After the battle of Waterloo the British were so impressed with Napoleon's Polish lancers they introduced Lancer regiments also converting some sabre armed regiments into Lancers. It was seen that Polish lancers really troubled British infantry squares with their long reach and also generally outfought sabre armed cavalry. They were only troubled by Heavy Cavalry wearing armour. They would try to partially disengage from Heavies and fight a mobile engage/disengage melee type series of skirmishes. They would aim to keep the fight moving and turning and exhaust the heavy men and horses. Didn't always work but you can always run away from "Heavies" if things are not turning out for you. The British observed the problems Matt states with their new lancer formations being clumsy at the halt and in the melee so they asked the Poles what the problem was. The Poles had a look and were quite scathing saying that the British whole lance fighting technique was very primitive. The Poles had made an entire martial art out of it with a large array of parries alone. The Poles said that without an intensive year long training that a lance armed horseman was just a man on a horse with a pointy stick and did not deserve or get the title of lancer in Poland. They had developed really good slashing and parrying techniques for one handed use at the halt or in slow mele using one hand and having the rear of the lance tucked under their armpit. They also trained their horses to perform without reins by leg pressure and to dip their heads under a swinging lance. This horsemanship was not unusual because most good cavalry did something like that but the Poles relentlessly trained their horses and riders in it and demanded a very high standard. The Poles also changed the makeup of their formations after some trial and decided only half the troopers should be lance armed and the othr half sabrer armed. The first rank charged with the lance and the second used the saber. So we get back to the quality of the warrior and the overall tactical style not just the weapon. However once you train that Lancer to that professional standard you get a guy with a three meter reach against a guy with a one meter reach and still good in close in mele. But a quick fix? nope only time and commitment to the art. proficiency.

Yeah but the seventeen lance stabs is not a good argument for the 'ineffectiveness' of a lance strikes, it's much more to do with the death resistance of the average Scotsman.

Anyone who has played the game Mount & Blade would know this.

The captain might have received 17 wounds and survived, but his human shield only took 1....

"Thank God they teach good swordsmanship in the Cavalry, even to Lancers!" - Harry Flashman, The Flashman Papers. George MacDonald Fraser

scholagladiatoria Everything you said was very interesting but from the same time come examples of the very effective use of the lance in melee. The best example is the Battle of Leipzig where three regiments of uhlans (third, sixth and eighth) fighting with six regiments of Austrian cuirassiers. Beyond that Austrians were also supported by two regiments of Russian cuirassiers. We know that the troops, got intertwined during the fight. Despite this Lancers defeated the enemy. Experienced soldiers used lances, to thrust in their faces and necks. Then even shallow wound can be very dangerous.

A friend of mine and I have done a lot of research on thr Dutch/Belgian involvement at Waterloo and one of the interesting accounts we found while going through some of the medical documents from after the battle was of a Dutch militiaman who survived 19 lance wounds sustained at Quatre Bras.

"You may have a sword that can cut but but my hefty pole will reach your heart before you even swing." Polish Legion

polish lancer could effectively use sabre too

Poles were world known masters of horseback and lances. You should read something about polscy lansjerzy in napoleonic period for example. They were no match throughout the ages.

I've heard the "one hand on the reins" bit a couple times from you, and while you may know massive amounts about weapons and history, you're obviously not a horseman... Reins are used less and less, the more experienced the rider and the better trained the horse. They are essentially a gross control, replaced as experience is gained with leg/heel control. This is how in the American frontier, both rifle and bow are shot from horseback, in some cases without even the benefit of the saddle or stirrups. That's not to say that reins wouldn't have still been in place, but certainly a soldier that trained to fight from horseback would be accomplished enough to not need his reins in most circumstances. In fact, I would expect him to be able to fight two handed, and use his legs and heels to keep the horse moving in rather complicated ways as both offensive and defensive positioning. This isn't a huge leap, as ropers and cattle handlers do this regularly against animals that weigh almost as much as the horse itself. Horses are not timid, and can be trained very easily to be aggressive and active combatants. They also bond very will with individual riders, when handled well. Given the expense of a trained war horse, I would expect a mounted soldier to take his horsemanship very seriously, making every effort to master and make full use of this expensive and powerful asset. Reins were surely used, but not to the degree that working and fighting with both hands would have taken a second thought.

