![]() Russia in particular can take advantage of them, providing the dual function of supporting firepower and light cavalry. ![]() ![]() Those Cossacks who served with the Germans (there were Cossack Waffen-SS divisions) were either killed in combat or captured and sent to die in labour camps.Ĭossacks are early missile cavalry for Eastern European factions. Even as late as the Second World War entire Cossack divisions were used by the Soviet Army, and then by the Germans who invaded Russia. This has not stopped them being used as irregular troops by many nations. There is admiration for their fighting qualities, yet a certain wariness of their wild nature. Historically, Russians and other Eastern Europeans have had an ambiguous relationship with the Cossacks. They are personally brave, even headstrong, in the presence of enemies, something that can make them too eager to get into the fight. Traditionally, Cossacks are cavalrymen without peer, as might be expected of a steppe people, but they are equally adept at fighting on foot. Within each host, smaller Cossack bands fight as separate units. They are organised into large hosts, each under the leadership of an ataman, or chief. None Cossacks are a type of missile cavalry in Empire: Total War.
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