What is Winged hussars?
{{Orphan|date=March 2024}} [[File:Winged hussar, historical reconstruction.jpg|thumb|How a winged hussar would look like today based off of descriptions of them in history]] The '''Polish Hussars''' or '''Winged hussar's''' were the [[Cavalry|horse mounted soldiers]] in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish]] army used from the 16th to 18th centuries. The hussars started as [[Serbia|Serbian]] [[Mercenary|mercenaries]]. Winged hussars were famous for their ability to win when outnumbered. In the 17th century they were useful against any enemy they were put against. Most of them came from [[Noble Family|noble families.]] Service in the winged hussars was [[voluntary]]. The early success they had made the morale (will to fight) of the winged hussars very high. They were seen in Poland as having protection from the heavens. They, along with the horses they rode, went through large amounts of training. Winged hussars were well off nobles (rich mostly because of how valuable [[horse]]s were). An example of this is that the [[punishment]] for selling a horse to another country in Poland was [[death penalty|death]]. Hussars were put into formations of around 300. == How they fought == When winged hussars were in battle they would initially [[Charge (warfare)|charge]] from a distance, this made them harder to hit with [[gun]]s and other ranged weapons. Being spaced out also made it easy to cancel the charge. They used [[Sabre|sabres, also]] very long [[Lance|lances]] - around 6 metres, much longer than the pikes used by [[infantry]]. When they were about to hit the enemy army, the hussars would [[Phalanx formation|close in next to each other]] with the gap between one shoulder to the next described as being no more than a horses width. This made sure there were no gaps in the charge that the enemy could use. While close together in tight formation however they were easier to hit with guns. For this reason they would save closing in together till the last moment. After they broke through the enemy's lines they wou