Forgive me for not remembering specific details but at the start of WW1 a British cavalry patrol from I believe an Irish regiment ran into some German lancers. The British officer wrote they made short work of the lancers as once past the point they were extremely vulnerable himself stabbing a lancer through the chest. I believe it was one of the first British kills of WW1.

I'm no expert but I will just point out in my experience that in horseback riding you are encouraged not to rely exclusively on the reins for control. A skilled rider needs to be able to control the horse with his knees and uses the reins to stop or exert more extreme control (Also more skilled riders can stop horses with just their knees). Although you hold the reins in one hand at most times when riding, you're not really using them for control, only to be ready to exert control. It should be fairly easy to have a strapped shield and one hand on the reins. The bigger danger of letting go of the reins is probably from opponents grabbing them, but it's not otherwise a huge issue to let go of them if you need it to wield a spear or grapple with an opponent; you can still guide your horse without the reins.

you can wave the lance around with preaty big speed while not moving with a horse it is a good defence on the sides and back of horse and if you know how to controll the horse its easy to turn the horse around quickly if you dont belive me look at polish cavalry manuals (any Century ) it opens eyes on a lot of things you can also search on KZfaq for polish cavalry lance weilding practice

only point I'd add to the lancer when in melee, The lance may not be rather effective, but the horse is among the best crowd control tools. Lancers can push large groups of foot soldiers around, just because they use the horse to do so, thus putting foot soldiers to other disadvantages of position and organization.

"Which I'll address in future videos." You've got to stop saying that. Don't keep digging the hole, Matt.

Excellent video. I keep learning new things from this guy. Awesome!

On the subject of multiple wounds from the lance, the same criticism is raised about cutting with the sabre (i.e. that it took many wounds to incapacitate - and not kill - the enemy). There's an account in Napoleon's Austrian campaign (1809) of a cavalryman taking five or six sword cuts and reporting for duty the next day. I haven't read it, but Kaufman, Musket-Ball and Sabre Injuries (2003) looks like a promising source.

Although the infernal Poles are usually remembered, these were not the only ones who used the spear in the cavalry with mastery, in Mexico there was a regiment known as "chinacos" that were the elite military units of the Mexican army, these were the ones that most They gave the invaders of Mexico trouble, inflicted heavy casualties on the Americans, and were a headache for the French.

Great video, only things I'd raise question about is the use of reins (when I was taught to lance by a retired cavalry officer in my teens he eschewed the reliance on them and said it's all down to the legs) and (just because I've had it hammered into me by Scots for 15 years) is that Menzies is actually pronounced Ming-is

A lance is not really made to be reused like a spear as the main weapon, maybe the first weapon but not the main one. Some were used to stab and pull back for reuse, but usually were made for a clashing charge and the spear would often break and then swords would come in. Sometimes the riders would return with fresh lances in repeated systematic charge attacks. People think they are just used again and again.

I liked this video a lot please make more videos featuring 18th and 19th century cavalry and more specifically lancers

I find this interesting because it kind of plays into the conversation we've had on other videos about the British, and other European countries as well, idea of cavalry even into the 19th and early 20th centuries. It seems like they leaned toward the Dragoon and Lancer, which meant they tended to charge, do some damage, then dismount and fight more as an infantry unit. I always wondered why this was the case, but I guess it makes sense when you take into account that British did not value firearms as highly as did say the US cavalry. That they valued using Lancers and Dragoons, basically mounted infantry units, well into the firearms age is very interesting. It is a definite fork in the way that the cavalry role was view and utilized by the different militaries. I wonder, was it a case of strategies and technology dictating tactics or more of a case of old-school commanders and generals not quite trusting the new technologies and having their tactics dictate what strategies and technology were used. Its quite an interesting divide. Semper Fi

More first hand accounts please! I find it most interesting hearing these detailed accounts because its not assumption or guessing, is it possible to share any earlier accounts say medieval?

The best lancer regiment ewer e - 1.reg. lansier" vistula legion". Then the 7th Lancer of Napoleon. Los Infernos Picadores polacos.

