The Winged Hussars - Legendary War Units

The Polish hussars (/həˈzɑːr/, /həˈsɑːr/, or /hʊˈzɑːr/; Polish: Husaria [xuˈsarja]), or Winged hussars, were one of the main types of Polish cavalry in Poland and in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Modelled on the Hungarian hussars, the early hussars were light cavalry of exiled Balkan warriors who were sent to Poland as mercenaries. Following the military reforms of king Stephen Báthory in the second half of the 16th century, the hussar unit was adopted by the Polish military and transformed into a heavily armoured shock cavalry. The husaria banners and units participated in the largest cavalry charge in history at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and were the elite of Polish cavalry until their disbandment in the 1770s.

[@iggyk9615]

They were so effective because of many aspects. - 6m long spears drilled inside - hussars weren't just common folks, they were nobles. Disciplined, brave, smart, well trained. - they had specific, verry effective charging tactic. Charge started 400m from enemy, there were 80 men in every banner standing in four rows with 2-3m of free space between them. About 100m before enemy lines they formed 2 rows, knee next to knee, no free space between them. And 60m from enemy they Got to max speed. - frame above them had few resons. It protected from being taken down by sth like lasso (Tatars used them), feathers generated big noise which disturbed enemy troops and horses, and made them visually much higher, so stressed shooters aimed higher then supposed to. - horses. With exclusive phisical conditions and training. 1 hussar horse was worth more than two villages! And there was a death penalty for trying to export hussar horse abroad of Commonwelth. And now imagine. You are poor infantry trooper and see solid, 4m high, deadly wall comming towards you with enormous speed. I guess u don't think about fithing, you are fear paralised or trying to flee. That's why hussars had very little personal loses at their charges (max 5% of men). Formation stopped being so unvunerable when firearms developed well and had better effective accuracy and range. *sorry for my english

[@waldemar4919]

Last but not least: Almost all mercenaries in Europe had in their contracts the clause they will refuse to fight against the winged hussars units.

[@iggyk9615]

@@waldemar4919 That's right, but this is the effect of their effectivness, not cause ;)

[@Hemerlok]

One mistake: On 90% Hussars not use this Wings in the battle. Its a myth. No more then 1/10 used this wings, and its was only one wing, and not in this shape. Wings appears in 18th centry, when Hussars are only a ceremony army. Anyway, when Hussars are in full speed, noise from horses, and firing guns are so huge, then if You wanna hear any noise from wings, that must by Your imagination ;) source (whole video serion): kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4vSf5Kql55oZtE unfortunetly only in Polish language. Sorry for my english too ;) PS: They called this formation: the Winged Hussars because they have bird feathers in they helmets

[@UmbertoBeco]

@@waldemar4919 bzdura, internetowy mit powielany przez niedouków

[@77mako77ful]

@@UmbertoBeco a ty kurwa niby co profesorek telesforek co magistrat robił pod żabka z harnasiem w dłoni. sie znawca znalałz

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Winged Hussars arrive. Literally every enemy: Hey, you cant do that. Thats cheating!

[@aufwiedersehendummkopf3522]

*INSERT SABATON-WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED HERE*

[@BestMods168]

Got to avoid that copyright notice. lol

[@mariocassina90]

Sabaton suck

[@Teaspoon9205]

Mario Cassina I want to see u do better.

[@aufwiedersehendummkopf3522]

@@Teaspoon9205 GOTT MIT UNS

[@bohunbohun6679]

1605 yers Kircholm 3000 Polisch and Lituanian husars vs 13000 Sweden Victory Poland and Lituanian. 1610 yers Kluszyno 2700 Polisch husars vs 35000 Rusian and Sweden Victory Poland. Polisch and Lituanian husars the best cavalry in the World.

[@SandokanBattles]

I will add Vienna as well

[@paulqruel9290]

Tanks

[@gdanski72]

What about 300 winged hussars vs 15 000 Ottomans? Auxent about the charge of winged hussars at Khotyn, on the 7th of September, 1621.

