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ahauschild -> RE: So wrong on so many levels :) (7/13/2005 10:14:26 PM)
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Actuly, Landwer for prussians was a special thing. They where not Militia per say, and not Line, they where something betwheen. Since they could not per treaty maintain a large army, they basicly gave the complete training to men, then rotated them out and did it again. This way they could muster in case of war large allready trained troops, not as well as Line, but much better then militia, this units would be expected to fill the divisions just like line. Actuly most Prussian Divisions had a 2 to 1 ratio of Landwer versus regular line.
Cossacks are again something really different. They actuly did not perform well at all within the army during battle. They sucked, some rare exeptions excluded. But they did do one thing very well, they harrassed the enemy supply lines and pursuit with vigor the retreating enemy troops, not because they where very dedicated to mother russia, but because that was the best way the could get the most loot without risking their necks. They in general would not penetrate deep into enemy areas.
Garrisons where nothing more then Militia, just a bad way of naming them. Militia was used in offensive manuvers into other nations often, as maintaining full complemented line army was to expensive and often not enough time existed.
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