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    POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH:
    UNITS PREVIEW


    I created The Units Preview of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century to mod European Wars (Rome Total War). This is a completely new version of the Polish units of the fraction compared to the beta version. Units are divided into two groups: the early 18th century (A) and the other half of that century (B). Their number is much higher than usual in mod EW, as many as 34 units. The player will have a wide variety of infantry and cavalry. In the early era units are characteristic of the 17th century, such as the winged hussars, pikemen, haiduks. In the age of the other, there will newer types of units such as grenadiers, hussars and the National Cavalry.
    All units have been reskinned again and their number was doubled. I tried to take care of the details of uniforms and armor so they are visible differences between early (like Louis XIV of France - uniforms longer, larger), and the late era (uniforms inspired by the tight-fitting Prussian uniforms). Soldiers have a variety of distinctive headgear and clothing details. Even the hairstyles are tailored to the periods and characteristics of units.
    Thank you for Lordz teams and Fire and Sword for lending some elements of textures and models for the 18th-century weaponry and uniforms.


    FLAG:
    In the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795), a banner of the Commonwealth was used, combining the heraldic symbols of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Commonwealth banner was initially plain white emblazoned with the arms of the Commonwealth which consisted of the heraldic charges of Poland (White Eagle) and Lithuania (Pursuer). Since both Polish and Lithuanian coats of arms consisted of white (Argent) charges in a red (Gules) field, these two colors started to be used for the entire banner. During the 17th century, the banner was usually divided into two, three or four horizontal, often swallow-tailed, stripes of red and white.




    HISTORY:
    John III Sobieski, fighting protracted wars with the Ottoman Empire, revived the Commonwealth's military might once more, in process helping decisively in 1683 to deliver Vienna from a Turkish onslaught. From there, it all went downhill. The Commonwealth, subjected to almost constant warfare until 1720, suffered enormous population losses as well as massive damage to its economy and social structure. The government became ineffective because of large scale internal conflicts, corrupted legislative processes and manipulation by foreign interests. The nobility class fell under control of a handful of powerful families with established territorial domains, the urban population and infrastructure fell into ruin, together with most peasant farms. The reigns of two kings of the Saxon Wettin dynasty, Augustus II and Augustus III, brought the Commonwealth further disintegration. The Great Northern War, a period seen by the contemporaries as a passing eclipse, may have been the fatal blow destined to bring down the Noble Republic. The Kingdom of Prussia became a strong regional power and took Silesia from the Habsburg Monarchy. The Commonwealth-Saxony personal union however gave rise to the emergence of the reform movement in the Commonwealth, and the beginnings of the Polish Enlightenment culture.
    During the later part of the 18th century, the Commonwealth attempted fundamental internal reforms. The reform activity provoked hostile reaction and eventually military response on the part of the neighboring powers. The second half of the century brought improved economy and significant growth of the population. The most populous capital city of Warsaw replaced Danzig (Gdańsk) as the leading trade center, and the role of the more prosperous urban strata was increasing. The last decades of the independent Commonwealth existence were characterized by intense reform movements and far-reaching progress in the areas of education, intellectual life, art, and especially toward the end of the period, evolution of the social and political system. The royal election of 1764 resulted in the elevation of Stanisław August Poniatowski, a refined and worldly aristocrat connected to a major magnate faction, but hand-picked and imposed by Empress Catherine II of Russia, who expected Poniatowski to be her obedient follower. The King accordingly spent his reign torn between his desire to implement reforms necessary to save the state, and his perceived necessity of remaining in subordinate relationship with his Russian sponsors. The Bar Confederation of 1768 was a szlachta rebellion directed against Russia and the Polish king, fought to preserve Poland's independence and in support of szlachta's traditional causes. It was brought under control and followed in 1772 by the First Partition of the Commonwealth, a permanent encroachment on the outer Commonwealth provinces by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria. The "Partition Sejm" under duress "ratified" the partition fait accompli, but in 1773 also established the Commission of National Education, a pioneering in Europe government education authority.



