Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26535281-20150703012624/@comment-27723099-20150703162736

It's true. In the pike-era of warfare history (late medieval), there were rare special mercenaries who had the only purpose to run into enemy pike walls and break the pikes. They had usually very small chances to survive.

Also one Swiss legend tells about a hero who broke the enemy lines in a battle by throwing himself onto their pikes. His sacrifice made the Swiss win the battle.