Napoleonic Basics Austrian Light Cavalry

The first of 2 parts on Austrian cavalry. In this one the light cavalry, hussars, Uhlans and Chevauleger! Hope you enjoy, and join me Easter Monday at 11 for the final live paint along (for now at least!)
Thanks for all your support!
Tim

[@MedievalWargamer]

beautifully painted!

[@violetsapphire952]

Let me just say that this channel has got me (a late-period medieval guy) heavily into Napoleonics. Just something about the way you present information has me gushing over how damn cool every faction you talk about is! Can't wait to see something about the Prussians.

[@philRminiatures]

Always glad to look at such colorful and beautiful cavalry, nicely done!

[@stevebuk100]

nice video, really enjoyed it..

[@alekssavic1154]

Slight correction: I believe hussar is derived, via Hungarian, from the Serbian/Croatian word for bandit (gusar), not latin.

[@midshipman8654]

not an expert in the subject, but could it be both? given that southern slav terminology might have been influenced by roman/byzantine military termology and maybe even venician/north eastern italian. so it might be a case of etymological recursion. I took latin and i remember “cursārius” ment corsair/pirate. and the italian “corsaro” likewise. both sounding suspiciously like hussar/gusar.

[@Tupinamba77]

Hurray! Hungarian Hussars! The other light cavalry are very interesting too, of course.

[@granapriego]

Very interesting video I enjoyed it a lot.

[@maryhinge6334]

Another great chat. 🙂

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Excellent video- lots of info packed in.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Thanks dude, stay tuned for the heavy cavalry!

[@pancakepayneypayne6499]

nice one bud

[@BrushQuill]

Very interesting. A quite indepth look into these units.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Thanks dude, I'm always worried I didnt get more in!

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Excellent history lesson! Thank you, Sir! Do you have a painting "guide" for all the various colours needed to mark each regiment/mounted unit type? (ie use This Vallejo colour for this or Army Painter for that) Thanks again!

[@Maxyshadow]

Inspiring video with cool looking pics thank you! Love my Austrians but must admit shocked at the news that my Hussars have disproportionately large butts.

[@rhysnichols8608]

18:48 I’m glad this polish Ulan never knew about 1939 😬 haha

[@Osvath97]

Both Transylvania and what is now called Slovakia were completely normal parts of Hungary in those days, all though Translyvania was slighlty more autonomous, but at the same time had been Hungarian for longer than the rest of Hungary, being among the first places conquered by the Magyars. So saying that they recruited from Hungary, Transylvania and modern-day Slovaka in a Napoleonic War context is sort of like saying: "They both recruited from England, Cornwall and Yorkshire." It does not really make sense.

[@vanpallandt5799]

well it does as Yorkshire and Cornwall have not changed to another country. Surely the same as saying for example in case of the Tsar's army that units were recruited from Russia and modern day Ukraine and Belarus

[@Osvath97]

@@vanpallandt5799 It only makes sense if you mention use the epithet "modern" before it. It is quite clear that the author was implying that Slovakia and Transylvania were there own separate countries during this time, they were not. Unless you used the epithet modern for the Russian case, it would not make much sense either to so during that time. Even so, both Ukraine and Belarus have histories different from Russia during many periods. Belarus was for example in part both Lithuanian and Polish for a very long time. Ukraine was indeed the origin of Russia, but it also belonged for many years to Mongols, Poles & Lithuanians and independent Cossacks. The same can not be said for Transylvania and "Slovakia", (which was not a term anyone had heard of during that time, but a nation-state that came about in the 1920s). For as long as Hungary had been a nation, Transylvania and the parts of modern-day Slovakia had been a part of Hungary, except for the different partitions when Habsburgs and Turks torn the country asunder, but that was highly temporary and they never lost their characteristic as being Hungarian.

[@owowowowowowowowwowowo]

Dude great video , you inspire me to make my own KZbin channel thx

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Awesome!

[@thekameleon9785]

Sorry for asking you constantly what scale. I have a neurological disorder Wich makes me impulsive and forgetting. Love your channal. Friendly greets

[@johndalton3787]

Should be a colourful array here!

[@tomascornell2038]

A Hungarian hussar didn't need to be dead by 30 to show he was not a coward

[@FlagshipHistory]

But they weren't as bad ass as French cuirassiers

[@tomascornell2038]

@@FlagshipHistory the reference was to LaSalles quote. The hussar who isn't dead by age 30 is a blackgard

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Hadik's raid on Berlin is the most chadly story I may have heard.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Super. Can't wait for the Perry cavalry plastics to come out. Who made your Hungarian Hussars?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

They're Foundry. I think sculpted by the Perrys

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

@@NapoleonicWargaming thanks.

[@jonathanowen9917]

Another great video on the Austrians! It’s quite interesting that Austria had the best hussars but skimped on its uhlans. I wonder what the reasoning was. Austria has all the pieces to be a major powerhouse, and in some ways was, but its generals time and again make boneheaded decisions. I come away from this video with the feeling that the chevaux legers are just meh and the Austrians should have just doubled down on the hussars and uhlans. Is this the point you were trying to make or did I misinterpret what you said?

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

The Chevaux legere were good, as good as any one else's dragoons, but yeah, I feel they could've leant into light cav. I think one of the problems they had was they were fighting against the Ottomans a lot who were strong in light cav, but had no real heavies that could compete with the Austrian chevau legere, so they were comparatively heavies. It's only when they faced actual heavies (eg cuirassiers) they were overmatched

[@JafuetTheSame]

oh, you didnt use any of my pictures :(

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

Sorry dude, I had them all on the version saved on my (now dead) laptop!