Proud Warrior Race (tm) but in order to modernize they applied the mindset to every other occupation needed to make society work. A mechanic counts his scars conquering and enthralling defiant machines, while a janitor boasts of his battles against filth and disease.
The Landsknecht companies even had longbowmen! Maximilian was an avid enthusiast of all martial arts, including archery.
Though probably not utilized much and there numbers were probably never great, (there is speculation that they were more of a “novelty” unit) they are nonetheless mentioned and written about in contemporary manuscripts.
Here is an illustration from The Zeugbuch of Maximilian I ca. 1502, and also a painting by Hans Burgkmair ca. 1500.
Holonet news from the day of Zorba the Hutt's arrest. (This is an official online article that is now only accessible via https://t.co/k8prqzFJWl backups)
I have an idea, based off these two tweets That in the Malfoid version, he specifically went to use it on the expectation that it would be a useful prank spell (Like how Levicorpus could be) to subdue her without real harm.
And then it turns out it's the Lacerator 5000.
It's worth remembering that Harry knew he had a schoolboy's book, and the prior spell he had used from it was Levicorpus, which was basically a prank spell. It wasn't like he found FOR ENEMIES in some forbidden book of dark arts. Foolish, but not absurd.