[@kasianowa5054]

@@gdanski72 Odsiecz wiedeńska

[@kasianowa5054]

Np

[@Anarchy_420]

125 years! That's one hell of a winning streak! Great job on displaying how devastating their charge truly was👍 Interesting unit and the info on them, cool vid👍👍

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Anarchy_420]

@@SandokanBattles indeed. I found it quite enjoyable👏 Since you have to look into my other idea/request and will likely take some time. I have a one you could do now lol when I say now I mean when you choose to. Simply implying you have the resources to do it now🙃 Request-- The Sacred Band Of Thebes VS The Ten Thousand Persian Immortals!👍

[@Anarchy_420]

@@SandokanBattles Winner battles The Berserkers!!! It'll be The Tournament Of The Legendary War Units🤯 Was thinking about the Legendary Winged Hussars. However not sure if they should be in this on account of era difference and everyone else is infantry... Either way hope you like this idea as well since it's one you could do sooner. Please and Thanks :)

[@refmors2796]

Once again The Algorithm has brought us here.

[@miger38]

did not seen a zoll/custom charge, hehe...

[@cochocactus7567]

All hail to algorithm

[@fabulamcafee]

fuck no. i typed it in.

[@miger38]

@Gunma4412 Surely, why you remain me your defeat..hehe...

[@Masshysteria40]

Blessed be

[@kamilkasperek6402]

The Hussars were famous for their huge "wings", a wooden frame carrying eagle, ostrich, swan or goose feathers. In the 16th century, characteristic painted wings or winged claws began to appear on cavalry shields. Great movie!!!

[@goniakarczewska3966]

Bardzo ładna grafika i historia naszej Husarii. Dziękuję Ci bardzo

[@Uvatha.]

A very different video format from other videos, it was great! The winged hussars for me are part of the best European cavalry units to see the best shock cavalry units in the world! They are in my top 10 of the best cavalry units of all time, right next to the Parthian cataphracts, the Numidians or the shock shock cavalry in ancient China. Very very good video! ^^ Sincerly

[@SandokanBattles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@christyji5032]

Remember the joseon dynasty cavalry and the sarmatians and the saka people and the Mongols

[@juliancamacho6675]

Epic charge! that was beautiful :D

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks man ;)

[@ENNERGOAT726]

@@SandokanBattles what mod did you use

[@user-pi2sm5kj3l]

Even if I have a machine gun, I will be in fear if they attack me.

[@wingedhussar5528]

They would slaughter you while taking some loses but nothing major.. My experience comes with the SAW249, which holds 200 rounds of ammo.. They would be charging at you in a loose formation and you would wast many rounds just getting your aim in. Meanwhile they are coming at you at about 30 to 40Mph.. Oh and this is all with hopes that you have your back to something solid and they are not flanking you. Either way you will run out of ammo and have to reload. This is when they will come at you with full charge and quickly finish you off. Even if you are able to reload at the superman speeds, you still have one more huge problem, HEAT. You will need to change the machine gun barrel at some point because it will melt off.

[@ImperialKnight770]

"It's your first charge, don't be ashamed to be afraid." -Jan Sobieski to his son before the charge

[@Teaspoon9205]

I’m getting LOTR nostalgia.

[@SandokanBattles]

you got me, first shots are from rohirim charge

[@anhduchoang5880]

Now we need series of the Polish Hussars's victory :))))

[@SandokanBattles]

Thinkig about this but Empire Total War is very hard game to make movies

[@wojciechleonsuchoparte1028]

@@SandokanBattles "The last battle of the Polish Commonwealth" would be a good one

[@Bendover-hy2yt]

Good work!

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks for the visit

[@herewegoagain1140]

"Niech by na nas runeło niebo to podtrzymamy je swymi drzewami (kopiami)"

[@godofwarhammer7655]

Winged Hussars arrive.

[@h21lad13]

Dang u mad lad legend trying to created these cool looking legend of horsemen geez so good

[@SandokanBattles]

The mod creators are real legends, vanilla looking hussars are terrible

[@Anarchy_420]

@@SandokanBattles 😂

[@ChickenDelivering]

Poland strong

[@DDJ4567]

But not for long said a angry aurstrian mustache man

[@justinthislife]

Anyone else singing when the winged Hussars arrive?

[@thomson7689]

Great!

[@SandokanBattles]

thank you Thomson :)

[@destino9410]

2/10 didn't use Winged Hussars by Sabaton. Jokes aside this was cool.