    POLISH ARMY:



    Information on specific types of soldiers

    Grenadiers:
    Grenadiers were distinguished by their head-gear from the ordinary musketeers who made up the bulk of each regiment of foot. While there were some exceptions, the most typical grenadier headdress was either the mitre cap or the bearskin. Both began to appear in various armies during the second half of the 17th century because grenadiers were impeded by the wide brimmed infantry hats of the period when throwing grenades.
    The mitre cap, whether in stiffened cloth or metal, had became the distinguishing feature of the grenadier in the armies of Poland, Britain, Russia, Prussia and most German states during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Spanish, Austrian and French grenadiers favoured high fur hats with long coloured cloth hoods ("bags") to them. The mitre was gradually replaced by bearskin hats in other armies.
    While Northern-European armies such as Poland, Britain, Russia, Sweden and various German states (perhaps most famously Prussia) wore the mitre cap, southern countries such as France, Spain, Austria, Portugal and various Italian states preferred the bearskin.

    Reiters:
    Reiters (German: Reiter, or horserider, shortened from the original “Schwarze Reiter”—literally, "black riders") were a type of cavalry, which appeared in the armies of Western Europe in the 16th century in place of the outmoded lance-armed knights, at the same time that cuirassiers and dragoons began to attain typological distinction from other kinds of cavalry. The reiters raised firearms to the status of primary weapons, as opposed to earlier Western European heavy cavalry which primarily relied upon melée weapons.The reiter’s main weapons were two or more pistols and a sword; sometimes they also carried a long cavalry firearm known as an arquebus or a carbine.

    Winged Hussars:
    The Polish Hussars (Husaria) were the main type of cavalry of the first Polish Army, later also introduced into the Army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, between the 16th and 18th centuries. When this cavalry type was first introduced by the Serbian mercenary horsemen around the year 1500, they served as light cavalry banners; by the second half of the 16th century hussars had been transformed into heavy cavalry. Until the reforms of 1770s the husaria banners or companies were considered the elite of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cavalry. They were widely regarded as one of the most powerful cavalery formations in the world. Polish Hussars were undefeated in battle for over 100 years.
    The hussars were famous for their huge 'wings', a wooden frame carrying usually eagle, but sometimes ostrich, swan or goose feathers. The symbolism is connected with the Serbian origin. In the 16th century characteristic painted wings or winged claws began to appear on cavalry shields. Wings were originally attached to the saddle and later to the back. In 1645, Col. They wore the wings because they made a loud, clattering noise which made it seem like the cavalry was much larger than in reality. Unfortunately, the wings were very heavy and when the soldiers went into battle it proved to be strenuous.
    The hussars towarzysz were required to provide the arms and armour for themselves and their retainers, except for the lance which was provided by the King. Each lance's horses also came at each towarzysz husarski expense. Winged hussars during their heyday, 1574–1705, carried the following arms and armour:
    The kopia lance was the main offensive weapon of the hussar. The lances were based on the Balkan (Serbian) and finally Hungarian lances except the Polish lances could have been longer and, like their predecessors from the Balkans and Western Europe, they were hollowed, with two halves glued together and painted, and even often richly gilded. They were commonly made from fir-wood, with the lance point being made from forged steel. They had a gałka large wooden ball which served as the handle guard. The hussar's lance usually ranged from 4.5 to 6.20 meters in length. There was another type of lance was used, known as demi-lance or kopijka, that could have been 3-3,5 meter long and used against the Tatars and Turks of the later 17th century wars.
    The Towarzysz husarski carried underneath his left thigh a Eastern-in-origin koncerz estoc (up to 1,5 meter in length) and often under his right thigh a palasz (a type of broadsword). The szabla sabre was carried on the left side, and several types of sabres were known to winged hussars, including the famous szabla husarska.
    At the height of their prowess, 1576-1653 hussar armor consisted of a szyszak Oriental Turkic-in-origin helmet later developed into Polish variety with hemispherical skull, comb like Western morion 'cheekpieces' with a heart-shaped cut in the middle, neck guard of several plates secured by sliding rivets, and adjustable nasal terminating in a leaf-shaped visior. Shishak and kettle hat helmets for lower rank (retainers) were often blackened as well was their armor. A cuirass (breast plate), back plate, gorget, shoulder guards and of the Great Steppe, Western vambraces with iron glove and later during the 1630s the Persian origin karwasz vambrace that was a forearm protection. Towarzysz also could wear tasset hip, cuisse thigh and poleyn knee protection, underneath a thigh length coat of mail or specially padded coat with mail sleeves. Retainers usually wore less expensive and older armor, often painted black, and after 1670s might have no cuirass, according to some sources. Karacena Sarmatian armor (of iron scales riveted to a leather support), might have consisted of scale helmet, cuirass, gorget, legs and shoulder protection, became popular during the reign of king Jan Sobieski, but perhaps due to costs and weight remained popular mostly with the winged hussar commanding officers. Their armor was light, usually around 15 kg, allowing them to be relatively quick and for their horses to gallop at full speed for long periods. Albeit during the 1670s onwards chain-mail was used when fighting the Tatars in the southern part of the republic. Towarzysz usually wore a leopard (sometimes tiger, jaguar, lion) pelt over his left shoulder, or as often depicted in the surviving Podhorce Castle paintings he had the exotic pelt underneath his saddle or wrapped around his hips. Whereas wolf, brown bear and lynx pelts were reserved for leaders and veterans (starszyzna).

