Duke Daniel Milutin
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Hmm, at that time the Russian army were already using Western European infantry uniforms and weapons. I'm talking about the Muscovite army not the new Imperial Russian army.
Yea, Poles used to stylize themselves to Eastern fashion in XVI/XVII century. Sabres instead of straight Western European swords, fur hats, "kontusz"s... Polish gentry regarded themselves as a descendants of Sarmatians, as opposed to Slavic peasants, so it was the rich look back then in Poland.Imperial Eagle said:That first deli looks like a model for later western hussars...
I once tried to find some images for this thread by using "badass-looking warriors" on Google. The first image that wasn't from this thread specifically was a picture of Ben Franklin.Danik Golovanov said:Nice what sites/keywords are you using?
Captured Joe said:And still they got defeated by a Swedish army of 1/3 their size at Narva. In a snowstorm.
If they look like Hook, what could possibly be wrong?Bluehawk said:Generals have massive flowing wigs and disgusting little mustaches that make them look like pedophiles
Haresus said:Green and red together looks good.
Danik Golovanov said:Hmm, at that time the Russian army were already using Western European infantry uniforms and weapons. I'm talking about the Muscovite army not the new Imperial Russian army.
Bluehawk said:Captured Joe said:And still they got defeated by a Swedish army of 1/3 their size at Narva. In a snowstorm.
Mistakes were made, lessons were learned. Poltava was the application of those lessons.
MorningRain said:King Charles XII being shot in his ankle so he couldn't direct the battle helped a great deal as well.
Bluehawk said:MorningRain said:King Charles XII being shot in his ankle so he couldn't direct the battle helped a great deal as well.
Well... yeah... pretty much.