Most of the "Ferrara" marked blades were Solingen production iirc, and pre-'45 I believe. I've seen quite a few with the Andrea Ferrara markings as well as the "running wolf" marks. I would guess he was using an old family baskethilt, not a military pattern.

The lance is basically a first strike weapon that you use for impact if you can go full tilt. The sword is the actual close-up weapon once you're stuck in melee or if you just can't get a good charge off. That seems to be the reading I'm getting from this.

Matt, so as far as my mind works, when you run someone through with a lance, going at full speed of course, your lance will probably get stuck in the guy, and then you'd have to let go of it, or risk getting dragged off or getting your arm broken. Did they have some sort of special hitting technique that prevented the lance from getting stuck, or how did that work exactly?

Hi Matt, You eluded to a famous/mysterious sword maker when reading from More Swordsmen of the British Empire, would you consider a video on this? I don't know anything about swords (other than what you have said) but i am just assuming there must be a few sword makes that were desired at the time or even now. So, is there a 'Stradivarius' of the sword world? Recently found your channel, subbed and watched the majority of videos in the past couple of weeks. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Hi Matt, You may want to look into heel, calf, and verbal commands for Cavalry Mounts. In a melee a well trained Trooper used both of his hands to fight and commanded hi Mount by other means. CPT Christopher F. Sheridan US Army Special Forces (I started out in the Cavalry)

Would an infantry man be able to block a lance thrust from a rider at a good charging pace with his shield and be fine (relatively) or would it break his arm or the like?

Ah lancers... the most awesome of modern cavalry (and military as a whole for that matter) :D

Related question: would a lancer officer usually wield a lance himself or just a sword?

interestingly the early meaning of the word 'carrière'was a flat leap of a horse from a stand or two-time- canter (on the spot or even backwards) like terre-á-terre, mezair or courbettes (not in the later wienna-meaning). Only later did the carrière become the term for the 'attack', presumably after a period of ambiguity where the word could mean either the key stride or the attack at large. anyway this possibility to have the horse 'hover' outside of distance and jump into the fight with enough force to do full damage, means there is scope for a lot more use of lances in confined spaces. also, you can do a lot with sideways movement to play with the commitment in the fight, this might end up being situations where you would poke with a lance at non-full strength, where the horse is moving past the target more or less, (very complicated to explain in a few lines) it is mentioned that you end up in circles around one another, able to hold complete swrodfights (pluvinel for instance) as you attempt to dogfight your opponent guérinière talks about the 8 'oclock poition being the weak point wherre you try to get to, and medieval manuscripts show how to turn under a lance to repost an attack from this quarter in particular. (talhoffer) and this can be done 'on the small plate' with remarkable ease! hope to have a video out soon with that technique.. hopefully a month or so... needs editing...

How do the lance and spear differ? Is a lance lighter or is it just the name used when a spear is used by mounted infantry? Also i thought lances were held under the arm as in joustin but why did they transition into thin lightweight double tipped javelin looking spears used around napoleons time?

Matt what about partisan polearms on horseback ? where they used, if so how effectively , if not what are the reasons it wouldn't work (anyone that knows information would be appreciated)

Fun fact: there is a way to ride a horse and control them while having both hands free at the same time. Some cultures, like in native American and Mongols, created a different way of directing the horse by teaching them to what action to do and move ,and speed by feeling different kinds of leg and feet pressure and positions on their side mean. They used leg steering

What kind of lance would you recommend for use from the back of a motorcycle? Asking for a friend.

mount an ble with anno domini represents this the best way ive seen in games. Lances/ spears mostly break when you kill people

Can you talk more about Napoleonic Heavy cavalry llike Mounted Grenadiers and Cuiraseers? Why did they used straight sword rather than curved sabre? Why did they use pistol istead of lance(light cavalry only used lances) and was the pistol before a charge a primary weapon or a last resort?

First of all , most comments are from non rider's. It's really easy to use both hands with lance if you are in low speed as well using it on other side! (Left ) you can also move the horse with your legs if you are in difficult position.

Question: Historically in situations like you describe in this video, would a swordsman on foot attack and stab/cut the horses of the lancers?

