"In 1758, Frederick the Great was riding along a forest road with a small retinue. Suddenly, the king's adjutant, Count Friedrich of Anhalt, shouted: "Sire, they are aiming at you!" An Austrian pandur stood behind a tree nearby and aimed a gun at the king. Take out weapon there was no time and Friedrich shook his stick at the soldier and, baring his teeth, shouted: "I'll get you!" Pandur immediately lowered his gun, took off his hat and stood at attention, none of the Prussians touched him…
Pandurs were a special type of troops in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (colloquially known as Austria), the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Light infantry, famous for their skillful handling of firearms, reckless courage, cruelty and sincere love of robbery.
It all began with the siege of Vienna by the Turks in 1683. In the battle that took place here on September 12, the Austrians first became acquainted with the Eastern European infantry – "haiducks" or "székelys", who were part of the private armies of the Transylvanian, Wallachian, Moldavian and other magnates – "banderia". The battle was won by the imperial army (under the command of the Polish king Jan Sobieski), and the infantry of the sultan's vassals… They did not make a special impression, but… they showed themselves to be quite an interesting army in terms of "price-quality"…"
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Any idea who made them in 25mm?
Armand
paints brigs for the British fleet.
