Very interesting reading, Sapura!
Indeed, Poland-Lithuania truly deserves to be in the GC and I understand perfectly well why you campaigned so hard for its inclusion.
The Hussars were extremely impressive. If only there had been more of them... Btw, I think I read somewhere that the Hussar units consisted solely of noblemen, which might perhaps explain why there were not more of them.
I would contest this statement slightly by pointing out that the Swedes were also ahead of the competition in the field of artillery usage, at least during the 30 Years War, using lighter pieces than their enemies and moving them around to great effect during the battles (e.g. the battle of Jankov). Furthermore, Sweden exported a lot of cannons and I gather they were considered to be of very high quality. None of this reflects badly on Poland though; I just wanted to point out that at least one of Poland's perennial enemies was quite advanced in the use of this military branch. We didn't construct any multi-stage rockets though.
Unfortunately, later Swedish rulers (notably Charles XII) tended to neglect the artillery and concentrate on cavalry.
/Doomie
Indeed, Poland-Lithuania truly deserves to be in the GC and I understand perfectly well why you campaigned so hard for its inclusion.
The Hussars were extremely impressive. If only there had been more of them... Btw, I think I read somewhere that the Hussar units consisted solely of noblemen, which might perhaps explain why there were not more of them.
I would contest this statement slightly by pointing out that the Swedes were also ahead of the competition in the field of artillery usage, at least during the 30 Years War, using lighter pieces than their enemies and moving them around to great effect during the battles (e.g. the battle of Jankov). Furthermore, Sweden exported a lot of cannons and I gather they were considered to be of very high quality. None of this reflects badly on Poland though; I just wanted to point out that at least one of Poland's perennial enemies was quite advanced in the use of this military branch. We didn't construct any multi-stage rockets though.
Unfortunately, later Swedish rulers (notably Charles XII) tended to neglect the artillery and concentrate on cavalry.
/Doomie