[@SandokanBattles]

song copyright :(

[@user-dl3nc4jx7k]

Russian Russian troops often defeated the Polish hussars, the usual artillery on the hill below fortified with Spanish slingshots, and the position of the cavalry can no longer be taken, Russian musketry infantry (Streltsy) used against the hussars Gulyai-Gorod (view of wagenburg). that is, it is a solid wall of mobile fortifications made of logs with rifle embrasures. I think the Spanish tertia would have handled this type of cavalry just as well

[@piotrwlodarczyk2275]

@@user-dl3nc4jx7k Hahaha! ruski marzycielu.

[@arturrymkiewicz3481]

@@user-dl3nc4jx7k bla bla bla the Russians beat them many Times??? U r a joke

[@cyklop1977]

Hussars 300 years of army without defeat

[@sauronmordor7494]

Cool^^

[@MegaHalofan11]

RIDE NOW! RIDE NOW! RIDE TO RUINS AND THE WORLD'S ENDING!! I know it's from LOTR, I wanted to put it in anyway.

[@SandokanBattles]

I heard stories that Rohirim charge is based on winged hussars charde in Vienna, who knows

[@talknight2]

@@SandokanBattles That's true. The whole battle of Minas Tirith was inspired by the siege of Vienna.

[@mikoajstromski1913]

Witam, dzięki za Film. Od 972 w bitwie pod Cedynią stosowaliśmy kawalerię,wtedy byli to "pancerni" z drużyny księcia, taktyka Pierwszego Polskiego władcy była identyczna. Pozdrawiam.

[@IltumIsiIgigi]

That music from TW Warhammer is very fitting here.

[@SandokanBattles]

thanks

[@OCinneide]

Beauty

[@SandokanBattles]

Thanks Caellum :)

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

I would so love to see you make a video for the Sabatron song "The Winged Hussars", it would be glorious.

[@SandokanBattles]

Man I love to but i'm worry about copyright

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

@@SandokanBattles If you asked the rock band they might say yes, they actually respond to allot of comments on their videos, seem to be really cool dudes. Anyhow love your videos and they sure are good.

[@algimantasreklys208]

In the Kirchholm battle, it was the personal hussars of a nobleman of Lithuania (Žemaitija-Zhemaitija) Katkus(Katkevicius), in polish documents Chodkevic. In the first time, winged hussars have not stated the army, but Lithuania nobles army. Later they became a Too Republics cavalry.

[@miger38]

Enemies were call them Immortals, cause even the horse got a deadly shot, could run further, till even a hussar did the deadly strike... those horses were leashed for 5 years before joined the army, thats why the culture, hehe, for slaughtering the horses remains by us very, very alien, hehe...

[@compatriot852]

There's some notable errors in your description: The Winged hussars were units both utilized by both the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland. Calling them "Polish" is grossly inaccurate considering a large portion of these noble fighters and horses were raised from Lithuania. This was especially the case during eastern wars against cossack rebels, Russians, Ottoman, and the Swedish as Lithuania was closer and had to administer the southern border of the Commonwealth

[@marekswidzinski5743]

