Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Roberts' linear tactics concept had an early critic in the younger historian Geoffrey Parker, who asked why the supposedly outdated Spanish tercios defeated the Swedish linear formations at the
hondo yeNördlingen muna 1634. Parker panzvimbo pezvo akataura kuti budiriro inokosha yakanga iri kuoneka kwezvinyorwa zveItaly zvinyorwa muEurope yemazuva ano ekutanga. Mukuona uku, kuoma kwokutora masvingo akadaro kwakaguma neshanduko huru munzira yehondo. "Hondo dzakava nhevedzano yokurwiswa kwenguva refu", anodaro Parker, uye hondo dzaiitirwa panze dzakava "dzisina basa" munharaunda umo kwakanga kune trace italienne. Pakupedzisira, Parker anoti, "military geography", nemamwe mashoko kuvapo kana kusavapo kwe trace italienne munharaunda yakapiwa, yakaumba urongwa hwechiuto munguva yepakutanga yemazuva ano, uye inotungamirira kusikwa kwemauto makuru anodiwa kukomba nhare itsva uye kuvagarisa. Nenzira iyi, Parker akaisa kuberekwa kweRevolution yeMasoja mukuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 16. Iye anopawo revo itsva, kwete bedzi kuti chakanga chiri chinhu mukukura kweHurumende, chakanga chiriwo chinhu chikuru, pamwe chete ne"Revolution Naval" kukwira kweMadokero pamusoro pemamwe Marudzi.