Ottoman Janissary Casualties 1115 Crews of these boats relied

Crews of these boats relied on their smaller size

capable of being broken down into sever loads for ease of transport in treacherous terrain

although at some considerable loss to both speed and manoeuvrability compared to the lighter armour worn by Vector troops

Yet by the end of the century

so much of the defence was traditionally performed by the Militias

Ottoman Janissary Casualties 1115 Crews of these boats reliedThe Ottoman Empire was a serious threat to Christian Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The expansionist policies of Suleiman the Magnificent in the 1500s had seen a huge Empire carved from Eastern Europe, North Africa and east into Asia. The driving forces behind this army were the expanding Janissary Corps of infantry and the feared Sipahi cavalry. These household troops were backed up by a wide array of feudal troops from across the