No offense, but not everyone (the author too) needs to know exactly what the Winged Hussars attack looked like. The Winged Hussars epope began with the moment when, in the Battle of Kosovo on June 15, 1389, Ottoman troops led by Murad I dealt a devastating defeat to the Serbs and Allied Slavic troops under the command of the Serbian prince Lazar. After this battle, 5 Serbs got to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to continue fighting the Ottomans. It was these Serbs (south-eastern Slavs) who infected the knighthood of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (the highest regiment in the social hierarchy), , fight in Usarsk. Picturewhat we have today about the Winged Hussars is the result of successive improvements over the years, the development of military art and the weapons used in combat General tactic: two ranks (only) in a checkered pattern on the plain. - his deputy - lieutenant. It should be added that Lieutenant Winged Hussars could command the armored banner as a captain. The captain of the armored flags could command the flags of light cavalry.Weapons of the Winged Hussars: a copy of the 6.2 mtr.long inside empty and tipped with an arrowhead. It crumbled into several pieces when in contact with the enemy. 1.25 m long caper, two pistols, a hammer to break armor, a helmet, an ax and a knife. Top-shelf horse: the price of such a horse is from PLN 200. up to PLN 1,200 (a craftsman earned PLN 200 a year). This horse was not afraid of fire, shots, jumped with a rider from embankments, bite. Winged Hussars had to have 3 to 5 horses. All equipment cost the equivalent of a few villages. The elite of the country served in this formation. The largest number of Winged Hussars, 8,000 fought in 1621 at Khotyn, and only 605 to 700 Winged Hussars smashed 10,000 of the best soldiers of Sultan Osman II, who cries at the sight. by spreading panic.Overall, the Winged Hussars attack was as follows.At the command of the commander, the banners previously set up to attack in two loose arrays, start STEPA: 6 km / h. Another command from the commander and the horses go to KŁUS: 12 km / h. The penultimate order of GALOP and the horses reach a speed of 20 km / h. And now the fifth essence itself begins. When 20-30 meters are left to the enemy, the order is given: CWAŁ (70 km / hour) and the second row is tweaked first. One row is formed, the riders touch their knees, the lances are lowered, ready for If she put a coin between the riders' knees at that moment, she would not have the right to fall, In the next ranks, the Winged Hussars were followed by armored banners to defeat the already crushed enemy or to panic.Winged Hussars did not ask how numerous the opponent was, she asked where it is. The production of copies was a secret of the state. The sale of the Winged Hussars horse outside the country was punishable by death even to the well-born. The last such horse was killed in Napoleon's march to Russia in 1812. The training of this horse was also a secret. Winged Hussars' victorious battles from the first to the last: Kleck-1506 /Orsza-1514 /Obertyn-1531 /Lubishev-1577 / Mogilev-1581 /Bykina-1588 /Curtea de Argesz-1600 /Kokenhausen-1601 /Revel-1602 /Rakvere-1603/White Stone-1604 /KIRCHOLM-1605 /Udycz-1606 /Gawa-1609 /KLUSZYN-1610 /Moscow1611 /Kropimojza-1621 /CHOCIM-1621 /Gniew-1626 /Trzciana-1629 /Smoleńsk-1633 /Ochmatow-1644 /Beresteczko-1651 /Mochylev-1655 /Domany-1655 /Warka-1656/Połonka-1660 /Kutyszcze-1660 /Basia-1660 /CHOCIM-1673 /Lwow-1675 /Weden-1683/Chodow-1694 / Because everything has a beginning and an end and a Pole is born with honour, you can't take him away, you don't have to give him.

[@aleksandersokal5279]

Hussars were part of the Army that was defeated in the Battle of Cecora (1620), not of their own fault as it was the infantry that broke formation and that was the reason the battle was lost. But still it was a defeat that hussars took part in. The Battle of Dobrynichi (1609) was another defeat in the Dymitriads, although they did not fight as part of a polish army (they were mercenaries of false Dymitry) and the defeat was caused by loss of morale of other False Dymitry units who escaped after the first attempt of hussars to brake the Tsars army failed.

[@snd7622]

Hussars slaughtered 30000 of Russians when on one Polish Hussar was 30 Russians .

[@urmoder9525]

Winged Hussars arived

[@SandokanBattles]

waiting for this comment :P

[@romelnegut2005]

I have a genuine question for all of you. Could the Winged Hussars be considered the closest thing to the famous Cataphracts or is there another cavalry unit close to them in terms of impact on the battlefield?

[@CrazyTankersVN]

Cataphract can also do well in close-quarter combat against infantry, I don't know about Hussar though.

[@BestMods168]

Didn't cataphracts generally have armored horses?

[@romelnegut2005]

@@BestMods168 Yes, they did have armored horses but I try to compare them since I see the Hussars as a heavy cavalry unit.

[@romelnegut2005]

@@CrazyTankersVN Can the battle of Carrhae be a perfect example of that or do you have something else in mind?

[@BestMods168]

@@romelnegut2005 Its kind of amazing that I would rate them like a mixture of both. They're heavy enough to perform shock attacks yet fast enough to be light cavalry. But its fair enough to say that they can be considered cataphracts.

[@Blue_Fox1939]

@Sandokan Battles you use any mods for graphic ?

[@SandokanBattles]

Darth mod and polish units mod v2 only, no graphic mods, greetings

[@szalard]

