Landsknecht

The Landsknecht is an archaic hand infantry mercenary unit for the Habsburgs.

Overview
Brutally effective against groups of cavalry, and, to a lesser extent, groups of infantry, the archaic Landsknecht is a heavy infantry mercenary unit from Bohemia with a splash attack at melee.

Expensive, but available early game, the Landsknecht is typical of a mercenary unit, outstripping typical pikemen completely, but taking up 2 population and so is unlikely to be fielded in large numbers in early game in the same way.