Ride Into WWII With Great Escape’s Hungarian Cavalry
January 14, 2020 by brennon
Great Escape Games have built on their World War II range with some 28mm scale Hungarian Cavalry. These Huszár Troop sets come with options for both mounted and unmounted soldiers which you can ride into battle with.
This particular regiment portrayed here would have comprised of about 3000 men and they took part in various operations across Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and of course in Hungary itself. The horses would have been very rarely used in actual combat as many of the troops fought on foot, provided in the next option from Great Escape Games.
This did mean that you could rush from place to place upon your horses and then dismount to help where the fighting is thickest. It also means that you can flank your enemies quickly and race for objectives which the enemy might consider well defended.
If you're interested in the Huszars as a force then you can also get an Officer who comes both mounted and dismounted.
So, if you want to fight with some alternative forces during World War II then this might be worth diving into. I don't think we've really seen that many people, at least within the mainstream of WWII wargaming, working on the Hungarians as a mounted force.
What do you make of their offerings?
"It also means that you can flank your enemies quickly and race for objectives which the enemy might consider well defended..."
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This is the type of thing I’d like to see for the other mounted units in WW2. The Soviets had massive numbers of mounted units used in much the same way. As did the Germans. Even the US had a mounted force though the only unit to actually see combat while mounted was the 26th Cavalry ( Filipino Scouts). It’s a bit niche but it was an important part of warfare particularly on the Eastern Front.
Warlord do some mounted SS but other than that, none really spring to mind. I do like these but the painting pile is too big to justify buying them at the moment, unfortunately.
Hazar the Haszars have arrived.