Drill (military)
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A drill in military terms is the action of memorising a certain action through repetition until the action is instinctive to the soldiers being drilled. Such is necessary for a fighting force to perform to maximum efficiency and to be flexible to all manner of situations. As a whole, drilling as a vital component of a war machine started when Phillip II of Macedon disciplined his army so they could swiftly form the Phalanxs that were so critical to his successes as a general. Military drilling later was used by the Roman Army to maximise efficiency and deadliness throughout their long history. After the fall of the empire, and the Dark Ages set in in Europe, most feudal lords more heaviliy relied on peasant levies and their wealthy knights to fight their wars, and military drilling was used mostly by only the foremost armies and nations, such as the Normans.