I recall seeing 19th century drill illustrations for British lancers on how to parry sabre blows to either rider or horse. No idea how effective they were in the field though.

This makes me think that how lancers and other calvary units trained to fight if they were made stationary, what sort of drills and treatsies were for stationary calvary. Very curious about this because from what I've read and listened to you and lindybiege, calvary seems to lose every advantage they have turn into massive targets if they are made unable to move around.

That's very interesting, I'd like to know a lot more about horsemanship and the quality and functionality of war horses. How intuitive and accommodating could they be?, we know an archer had to use both hands to shoot a bow, so how did those horseman operate their steed?

Would love to here some more on different and or popular sword makers in history

A word on penetrating wounds, even fatal ones may not stop an individual from continuing to fight effectively for a period of time. The exceptions to this are CNS injuries and heart or great vessel injuries which can incapacitate very quickly. A wound to a large vessel such as the femoral artery may or may not lead to extremely rapid exsanguination. A rough and jagged wound might lead to the formation of a platelet plug which in combination with vasoconstriction might prevent rapid exsanguination. Continued vigorous combat would likely negate the platelet plug and vasoconstriction though. I have a question. I have seen pictures of Mongol lances which possessed a hook as well as point. I presume the hook could be used to pull an opponent of his horse. I would like to know how effective such lances proved to be, how they were used, and how widespread their use might have been. Thanks.

Matt, on a similar-ish subject, whilst in France I held the old Lee Enfield (WW1 rifle) with the antique bayonet fitted. I recalled a Ghurka I knew (who lived in Britain) telling me about how in the Great War Ghurkas would prefer their kukri to their bayonet in close quarters. Back in that era, did many soldiers rely on the bayonet? I'm by no means huge, but I'm a fairly sturdy chap, and as I saw it the Enfield weighed a blinking ton! I have heard of bayonet charges, but honestly I think if you lost momentum you'd end up feeling like you were swinging a sledgehammer. Were bayonets as common as is thought?

I remember reading some period remarks on English cavalry being used in 18th century riot situations. It was noting that in an urban setting where they couldn't maintain speed the actual advantage lay with an enemy on foot, but that the horsemen were seen as intimidating enough to keep it from coming to that. My impression is that that intimidation factor has always been a big part of what made cavalry effective, as it was in many other aspects of military history.

In most cultures, a war horse used as a riding animal was trained to be controlled with limited use of reins, responding primarily to the rider's legs and weight.[46] The horse became accustomed to any necessary tack and protective armour placed upon it, and learned to balance under a rider who would also be laden with weapons and armour.[44] Developing the balance and agility of the horse was crucial. The origins of the discipline of dressage came from the need to train horses to be both obedient and manoeuvrable.[30] The Haute ecole or "High School" movements of classical dressage taught today at the Spanish Riding School have their roots in manoeuvres designed for the battlefield. However, the airs above the ground were unlikely to have been used in actual combat, as most would have exposed the unprotected underbelly of the horse to the weapons of foot soldiers.

You nentioned a knight on a horse using their left hand on the reins. Did they not have a shield? Or did they use strapped on shields, freeing their hand?

I once saw two horses seconds after they had colided. One horse and driver had the sun in their eyes. both where driving fairly fast as they where trotters in training. Both where using training carts. A fraction before impact they had tried to avoid the crash. one "arm" on the cart thus struck the one horse square in the chest. It penetrated about 50 cm inside the unlucky horse. It was laying on the ground breathing but not moving. The "arm" ont the cart was very blunt, still as good as killed a horse dead in the tracks. The other horse was unhurt. A local farmer got his hunting rifle to end the badly injured horses misery. I can imagine what a well placed lance could do.

Hopefully you will see this comment, how about the use of a lance by an unmounted knight or lancer? Is it as effective as a spear?

Read the historical descriptions of lance use from horseback among the Anglo-Scot's Borders found in "The Steel Bonnets by George MacDonald Fraser. They are quite interesting.

who the hell keeps disliking these videos? what is there realistically to dislike? Matt's choice of blinds?? Come on guys!!!

