Charge Into Battle With The Polish Uhlan From Scibor
December 11, 2015 by brennon
Scibor have changed tact right now and instead of more Dwarves and other creatures they've added a Historical piece to their collection. See what you think of the Polish Uhlan from 1939 in 1:72 scale...
You can see the soldier here mounted up charging about with his sabre drawn. This is certainly a rare scene considering the time period but early on during World War II there would still have been armies that used cavalry that weren't big metal cans.
Uhlan were traditional light cavalry that have roots back in the 18th Century. During World War II proper they ended up not fulfilling their traditional role although they did retain their sabres and there were a few recorded cavalry charges.
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"During World War II proper they ended up not fulfilling their traditional role although they did retain their sabres and there were a few recorded cavalry charges..."
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Just remember that they did not charge tanks. It was just Nazi propaganda that sadly is still around even today. The mini itself is really class, but oh well, it is Scibor. 🙂
Actually it seems to have been a fanciful story from an Italian war correspondent that started it, though a group of Polish Cavalry were engaged by 222 armoured cars after charging German infantry which is probably where the story started from…
Well if we go that deep then you are right @piers 🙂 It is sad that one can still read it in some more popular literature that considers it as a fact.
Yep… old myths die hard and some new ones start too…
lazy reporters & google are to blame.
wasn’t one of the storeys cavalry attacking the supply unit of a armoured unit or is that crape as well? @yavasa
They changed tack, not tact. It’s a sailing term referring to changing direction when sailing a zig-zag path into the wind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_%28sailing%29