Spearman

Spearman is a melee infantry unit in Cossacks 3.

Background
In addition to streletses, there were soldiers armed with pikes in Russian army. Sometimes streletses were armed with this weapon to meet cavalry charges in a close fight. Spearmen could wear an armor - a chain mail or a cuirass. They also wielded a sabre. A spearman's equipment comprised a fur-cap, a long outer caftan, a zipun, porty and gloves. Some of soldiers were armed with a sabre and a protasan.