"The Empire's Last Gasp":
The Siege of Vienna

The Allies:
Armati Army List
1680 Polish-Lithuanian Republic

List composed by Jeffery Trout

Control: H: 5 L:3 BP:3 Init: 5
* = Key Unit.

1 HC Hussar* 6[2]0 +1 Lance/Pistol
1 HC Pancerni* 5[1]0 +1 Sabre/Pistol
1 LC Kazak* 3[0]0 +1 Lance/Arquebus (A)
1 LC Lithuanian* 2[0]0 +1 Various/Bow
1 FT German Merc* 5[0]0 +1 Pike/Musket
1 FT Haiduk* 4[1]1 +1 Musket (+1 to Fire)
1 SK Skirmishers 2[1]1 +2 Arquebus
1 ART 2[0]0 +1 Light

Bonus units

2 HC Hussar* 6[2]0 +1 Lance/Pistol [6]
2 HC Pancerni* 5[1]0 +1 Sabre/Pistol [5]
2 HC Rajtars* 4[0]0 +1 Sword/Pistol[4]
1 LC Lithuanians* 2[0]0 +1 Various/Bow[4]
1 LC Wallachians* 2[0]0 +1 Various [3]
3 LC Tatars 1[0]0 +1 Bow [3]
2 DR Dragoons 2[1]0 +1 Sabre/Musket [4]
1 DR Vet Dragoons* 3[1]1 +1 Sabre/Musket [5]
2 FT German Merc* 4[1]1 +1 Musket[3]
2 SK 2[1]1 +2 Musket [2]
2 ART 2[0]0 +1 Light [3]
1 ART 2[0]0 +1 Medium [4]
German Mercs. receive +1 to fire.

Terrain: 2 Selections: 2 GR: 1 RG (Marsh) or W
A. Kazaks (we're talking true Zaporozhians here, not wimps from the Don who worked for the Muscovites) were initially a mounted infantry, who readily took the role of dragoons in the Polish army. In fact, many Ukranian historians claim that they were acting as dragoons before the rest of the world accepted the idea. (Earlier many kazaks were armed with firearms, but many were bow-armed so not qualified for the status of dragoons.) Within the Armati structure, the Kazaks can dismount like dragoons in all respects.
B. Polish Dragoons were well mounted units, as opposed to mounted on nags like most of the rest of European dragoons. They were quite capable and did charge home upon many occasions.
Most of this artillery was destroyed early in the second period in which the Polish army went through drastic changes and fought against basically everybody. It started with the Kazak Rebellion of Bogdan Khemilnitski which tore apart the foundations of the Polish army and more importantly the Polish kingdom. Wars with Muscovy, Sweeden, Transylvania, Turkey, Prussia, civil war, rebellious magnates, and mutinous troops soon followed. Poland hired many German mercenaries from the surplus of troops after the TYW, but only musketeers and cavalry. Poland relied on her own cavalry to keep enemy cavalry away and so did not hire pikemen. JT.

Note - This list has not been approved for Advanced Armati Tournament Play

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