    Pancerni:
    Towarzysz pancerny ("armoured companion"; plural: towarzysze pancerni, or pancerni ) was a medium-cavalryman in 16th-18th century Poland, named for his chainmail armor ("pancerz"). These units were the second-most-important cavalry arm in the Polish Army, after the Hussars.
    Most pancerni were recruited from the middle or lower classes of szlachta (nobility). They were organized into companies (singular: chorągiew pancerna) of 60-200 horsemen.
    In the medieval times, during Mieszko I and Bolesław I Chrobry rules, pancerni were members of prince own force, as they only in whole army wore mail armours.

    Dragons:
    The word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel. Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th century and early 18th century. The name is possibly derived from a type of firearm (called a dragon) carried by dragoons of the French Army. There is no distinction between the words dragon and dragoon in French. The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments.
    Regiments of Polish dragoons:
    * Regiment Gwardii Konnej Koronnej
    * Regiment Konny im. Królowej
    * Regiment Konny im. Królewicza
    * Regiment Konny Buławy Wielkiej Koronnej
    * Regiment Konny Buławy Polnej Koronnej
    Regiments of Lithuanian dragoons:
    * Regiment Gwardii Konnej Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego
    * Regiment Dragonów Królewicza Imci Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego
    * Regiment Konny Buławy Wielkiej Litewskiej
    * Regiment Konny Buławy Polnej Litewskiej

    National Cavalry
    The National Cavalry (Kawaleria Narodowa) was a branch of Polish-Lithuanian cavalry in the Polish armed forces in the last quarter of the 18th century. Formed as a merger of previously-existing units of Polish Hussars and pancerni that were still in service after the Confederation of Bar. In 1777 the Sejm new regulations converted all units of heavy cavalry and medium cavalry and reformed them into a line cavalry, roughly similar to later uhlans popular in Europe in 19th century. Existing dragoon and Front or Vanguard Regiments were outside this reform The National Cavalry had a very short history of 20 years, and some units stationed in the eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were forcibly incorporated into the Russian cavalry following the Second Partition of Poland, and the remainder was disbanded together with the rest of Polish-Lithuanian armed forces after the final partition in 1795. The Sejm's 1777 decision was rather late effort to modernize Polish-Lithuanian cavalry, along the much earlier trend of evolution of European cavalry towards more modern organization of the cavalry regiments into more mobile formations. The most modern part of the reform was the establishment of some very modern battle dress uniforms for these cavalrymen, and in turn this uniform of the National Cavalry inspired numerous similar uniforms and employment of 'Polish lance' in the rest of Europe, notably the Austrian, Prussian, Russian cavalry, and later of the French cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars.



