The role of cavalry in the modern age was not necessarily to ride down the enemy with lance and sabre, but to use their horses to get to the battlefield and manoeuvre around the flanks of the enemy. Once in position, the cavalry generally dismount and fight on foot as infantry (although a mounted reserve is often held available if resources permit).

Polish cavalry played an important role in the defence of Poland during the opening campaigns of World War II. While cavalry units were highly mobile, they commonly fought dismounted when engaging enemy forces. This makes a Dismounted Cavalry Regiment a unique addition to a Polish army, combining historical character with versatile tabletop capabilities.

Polish cavalry troops have eighteen to twenty dismounted soldiers. They are armed with one of the excellent Polish wz.35 anti-tank rifles and a wz.28 automatic rifle (a licence-built copy of the American Browning Automatic Rifle) in each platoon, supporting the Mauser wz.98a rifles of the troopers.

This gives a company of three platoons enough firepower to fight as infantry and plenty of anti-tank capability to deal with German tanks, almost all of which are easily penetrated by the wz.35 anti-tank rifle.

This product contains metal infantry figures:

• 4x Command Teams
• 2x Anti-tank Rifle Teams
• 10x Infantry Teams

These miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted.

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