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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by jaxa
From 1400 to 1600 - it were happy times for Poland, one of the most important European countries this era.
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Whenever I play a medeival or rennaissance miniatures game I always play the Poles. Gotta love those winged hussars...and pancerni. |
Sailor Steve, good choice. Husaria was the most famous heavy cavalry from all of Europe, it's a typical Polish type of cavalry. Wings were their characteristic symbol, useful against Tartar's lasso (arkan in Polish). Hussars always fought at first line for breaking enemy's lines. Pancerni fought at second line, because they equipment wasn't so heavy (Lithuanian name - petyhorcy, because Lithuania was part of Poland this time).
Poland always had fantastic cavalry, from medieval era to 2nd WW.