I saw like 20 videos on youtube about the winged hussars, and 0 about the Hussars in general, and their fascinating history. For example no video about the Hungarian hussars, which from an unit whoch became battle hardened in the wars against the Ottoman advance in the border castles of Hungary, in the 18th century, with the refuge of the Hungarian cavalry units in France, Prussia, the Russian empire, England and finally in the USA, became the most renowned cavalry unit of the 18th-19th century in Europe. The European hussar units, which in the 18th century were exclussively from Hungarian young men (because they said that only the Hungarians can fight in this way), who took refuge in the different countries of Europe, after the defeat of the Rákóczi freedom war against the Habsburgs, or after that war ended, many of Hungarian officers and hussars were hired from Hungary to go in Prussia, Sweden , Russia, to found the light Hussar units there, followed until the 20. century the old strategies of the nomadic armies. It is also fascinating that the fashion of the corkscrew moustache in Europe and France was spread by the Hungarian tradition of the French Hussars, very beloved in the Napoleonic era. Nobody speaks for example about László Bercsényi, the Hungarian founder of the French Hussar cavalry, whose unit still exist today in the French army, but they are of course not a cavalry unit anymore, but a tank regiment. But in their military official marches they still clothe themselves in the traditional Hussar uniform, and sing in Hungarian the Bercsényi song, which is still the anthem of the French Bercsényi Hussars. Or the English hussars fight in Crimean war (The Attack of the Light Cavalry). Not to forget that in the American Civil war the cavalry fought in the Hussar style. Also the Hungarian hussars were the last cavalry unit in history which fought with success against modern military units, as it happened several times on the Eastern Front in the 2. WW. But every history based youtube channel speaks only about the Polish winged hussars and nothing about the Hungarian hussars and their long lived heritage in the European and American history. So I am very surprized that the Hungarian hussars have no interest among the youtube history video makers. Its a fascinating historyy, which nobody cares of.

[@snd7622]

There is difference between light Hungarian cavalry called HUZAR in Polish language and elite heavy Polish cavalry HUSARZ. Anyway Polish Winged Hussars saved Vienna.

[@apapa5495]

This type of resolve is needed against the unbelievers. Times have come to repeat history against the worshipers of the evil

[@joachimjulek9918]

I’m from poland i love history hussars is the best unit in 16,17 century. Your films is great I have a question you are from Poland ???

[@SandokanBattles]

Tak, ale od 10 lat w UK ;)

[@joachimjulek9918]

Sandokan Battles oooo nice

[@ericdempsey6097]

Poland looks to be this again. Glorious.

[@SandokanBattles]

Good old times :)

[@ericdempsey6097]

Something like that, Amen.

[@refmors2796]

*inserts rohan music*

[@losduchantos8415]

Music from Warhammer, very well

[@SandokanBattles]

thank you Los Duchantos ;) you know whats good

[@lightpostfilms9721]

THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

[@jjay3494]

Ok, I got this video in recommended after I played ETW just a while ago. And I haven't been searching for literally anything related to Total war until now. Does this bloody algorith see what games I play? FFS

[@BellaetHistoria]

💯

[@SandokanBattles]

Thank you sir :)

[@kgp227]

What mod is this? Those look way better than the vanilla Empire winged hussar models.

[@SandokanBattles]

this is polish unit mod, search in google if you need, but need to instal with darth mod to work

[@kgp227]

@@SandokanBattles I can't seem to find it on moddb. Do you have a link?

[@Surtur1x]

Make a Video About Ottoman Sipahis pls

[@SandokanBattles]

already doing about immortals but perhaps next one

[@eduardestalilla7378]

Pls play the mount and blade

[@danielnowakowski601]

We survived in the history !!!!!

[@ronanmccotter2453]

For Poland

[@richardbowman7116]

Anyone have a line on what mod is in use here???? It looks brilliant

[@SandokanBattles]

Its Darth mod with polish units mod

[@extrage3061]

You forgot that their horses we're trained for 2 years

[@CrankDATdance56]

7 actually

[@extrage3061]

@@CrankDATdance56 LOL no.

[@minecraftmania8814]

winged hussars!!!!

[@dymitrpiotr6229]

I am from Poland. Great movie, but in real it is not sure that the hussars had the wings. Even if they had, there were small, and wings was defense to Tatars' lasso. Ps. Sorry about mistakes.

[@AnuragMishra-iw9zu]

Can u please make a video on battle of khatoli between Indian rajput King Rana sanga with their 15000 soliders and Delhi sultnate Ibrahim lodhi with army of 50000.Thank you

[@SandokanBattles]

I love to but there is no Total War game with India so i can't

[@AnuragMishra-iw9zu]

@@SandokanBattles Ok.Thanks for ur reply.

[@santiagoarroyo1844]

*cues Sabaton*

[@eduardestalilla7378]

Early

[@mariuszmichaek5586]

Amor Patriae Nostra Lex...and glory immortal or glorious death

[@TheOdalpunk]

Is this a mod for empire total war?

