Editing Unit Designations (section)

===='''Unit Equipment or Style:Infantry or Cavalry'''====
The ''"Style"'' describes the equipment the unit uses and its mobility in it.  
The Styles are Light Infantry, Medium Infantry, Heavy Infantry & Light Cavalry, Medium Cavalry and Heavy Cavalry. While this discussion is on unit styles an individual fighter may also be described using one of these 6 styles.

====='''Infantry'''=====
Most SCA units will be styled as Infantry units due to mobility and equipment.

'''''Light Infantry''''' is a unit that fights purposefully in the very minimum of legal war-field armor but is not highly mobile.   
A historical example of Light infantry is unarmored peasant levy using a single weapon and shield or improvised farm implements.  This is your basic unruly mob of villagers with pitchforks.
Since the SCA has strict rules for armoring this Style is unlikely on an SCA battlefield. Units that arm in a Light fashion tend to do so for the sake of mobility, such as the Tuchux.
Light Infantry units might be those that specialize in archery or artillery where their mobility is not necessarily as important as their ability to effectively manipulate bows and equipment.
Some banner-bearers might be classified individually as light infantry while lightly armored knights would be classified as Light Cavalry. 


'''''Medium Infantry''''' are units that meet the SCA armor guidelines and include other protective gear for personal defense.  Body armor, leg armor, and other gear may be of heavier then legally required.  
Most SCA fighters will fall into this Style.  It is a complete rig of armor that will include metal and leather as well as other materials and will effectively cover the fighter. 
This is Style may or may not represent a specific period and can be called SCA Period.  


'''''Heavy Infantry''''' is a unit that has a specific goal of wearing either heavy armor or armor of a specific period. They may be trading authenticity for mobility. 
Roman Units, or units with a lot of similar heavy equipment fall in this style.

====='''Cavalry'''=====
While describing an SCA unit as cavalry may seem silly on the surface it represents the tendency of the unit to run in combat.  Most units can move quickly when needed but a cavalry unit can run far and fast when needed with a small number of members falling out of order.  Running any distance shows that the unit has a better level of fitness and aggressiveness. A unit that prides itself on moving fast in to a fight or out of one, that stresses physical fitness especially endurance, or can cover a field quickly without difficult can be considered Cavalry.

'''''Light Cavalry''''' units arm in the lightest armor possible and trade protection for mobility.
Elements of Tuchux can be seen as Light Cavalry.  They purposefully wear as little equipment as legally required and run to every conflict they can.  Speed is the key.
While Light Infantry may be the fastest unit on the field, they can be less effective in a hard pressed or tight situations.  Not effective for bridge battles or castle battles.  Vulnerable to artillery and archery.
Effective in open fields, broken fields, woods battles, or battles where speed in taking a position or flag point is needed.

'''''Medium Cavalry''''' units are those that are reasonably armed and can to move fast and far on command. This will be the most common style for SCA units that  specialize in great mobility.
These units are excellent units for flanking, filling gaps in a fight, supporting units that take heavy losses.
A Medium Cavalry unit will have a lot of fast moving, probably younger fighters, but may suffer attrition as they get tired throughout the day.

'''''Heavy Cavalry''''' are those units with a mixture of heavy armor, speed, and almost certainly high unit morale and esprit de corp.
A Heavy Infantry unit is probably one dedicated to representing a particular period.    Norman Cavalry might be described as a unit in heavy chain-mail, shield and sword, willing to run to a target.  
Extremely few units will be of this style.  The ones that are will have heavy attrition as the day wears on but almost certainly include a strong fitness program as part of their training.