Funny episode of the napoleonic wars. It involved two units of lancers, the famous polish lancers of Napoleon and the no less famous uhlans of Prussia, if I remember correctly. Can't remenber where (probably Poland or Germany) or when. The ground they were fighting on --or trying to-- was very muddy and the horses of both groups got stuck in the mud just an itsy little bit out of range of their lances. So, next best thing, they just stayed there for the whole battle insulting each other.. Priceless. .

The many wounds incidents would be stabbing from an immobile horse. There are numerous references during the Waterloo campaign of lancers using their lances to poke and stab at soldiers in square, the lance beng able to reach further than the bayonet hedge. But Lancers were shock troops and pursuit troops and not equipped for the melee. The combination of lance together with a light horse produced the same shock as heavy cavalry. But only in the initial contact. Though memoirs indicate that at Waterloo at least some French Lancers only carried the lance in the front line with the follow on troops armed solely with the sword. Whether standard French practice or as a consequence of the lack of time afforded Napoleon to fully train new troops I do not know. We have the example on the retreat from Quatre Bra of British light cavalry refusing a direct order from Somerset to charge compact French lancers issuing from a village. They considered themselves 'outgunned' in that situation. And during a downpour on slippery pavee. The charge was taken up by British heavies who routed and drove back the French. So horses for courses.

Nice work. Just three things: 1. At Waterloo whose not much of experienced lancers (except a guard lancers, especiali polish eskadron). Proper lancers training is about the 3 years (5 is a optimal). 2. In a melee you have a several lance movements, which is deadly for infantry 3. Lance is not onley for stabbing, but or so for shashing to (not many are aware of this). Experienced lancer would have an advantage inn on the Black Watch officer;) If fou like to now more, try to find polish lance regulations: Wincenty Krasiński „Essai sur le maniement de la lance” (Paryż 1811), or a english copy of this work: Proposed Rules and Regulations for the Exercise and Manoeuvres of the Lance, Compiled entirely from the Polish System, Instituted by Marshal Prince Joseph Poniatowski and General Count Corvin Krasinski, and Adapted to The Formations, Movements, and Exercise of the British Cavalry… By Lieut. Colonel Reymond Hervey de Montmorency, H. P. York Hussars, Late Lieutenant Colonel and Major in His Majesty’s 9th Lancers”, London 1820.

The lances where used generally to break formations rather than just kill individuals. The polish hussars, for example, aimed at the weakest point of the enemy formation, spliting the army in half and opening breaches for the infantry.

Persian, Mongolian and Franks cavalry (notably The Mongolian mounted archers, Perisan Cataphracts, and Frank's Sacra Francisca) where knowed to direct their horses using their knees. They where using their two hands with bows and lances. A mounted guy with a lance who don't move is exactly the same thing as a spearman footsoldier, execpt, he his on a horse. And he has the advantage to hit his opponent over his shield.

Lancers are awesome. I still don't understand why they are categorised as light cavalry? Is it due to the lack of armour? Seth

How could you continue after hitting the first target, considering the lance will propably get stuck. How do you get it out?

So, speaking as someone who rides and has done horse archery, I have to say that being able to control the horse with your legs frees your hands. Foot signals are pretty powerful in a well trained horse. Does this help?

Did the kontos work in the same way as this??

One great method to break up a line of armored pikemen, I'm assuming while flanking them.

Matt, I just saw a painting of a Polish cavalryman who would have fought at the battles of Lagow and Stary Sacz in 1287 against the Mongols. He's depicted as carrying a lance, sabre, horse bow (in a leg holster), shield (on his back) and a very long straight sword under his leg and apparently strapped to the saddle. Any thoughts on this second "sword"?

Hi ! There are lancers on horseback since antiquity, from Scythes to Romans... Scythes were using a two handed lance called "Kontos" by greeks (google it and you'll see very interesting images, for those who don't know) and it was often used by armored units, as a shock cavalry. From those times to XIXth century, I have never seen any troop without any sort of a melee backup. Either a sword, or a short sword (common in antiquity) or a two handed sword (antiquity, medieval times, and later) or a mace, or an axe, or... I think you are right in this video. I would love to be contradicted and to see examples of horsmen with lances but without any sort of a secondary melee weapon.