[@Sandokanbattles2]

Polish units v2

[@ENNERGOAT726]

What mod

[@mikeseabrooks7978]

is this vannila?

[@extrage3061]

Iggy K you forgot that their horses wer'e trained for over 2 years

[@aaabrak2869]

And one was worth 12 kg silver like new audi a4 on present days

[@seweryn6364]

Is it Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword or other game?

[@SandokanBattles]

empire total war

[@UlanyUlan102]

@@SandokanBattles Mod?

[@losduchantos8415]

Not mod, original unit

[@asfaltshistory4698]

Whats the mods name?

[@xbrosice2466]

Make a napoleón total war battle

[@kotarofuma1429]

Takeda cavalry?

[@mitchell1357]

What's the music?

[@SandokanBattles]

this is soundtrack from total war warhammer but dont remember wich one

[@jakubprzeklasa9450]

What is It game Mode?

[@SandokanBattles]

its total war empire

[@bartoszkwarciak5825]

Polish the beast

[@SpaceKnight105]

Glory for Poland and polania

[@dekorexpert]

Proud to be Polish

[@jackycheong9342]

More naval battle like napoleon and fall of the samurai

[@SandokanBattles]

fall of the samurai will be interesting 👍

[@jackycheong9342]

@@SandokanBattles yeah I know they ironclad and Torperdo boat

[@BestMods168]

The winged hussars. Too bad in Bannerlord they've been degraded to the Winged Bushy Hussars.

[@SandokanBattles]

The also Winged Bushy Hussars in every movie i saw :(

[@pernelladams448]

Charge of the Rohirrim IRL

[@SandokanBattles]

First shots I try to do in rohirim style , greetings

[@belisarius1]

How come the textures suck?

[@SandokanBattles]

pretty old game :(

[@franckvermont1926]

I think the biggest charge in history is Murat in Eylau battle. French against Russians and Germans

[@iggyk9615]

Biggest *cavalary* charge

[@graham120691]

The biggest cavalry charge would be at Battle of Vienna

[@user-by6xo2lz1h]

What is mod?

[@SandokanBattles]

yes its darth mod platinum

[@cjvilleneuve1566]

welcome the great army of the eastern eagle 🦅

[@extrage3061]

and i think that in this video there are too many winged hussars you sure there are 300 or 200??? if more than 300 then its not right

[@SandokanBattles]

why to many?

[@paulsunday7688]

When did they eventually loose & to who?

[@UmbertoBeco]

They lost a few times: Battle of Cecora 1620, Battle of Parkany 1683 (actually there were 2 battles, one win one lost, Battle of Kliszow 1702(it was the beginning of Hussar's dawn.

[@paulsunday7688]

@@UmbertoBeco so you mean the information in the video regarding not loosing for such a long period is untrue?

[@UmbertoBeco]

@@paulsunday7688 In my opinion(I'm Polish btw) winged hussars are overrated. Most people in Poland have no idea about them or they learn about hussars from TV instead of books. I'll try to explain. Hussars were recruited only from Polish nobility. Their equipment, weapons, armors and most of all horses were very expensive(as we know from books one horse could be worth of a village). And hussars needed at least a pair of horses or more(but usually 2-3 horses). What's more, they were called upon to bear arms by kings only in specific situations - for a single battle or campaign or if there was a huge need to defend a country. After campaign they could dismiss and go back to their homes. This is why their quantity was not very high, usually between 5-15% of whole Polish army in XVII century during campaign. They were not a "constant" formation in our army. Moreover, they were usually used under a specific conditions - terrain shape and weather conditions had to be good. Soil should have been quite smooth and dry. Battlefield should be "prepared" for them - they were still a heavy cavalry which couldn't get a good job in muddy conditions and during heavy rain. if you're interested in heavy cavalry of mentioned period you should know that main core of Polish cavalry of Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth were, so called "Pancerni" (Eng. translation "Armored"). Check out "Towarzysz pancerny" on wiki, there's also an article in English. They were a kind of slightly less armored cavalry (less than hussars), you can say- medium armored cavalry and they were mostly recruited from impoverished nobility and sometimes townsfolks, but in comparison to winged hussars they were much more versatile than hussars. Usually they used spears, pistols, short barrel cavalry carbines, sabres and horseman's picks, but if there was a need they could also use a long hussars lance. it was a common formation in Polish army used for every day manoeuvers and to defend country's borders against Tatars, ukrainian rebollious cossacks or Ottoman Empire. In conclusion, people overrate winged hussars usually, because of their famous battles and famous hussars cavalry charges when they crushed an enemy even being outnumbered and because of their fancy wings. The fact is that not more than 20% used wings during battles. They used wings mostly for ceremonies, funerals etc. People do not take under consideration that lots of other formations did a big of efforts to let hussars proceed with cavalry charge. This is why Winged Hussars are a kind of Polish "national pride".

