you've got Mongols, I suppose it must be a medieval game, but which part? The army of France changed considerably over the Hundred Years' War, while Italy wasn't even a nation at the time.

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