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    Default please tell something about the Battle of Orsha

    DEAR BTW TEAM ,

    All of your Lithuanian units continue appear on the Battle of Orsha ?

    The Lithuanian army have any change ?

    any 15-16th Lithuanian army infomation or pics ?

    Please ~ I want to know the different ,thanks a lot !

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    Default Re: please tell something about the Battle of Orsha

    hi
    Lithuanian army and armor with weapons from XV-XVI ages were very similar to western Europe's, but the biggest and maybe the only difference was hussars. Being far more manoeuvrable than the heavily armored lancers previously employed, the hussars proved vital to the Polish and Lithuanian victories at
    Orsha (Orsza). When Steponas Batoras was elected king in 1576 he reorganised the Polish-Lithuanian hussars of his Royal Guard along Hungarian lines, making them a heavy formation, equipped with a long lance as their main weapon. By his reign the hussars had replaced medieval-style lancers in the Polish-Lithuanian army, and they now formed the bulk of the Polish (most likely Lithuanian too) cavalry.
    Last edited by gladiatort; August 06, 2010 at 01:33 PM.

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