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Armoured companion (Polish: Towarzysz pancernyPolish:[tɔˈvaʐɨʂpanˈtsɛrnɨ], plural: towarzysze pancerni) was a medium-cavalryman in 16th to 18th century Poland, named after their chainmailarmor. These units were the second-most-important (and successful) cavalry in the Polish-Lithuanian army, after the hussars.
Most pancerni were recruited from the middle or lower classes of the Polish (or Lithuanian) nobility. They were organized into companies, with each company (Polish: chorągiew or rota) consisting of 60 to 200 horsemen.
The Cossacks were renamed armored cavalry (jazdę pancerną) in 1676 as the Cossack name was associated with the Khmelnytsky Uprising. After the reforms in 1776, both hussars and armored companions were transformed into National Cavalry units.[1][2]
During the Middle Ages, under the rule of Mieszko I and Bolesław I the Brave, the name pancerni applied to the members of the duke's retinue. They were the wealthiest warriors in the Polish army, and as such, they could afford to wear sophisticated armour, most commonly chainmail. Their weapons included arming swords, axes, spears, shields, and strait bows.
Examples of Pancerny
Armour and equipment of a Polish towarzysz pancerny, in the late 17th century at Muzeum Wojska Polskiego
^Sikorski, Janusz (1990). Polskie tradycje wojskowe: Tradycje walk obronnych z najazdami Niemców, Krzyżaków, Szwedów, Turków i Tatarów (in Polish). Wydawn. Min. Obrony Narodowej. pp. 191–199. ISBN978-83-11-07675-4.
^Konstanty, Górski (1893). "Historya piechoty polskiej". Biblioteka Uniwersytecka W Poznaniu: 153.
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