    The variety of headgear of Polish soldiers in the 18th century:






    UNITS PREVIEW:



    I. INFANTRY


    A) Early period

    1. Officer:



    2. Musketeer:



    3. Grenadier:



    4. Guard grenadier:



    5. Guard Janissary:



    6. Hungarian light infantry:



    7. Pikeman:



    8. Drummer:




    B) Late period

    9. Musketeer (Regiment Pieszy Buławy Wielkiej Koronnej):



    10. Musketeer (Regiment Gwardii Pieszej Koronnej):



    11. Grenadier (Regiment Pieszy Łanowy):



    12. Guard grenadier (Regiment Gwardii Pieszej Koronnej):



    13. Guard grenadier (Regiment Gwardii Pieszej Litewskiej):



    14. Hungarian light infantry:



    15: Gunner:





    II. CAVALRY


    A) Early period

    16. Officer:



    17. Dragoon:



    18. Reiter:



    19. Arquebusier:



    20. Elite arquebusier:



    21. Guard dragoon:



    22. Trabant:



    23. Winged Hussar:



    24: Pancerny:



    25. Cossack Cavalry:



    26. Tatar archer:




    B) Late period

    27. Dragoon:



    28. Horse grenadier of Freicorps:



    29. Horse Guard:



    30. Saxon guard cuirassier:



    31. National Cavalry:



    32. Hussar:



    33. Trumpeter:



    &

    34. General, early 18th century:





    CREDITS:

    King Louise Assurbanipal: previews creator; chief modeler and skinner
    Lordz: some elements of textures & models
    Ogniem i Mieczem: some elements of textures & models
    Wikipedia: information about the Polish army and history
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    Default 2nd preview: RUSSIA

    RUSSIAN ARMY:

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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Looks good, so like I asked before, when will it be available for download?


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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Is this a mod for RTW or ETW?

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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Are you making a ETW mod for RTW? If so, do you have a link to the thread?

    Good skins by the way.

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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Looks good, 'cept for a couple things...
    Beards? 'Ol Petey wasnt too fond of beards. He's a bit famous for his habit of pulling them out by the roots.

    Also, the Lifeguard Cavalry was established only a little while before Peter died. 1721 is, i believe the date the first cavalry were brought into the Imperial Guard. Prior to that the only Guard regiment was the Preobrazhensk Guard, who I dont believe displayed the Imperial Eagle in that particlar style. Nor do I believe that cavalry of Peter the Great's period were often equipped with firearms.

    Still, theyre very pretty :D
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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    The first pic seems to have a broken link...

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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    No... This link is correctly. :) In my computer I see this

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    Default EUROPEAN WARS - general discussion

    'European Wars' is a mod, wchich is now under construction and will take place in XVIII century. Its action begins in the year 1700. Our mod is supposed to make a waiting for Empire: TW, wchich is just being created by CA, easier. In this period three great wars took places in Europe – Spanish succesion war, Great North War (between Sweden and Russia) and the Seven years war. In mod, you will see the infantry of Peter I the Great, famous musketeers of Louis XIV and grenediers of Friedriech II the Great.

    - Mods action begins in the year 1700
    - Historical battles from North war, Spanish succession war, and seven years war
    - 10 playable nations
    - various, 100% historical units
    - this is an age of Empire: TW, wchich is still under creation of CA
    - Historical characters in battles, just like Villars, Peter the great
    - Historical battles – for example Blenheim, Denain, Poltava, Narva
    - Intro will be made of visions of battles of Denain, Blenheim and Poltava
    - Especially for Polish fans, there will be battle of Vienna
    - New Main menu, new interface
    - our team consists famous skinners and historians


    Russian units preview, Part 1: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=94482

    Sweden units preview, Part 1: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=94425

    Soon, I will posted 2 preview: France (Louis XIV army) and Polish units, Part 1
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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    I can't see the first one (cavalry) either if I put the link in browser on its own I get a timed out message from the imageshack site. Is it a much bigger (file size) picture than the others? If so maybe it would work better as a thumbnail, or just try uploading to them again....