Hey Matt, I've got a question: Suppose you're trained in only one weapon. However, for some reason, you can't use it and instead pick up a weapon you're not trained with. Assuming it's a weapon that uses the same amount of hands, to which extent can you use the techniques you've learned with your "main" weapon? With which weapons does it work best? This is mainly due to comments I see under videos, which say "Oh, he's not using the weapon properly, but like he were to handle XYZ".

lance is good at counter charge the incoming cavalry. 9~12foot in length, you can either struck the men or the horse before they can even reach you. without a shield and armor lance is a very dangerous weapon to face on horseback. it require both good swordmenship and horsemenship together to counter attack a charging lancer. lancers with much lighter horse and equipment can stop or break much heavier sword cavalry with bigger horse. but once momentum of the charge is stopped, the lance become too heavy and formation will be squished too tight to manuver the lance. they usually discard the lance and using the sword. and lance usually stuck or break e in the opponent's body or his horses'. there is usually a leather strip tied at the back of the lance to help pulling it out. you can either choose to pull the lance or draw the sword depends on the situation.

My impression of western European lancers is that they were specialised mainly for engaging other cavalry much like the modern fighter is specialised for engaging other planes, being mounted on fast horses and being relatively lightly equipped. In that case the lance has a significant reach advantage over the sword, but perhaps not so much over the infantry's bayonets. I need to do more research to confirm this though.

Could you perhaps explain how the lance was removed from someone while on on horseback? I've heard it's got something to do with your wrist, but I can't figure it out. I always thought you'd just impale someone and leave it there.

You once had a Polish fellow talking about Polish sabre, don't suppose you could find a Polish expert on the Hussars? Best lancers ever! :)

Found this anecdote on: www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/cavalry_Napoleon.html At Waterloo Sir Ponsonby together with his adjutant, Mjr Reignolds made a dash to own line, and a French lancer began pursuing them. While they were crossing a plowed field, Ponsonby's horse got stuck in the mud and in an instant, the lancer was upon him. Ponsonby threw his saber away and surrendered. Reignolds came to his aid, but the lancer compelled both of them to dismount under the threat of his lance. At that moment, a group of Scots Grays happened to pass a short distance away, saw the three and galloped shouting in their direction with the idea of liberating Sir Ponsonby. "In a flash, the Frenchman killed the general and his major with 2 blows of his lance then charged the oncoming dragoons striking down 3 in less than a minute. The others abandoned the combat completely incapable of holding their own ..." A. Barbero - "The Battle"

Recently saw a National Geographic documentary called Apocalypse: World War 1 which had several clips of German and Russian lancers riding on the battlefield carrying their lances. It seemed kind of strange.

Kudos Matt I think you figured out a family riddle in an old family bible we have I was reading about a entry where it talked about deaths and one of the entry's said William Ellis hilander of the black watch died 18 something it was ripped and couldn't read the rest and it was a mystery so I think you figured a mystery for my family thanks

cavalry operates by two ancient and venerable doctrines developed in greece. iolo - means "fearlessly charging" and ieet - means "swift maneuvering and retreating" historically, cavalry would charge in the name of aries while yelling "ζεις μονο μια φορα!" before being shortened to "Iolos!" they would strike once then quickly retreat to get new spears. A cavalryman would shout "ieet!" to let nearby comrades know that he had expended his spear and is returning to get a new one.

My question is: how long could a lancer expect to hold on to his lance, in general? Was break on impact a regular occurrence, or could this be minimized with proper technique?

ever understood how lances work at all. If a lancer sticks an enemy at full speed, how does he retreat the lance out of the falling enemies body whilst riding past? Wont the lance, due to his speed, just get ripped out of his hand?

I always thought the entire point of lance use was to leave the lance firmly embedded in the first opponent you reach and then switch to your next weapon. If you read the Frank Thompson novel King Arthur that is what they do and it sounds perfectly plausible. They sometimes carried a number of lances per man (I realize that book is still a work of fiction).

But if you take a look at bull fight in Spain where lancers actually are used while riding an horse they don't break into pieces, They have "wings" that prevent them to stuck too deep into the bull's back and be taken back to hit again.

what is the difference between a lance and a spear besides being used on horseback?

