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A tercio is a term used by the Spanish army to describe a group of almost 3000 infantry.
A tercio consisted of 1500 pikemen and about the same number of musketeers.
The pikemen always stayed together in one large square (carré).
The musketeers were split up in 4 groups (mangas) and deployed relative to the carré, for instance one manga at each corner.
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