    The two I can see look great though!
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    Default Re: EUROPEAN WARS - general discussion

    If you want historical accuracy heres a little note-
    the bayonet was invented in the 1750's. or somewhere around there


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    Sounds interesting and ambitious, love the units so far

    Are you trying it on a campaign map at all or are you going to have to stick with scripted battles only?
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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    Look, all images are working. All have that same size :)
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    first i will release mod with only battles. Later I will release campaign map. :)

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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    Pikeman:
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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    small beards wore in late XVII century and early XVIII century

    officer:




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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Part 2:

    Bombardier:
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    Default Screens from battle!!! :)

    There are first screens:

    Sweden vs Russia:















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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Quote Originally Posted by King Louise Assurbanipal
    small beards wore in late XVII century and early XVIII century
    Not under Peter the Great. He viewed pretty much any beard as 'backwards', sort of a symbol of 'Old Russia', which he wasnt very fond of. He made a lot of nobles shave their beards, so I doubt he'd allow them in the army.
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    don't give up on the campaign map just because the Rome engine doesn't exactly work gunpowder warfare. This could be really good.
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    Default Re: EUROPEAN WARS - general discussion

    If you want historical accuracy heres a little note-
    the bayonet was invented in the 1750's. or somewhere around there
    Heres a little historical note also;

    The bayonet as a military weapon started to be used in the 1640ies thus a century eaerlier then your historical note.

    The invention is even older and goes back another century, it is argued it was first used for hunting. A huntingdagger that was applied into the barrel of the arquebus or whatever gunpowder those hunters used.

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    Nice work KLA, are the animations all your work?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath
    Not under Peter the Great. He viewed pretty much any beard as 'backwards', sort of a symbol of 'Old Russia', which he wasnt very fond of. He made a lot of nobles shave their beards, so I doubt he'd allow them in the army.
    but this mod covers pre and post PtG as well, so they're not totally out of line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Horton III
    but this mod covers pre and post PtG as well, so they're not totally out of line.

    Looking Great KLA!
    Pre-Peter the Great Russia didnt have grenadiers, life guards, or anything like that. They had Streltsy. Post Peter the Great, beards were out of fashion because people who had them were still peresecuted, only now the state didnt have to do it on their own.
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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- SECOND PREVIEW: RUSSIA (Empire TW period mod)

    Love the colours and the general look of the units. Those units are work of art, regardless of their Historical relevance.

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    Default Re: EUROPEAN WARS - general discussion

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet
    Yes there was evidece that it was invented earlier but for the europeans it was the mid- 1700's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by General_Someone
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet
    Yes there was evidece that it was invented earlier but for the europeans it was the mid- 1700's.
    lol... mid 17th Century according to your sources... that would be mid 1600's.
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    16th century = years 1500-1599
    17th century = years 1600-1699
    18th century = years 1700-1799
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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    This looks magnificant! I'm the leader of a Swedish-Finnish clan based on the Napoleonic Wars. (We also will be here for the release of ETW.) This is great, now we can really have battles involving Swedish soldiers...and stop dressing up as Prussians in NTW2 and fighting the French.


    We have a website, nothing too big or fancy, but sign up anyway, and keep us updated on this wonderful mod.





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    Jakob

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    Default Re: Europa pod bronią- FIRST PREVIEW: SWEDEN (Empire TW period mod)

    BTW: Here's a link to our (SVK=Svenska Armen) website.

    http://z6.invisionfree.com/La_Junta/index.php?act=idx :)

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