Is there any information on how lancers in the 19th century protected themselves if they charged another group of lancers? Compared to the shields and armor of medieval men-at-arms, Victorian soldiers were extremely vulnerable. Did they really just charge each other and hope that they didn't skewer each other?

This is why I like playing cav in M&BNW DLC

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g72FbJN-0cWth6M.html You control the horse with your legs, while the lance works with both hands, depending on the situation. With a well-made lance, a properly trained lancer will be able to parry attacks. Above I give the link, although without subtitles (with your loss) where a typical dry training with a lance is shown. No offense, but the Napoleonic wars and confrontation with Polish uhlans in Napoleon's army proved the superiority of lance practice over British theory. Koniem kierujesz swoimi nogami, zaś lancą pracujesz oburącz, zależnie od sytuacjii. Odpwiednio wykonaną lancą, stosownie wytrenowany lansjer będzie umiał parować ataki. Powyżej podaję link, co prawda bez napisów (z waszą stratą) gdzie pokazany jest typowy trening na sucho walki z lancą. Bez urazy, ale wojny napoleońskie i konfrontacja z polskimi ułanami w wojskach Napoleona dowiodły o przewadze praktyki lancy nad brytyjską teorią. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJages6JzLbVhKc.html

My Brother is a Saber fighter and i wanted to give him a saber for his birthday. however i'm having trouble finding a good functional saber. do you know of any good smiths, or companies that sell sabers?

what do u think abt lance vs spear, wouldnt a spear be able to do both charging and short range combat

How much damage a lance inflicts anyway? 1d10? 2d8? Anyway, surviving 17 blows would not be very difficult for someone so high-le... ranked as him.

I'm combat where the mounted soldier was slowed in melee.... the control of the horse would be given- and both hands would be thrusting at the forward obstructions!

I can tell you from playing Mount & Blade: Warband, this is ultimately true. Unless someone gets some good speed on you with a couched lance (or otherwise) and runs you through you're likely to survive a few lance wounds (as they've nerfed lances several times). All you can do as a lancer is either keep going full speed and find another target, or swap for your sword. You could circle the opponent and keep poking at them with lance, but that wont be effective against skilled infantry. That being said, Warband has a mod for Napoleonic Wars and there are several regiments in that community. If they're doing an official regimental line battle, cavalry becomes that much weaker, when regiments of foot are trained to square up (blob) to stop cavalry. At that point all the cavalry can do is harass and wait for allied infantry to engage. The worst thing you can do is try to fight on an incline laterally, or upward, while on horseback. It takes a skilled and patient cavalryman to make even a sabre effective fighting in uneven terrain. The one upside of being dismounted as a lancer is that you now have a rather effective pike. ;D If you play it, we could get a few people from your channel together to do a battle, or skirmish. If you have the stones for it. >:)

Russian Cossacks used lances with hands-free horsemanship into the 20th century. Don't know much beyond that, but seems to be relevant info. With a shashka and sawed-off shotgun too.

Remember the battle of Albuera ??

Los Infernos Picadores. Skirmish near Los Yébenes(or Yevenes) 24 March 1809. Only reason Polish Lancers got out of there was the fact they had lances

But how accurate is that account that you read? It's likely that they would exeggerate how many lancers they killed etc.

So is a lance just a spear used on horseback, or is there actually a fundamental difference between the two?

very good man

You got me very confused, Matt, using a Lindybeige-style video title. XD

if a lancer were to drop their lance during a melee, would they have to pay for a new one? or is the lance provided to them by the military? Also the lance could be used against them if they drop it do its a double edged sword if you drop the lance.

I've been studying Irish martial arts and particularly around the 16th century. What I found that was weird is that the Irish cavalry prefer to fight bareback and use their lances overhand. Since the Irish were never one who favored direct open field combat (most battles there were done around forest or marshes) its possible that this style was better suited for melee fighting rather than a straight on attack.

Stay on point!

What I am wondering about is if it possible to kill more than one enemy with a lance. I immagine that if someone gets hit by a lance the raider will not be able to hold grip on it because of strong forces and impalement. After that it is sword time or some other weapon.