In game[]
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Fast-moving light cavalry, meant for raiding and interception duty, especially against isolated pockets of light infantry. Slightly more powerful than Hussars, but somewhat costlier to train. | |||||||
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10.3s (155t) |
140 | 9 | 16 | 1.4s (22t) |
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| Cost | Created from | Armour | Weapon range | Specialty | ||||
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 : 60; : 30
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3 | Melee | |||
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Overall strategy[]
While seemingly similar in statistics to the generic Hussar, Cossack Lancers however cost Metal instead of Timber, and also have a faster attack, and more hitpoints, thus making them slightly more robust in comparison to the former. Their faster train time also means that as long as Food supply is guaranteed, a Russian player can easily pump out seemingly endless hordes of light cavalry on the map, granting them a light cavalry advantage against their other rivals.
Unit summary[]
History[]
The word "cossack" (Ukrainian: Козак) comes from the Turko-Tatar word “Kazak”, which means “free man”. The name was given to those who went to live in the steppe where they lived in settlements and abided by no laws and initially referred to Ukrainians who lived in the Steppes. While the original Cossacks per se were descended from those Ukrainians who lived in the Zaporozhian Host (in Ukrainian, Sich) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, the term Cossack was used to refer to different othe Hosts, who are distinctly different in both history and culture than their Ukrainian counterparts. The Ukrainian Cossacks were known for fighting fiercely to protected or gain their independence, and were later recruited by the Russian state as light cavalry units. The prestige of both the Russian Empire as well as the Cossacks as fighting units eventually led to their traditions being copied elsewhere, most notably in Eastern Europe, Iran and even Korea.