[@UmbertoBeco]

@@paulsunday7688 One more interesting fact. The biggest quantity of hussars was in 1621. The Polish king recruited 8 000 cavalrymen.

[@paulsunday7688]

@@UmbertoBeco wow! Thanks for this explanation, it was enlightening.

[@zira9827]

What is this mod?

[@SandokanBattles]

Polish Units v2

[@zira9827]

@@SandokanBattles can you use it with other mods?

[@SandokanBattles]

@@zira9827 yes i used this mod with darth mod platinum

[@zira9827]

@@SandokanBattles i would want to use it with minor factions revenge, but i kinda feel like it wont work, anyways i will try

[@Arrtoorrn]

empire total war? wich modes

[@SandokanBattles]

Darth mod and polish units v2

[@Arrtoorrn]

@@SandokanBattles where can i download polish units v2?

[@hugo_ttpp]

What game is it?

[@SandokanBattles]

Empire Total War but with Darth mod, greetings

[@hugo_ttpp]

@@SandokanBattles thanks

[@yogobudiarto3974]

They broke just with paper. in the hand of partition of poland.

[@SandokanBattles]

true :(

[@brydzo4052]

There was a good king, it was a good army. And now Polish government XDD

[@polewa440]

Mod ?

[@SandokanBattles]

polish units v2, darth mod

[@polewa440]

@@SandokanBattles I was looking for but found only links and there is nothing in them. Give me a link ?

[@khamul4083]

Co to za mod?

[@SandokanBattles]

Polish Mod V2

[@khamul4083]

@@SandokanBattles do jakiej część Total war?

[@zexxx011]

Urmmm...well...no. Husars ("Huzarz" in polish means heavy cavalry. ) and the origin is from Serbia. And that type of cavalry brought to Hungary and Poland by Serbian military men in exile. It came from a Serbian word "Gusari" meaning "Pirates".

[@snd7622]

But this name is the only connection to Serbia ( partly from Serbian language, partly from Hungarian ). Serbs has nothing to who were Hussars. And HUSARZ, not HUZARZ.

[@user-re8ur5si1k]

is it real Empire total war mod? I have no patient for ETW's damn poor Winged hussar. they are looking too much poor. :(

[@katanamuramasazan]

Game title?

[@SandokanBattles]

Empire Total War with mods

[@katanamuramasazan]

@@SandokanBattles thank you.

[@sobolewskimaurice]

@@SandokanBattles what mods?

[@verox4924]

interesting fact not all of the hussars had wings, even probably they didn't have wings

[@UmbertoBeco]

Actually, according to painted sources that we have more or less 20% of them used wings in a battle. The rest of them used wings mostly during ceremonies, funerals etc.

[@gniewomirbartoszewski6835]

WHAt MOD is this

[@SandokanBattles]

Polish Unit v2 mod

[@rtrpl.]

🇵🇱Poland🇵🇱

[@rengarrsesh9524]

Game?

[@SandokanBattles]

empire total war

[@Telemaniakus]

poles best unit...

[@randelldarky3920]

They saved Europe from th Turks.

[@yetlin8386]

@lit af Not really, Islam is growing in Europe :D

[@ShanksNLMB]

@@yetlin8386 never

[@ShanksNLMB]

and the help of the English and French

[@yetlin8386]

@@ShanksNLMB Just witnessed 2 people taking the shahada at my local mosque, alhamdulillah. We will soon be all over europe and the world. Just like Allah promised. ALLAHU AKBAR!

[@ShanksNLMB]

@@yetlin8386 God and my right

[@crimson5664]

Sanctus Res Publica Serenissima! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6HFeqWvpdGki6s

[@user-qu8js4nb5r]

Тотал вар

[@Toreklll]

What mod is it?

[@SandokanBattles]

Darth mod platinium + polish units v2