Difference between revisions of "Cossacks (ETW Unit)"
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| − | {{Unit|image=[[Image:Cossackcavalry.jpg]]|Class=Cossacks|Men=60|Equipment=Musket | + | {{Unit|image=[[Image:Cossackcavalry.jpg]]|Class=Cossacks|Men=60|Equipment=Musket Sabre|Recruitable From=Governors Mansion Governors Palace Imperial Palace Minor Governors Barracks Minor Governors Encampment |
| − | Governors Palace | + | Minor Governors Mansion Minor Governors Palace Minor Royal Palace Prestige Austria Hofburg Prestige Britain Somerset_house Prestige France Palais Bourbon Prestige Maratha Shaniwarwada Prestige Russia Winter Palace |
| − | Imperial Palace | + | Prestige Spain Palacio Real de Madrid Prestige Sweden Slott Prestige Usa Independence Hall Royal Palace |Region=Russia Home Regions |Recruitment Cost=930 |Upkeep Cost=270 |Technology Needed=Military Army Carbines}} |
| − | Minor Governors Barracks | ||
| − | Minor Governors Encampment | ||
| − | Minor Governors Mansion | ||
| − | Minor Governors Palace | ||
| − | Minor Royal Palace | ||
| − | Prestige Austria Hofburg | ||
| − | Prestige Britain Somerset_house | ||
| − | Prestige France Palais Bourbon | ||
| − | Prestige Maratha Shaniwarwada | ||
| − | Prestige Russia Winter Palace | ||
| − | Prestige Spain Palacio Real de Madrid | ||
| − | Prestige Sweden Slott | ||
| − | Prestige Usa Independence Hall | ||
| − | Royal Palace | ||
| − | |Region=Russia Home Regions | ||
| − | |Recruitment Cost=930 |Upkeep Cost=270 |Technology Needed=Military Army Carbines}} | ||
Cossacks are a free warrior people, fine horsemen and terrible foes, from the steppes of Russia and Asia. | Cossacks are a free warrior people, fine horsemen and terrible foes, from the steppes of Russia and Asia. | ||
Revision as of 06:19, 13 December 2010
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| Class | Cossacks |
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| Region | Russia Home Regions |
| Recruitment Cost | 930 |
| Upkeep Cost | 270 |
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Cossacks are a free warrior people, fine horsemen and terrible foes, from the steppes of Russia and Asia.
Overview
These soldiers carry muzzle-loading, smooth-bore muskets firing lead balls as wide as a man’s thumb. These are inaccurate weapons, effective only over 200 paces or so and when fired in massed volleys. The ability to fire and reload with machine-like regularity with shot and bullet flying and comrades falling all around is what wins battles.
They are organised into large hosts, each under the leadership of an ataman, or chief. Within each host, smaller Cossack bands fight as separate units. Traditionally, Cossacks are cavalrymen without peer, as might be expected of a steppe people, but they are equally adept at fighting on foot. They are personally brave, even headstrong, in the presence of enemies, something that can make them too eager to get into the fight.
Historically, Russians and other Eastern Europeans have had an ambiguous relationship with the Cossacks. There is admiration for their fighting qualities, yet a certain wariness of their wild nature. This has not stopped them being used as irregular troops by many nations. Even as late as the Second World War entire Cossack divisions were used by the Soviet Army, and then by the Germans who invaded Russia. Those Cossacks who served with the Germans (there were Cossack Waffen-SS divisions) were either killed in combat or captured and sent to die in labour camps.
